Category Archives: Program
Speaker Spotlight: Austin Smith
I have to admit, I am a little self-conscious about speaking at WordCamp, having been a Drupal developer and devotee since 2007, when I moved to New York to work for The Observer. I have been responsible for Observer.com almost…
Speaker Spotlight: Aaron Hockley
WordPress is great online, but it can be awesome offline as well (hence the 1,000+ folks that will be in attendance at WordCamp San Francisco this weekend). Local events such as meetups, user groups, and WordCamps offer opportunities for everyone…
Submit Your Plugins for the Security Showdown!
Could your plugin be the cause of a WordPress site being hacked? WordPress security experts Mark Jaquith, Jon Cave and Brad Williams will be performing live security reviews of submitted plugins on Saturday as well as providing…
Speaker Spotlight: John Kleinschmidt, CURE
About a year and half ago, I was sitting in a job interview expressing my desire for excellence in the work that I do. Behind that statement was a building dissatisfaction with the corporate world and the growing knowledge that…
Program Posted!
Newbie Workshop Sold Out!
The first-time blogger workshop we’re running on Friday, August 12 has sold out! If you wanted to attend but didn’t get a ticket for it in time, you should probably just go ahead and get your Sunday ticket before we…
A Dozen More Speakers Announced!
I was going to do an individual post about each speaker as they were confirmed, but have decided it would be far more interesting if they introduced themselves and their sessions on their own, so keep an eye out for…
Speaker Selection Almost Complete
Wow, did not expect to get more than 200 speaker proposals this year! While that slowed down the review precess a bit (about a week), I’ll start announcing speakers tomorrow. Once all the speakers are confirmed, I’ll post a schedule…
Call for Speakers!
The call for speakers has been posted! WordCamp SF brings together hundreds (I bet this will be the year we break 1,000) of WordPress users, developer, designers, and professionals for an insane weekend of networking, learning,…
Three Days
Summer’s getting closer, and planning is starting to ramp up. We’ll be putting out calls for speakers and sponsors next week, but in the meantime, here’s the rough plan for WCSF weekend (subject to change). It’s basically three WordCamps in…