WordCamps are all about making connections and getting inspired to do more with WordPress. But why wait until next weekend to connect with the other WordPress enthusiasts you’ll see at Mission Bay?
Check out our new attendee forums if you’re interested in arranging Ride Shares and/or Get Togethers with other WordCamp SF attendees. If you have suggestions for other forum topics, leave a comment on this post!
We want you to treasure your WordCamp SF 2014 commemorative t-shirt. If someone else bought you a ticket, and you haven’t circled back to fill in your personal info, then we can’t order you the right size t-shirt — and that would be a bummer!
If someone else bought your ticket for you, please fill out your registration info no later than tomorrow (October 8), so we can make sure you go home with a super-cool WCSF shirt in your size! If you’re not sure how to complete your registration info, please fill out the contact form and we’ll help you out.
Paul Clark started making websites in 2006 to pay his way through business classes. It wasn’t long before he found WordPress. “I was super-excited to find a system that would let me hand content management off to clients, instead of getting a call every time some punctuation needed to be changed!” From using WordPress for side projects he went on to co-found Brainstorm Media, an agency that was acquired by 10up in 2013. Now he’s at 10up where he’s the Director of Recruiting.
For his first WordCamp presentation, Paul was thrown in at the deep end. At WordCamp Phoenix he gave a co-presented a day-long WordPress 401 course for advanced programers. It was also at that event that he gave an early version of the talk that he’ll be giving at WordCamp San Francisco.
This isn’t Paul’s first WordCamp San Francisco. He attended last year: “My favorite memory was connecting with so many people in the community, of course! I interact with so many WordPress friends online every day; it’s a special treat to see everyone in person!”
This year, he’ll be speaking. In his presentation How WordPress Saves Lives and Moves Governments, Paul talks about how the Free Burma Rangers have used WordPress as part of their relief efforts in Burma. It really shows the power of free and open source software, empowering people to change their lives.
This talk encompasses so much of what I love about the community we have. The opportunities we have to make the world a better place in big ways by putting technology to work for people. It talks about complex medical, political, and human rights problems that received real-world solutions thanks to the openness and accessibility of the WordPress community.
This talk is about making computers work for people, not the other way around. It’s about using our skills to make microphones that amplify the work of others.
Need a room for WCSF? We have some hotel rooms available on two of our discounted hotel blocks, where a bunch of WordPress contributors, WordCamp speakers, and WordPress community members are staying.
At The Handlery on Union Square, we have double rooms (2 queen beds) available for about $275/nt. Sharing a room with a roommate is a great way to keep costs down!
If you would rather get something cheaper, we also have some cheaper/smaller rooms at The Mosser at 4th and Mission: either private rooms with private bathroom for $199/nt, or private rooms with a shared hallway bathroom (European hotel style, not dorm room style) for $149/nt.
For any of these rooms, in order to access these rates we must include you on our rooming list so that when you call or email to make the booking you will be in the system. The rates are good between 10/24 and 10/30.
Please fill out our contact form let us know which hotel and room type you would like to reserve, and include your check-in and check-out dates (minimum of 2-3 nights, please). We’ll reply to confirm availability and provide booking information. Hurry though… once they’re gone, they’re gone! 🙂
Just a reminder: our last round of tickets goes on sale tomorrow, October 1, at 6am Pacific time (1pm GMT). This might be your last chance to snag a general admissions ticket to WordCamp SF, so set your calendar reminder, alarm clock, or egg timer now!
Good news if you’re coming in from out of town to attend WCSF: there’s still time to book at the Hotel Triton! EDIT: this block is now full.
Are you coming in from out of town to attend WCSF? Stay where we’re putting our speakers at the Hotel Triton! The special discounted rate is $269 for a double: SOLD OUT!
If you didn’t get your ticket the first time we opened registration, Thursday at noon Pacific time is your chance to purchase a General Admissions ticket to WordCamp SF.
We’ll be publishing our pending schedule in the morning, and then opening general admission ticket sales again for a second round of registration. Set your calendar reminders, and we’ll see you tomorrow on the Tickets page!
Wow, that was fast! Our first round of WordCamp SF tickets sold quickly… but if you didn’t get yours, don’t despair!
A final round of General Admission tickets to WordCamp San Francisco will be released when we announce the schedule, in the coming weeks. Live stream and live stream + t-shirt tickets are unlimited, and a few GA tickets may pop up unannounced as people request refunds. Subscribe to the site so you won’t miss any WordCamp SF announcements!
WordPress is free, and we want to make sure that no one is barred from WordCamp for financial reasons. This year, WordCamp San Francisco is running a travel assistance program for people who live outside of SF, and for locals we’re offering a limited number of scholarship tickets for admittance to Mission Bay Conference Center on October 25-26.
Our scholarship ticket team will be looking for applicants passionate about WordPress who would not be able to attend the event without financial assistance. Please only apply if you really can’t afford the ticket; don’t apply because you’d rather spend your $40 on video games and beer. 🙂
