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Complete your registration, get a WCSF shirt you’ll love

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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.

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Introducing Paul Clark

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.

Speaking at WordCamps

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.

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!”

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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.

 

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Need a room?

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! 🙂

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More WordCamp San Francisco Tickets and our Schedule

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The schedule is live! Now you can check out when your favorite speaker is on stage, and agonize about tough choices over who you’re going to see live and who you’ll catch on WordPress.tv later.

And, as promised, we have another batch of tickets on sale. One more small block of tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, October 1 at 6am Pacific time, but buy your ticket now if you can! There’s only so many WordPressers that we can squeeze into the Mission Bay Conference Center at one time.

Coming in from out of town? Having trouble finding a hotel room? We have arranged a special rate of $269 per night at the Hotel Triton (342 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108). Book your room at this reduced rate via this special link or call Alison Kuntz at 415.292.8173.

See you in October!

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Introducing another group of WCSF speakers

Just when you thought WCSF couldn’t get any better, we’ve got another nine speakers to introduce you to. There’s some familiar ones and some unfamiliar, but we think you’ll love hearing what they’ve all got to say:

  • Lyza Danger Gardner is the the co-founder of Cloud Four where she leads mobile development. She’s the author of Head First Mobile Web.
  • Joseph O’Connor is a member of the WordPress accessibility team. He leads Cities, a world-wide effort to build free accessible themes.
  • Sam Hotchkiss is the creator of BruteProtect, a WordPress security plugin acquired by Automattic in August 2014.
  • Josepha Haden is an Analyst at Haden Interactive with nearly a decade of experience managing web analytics, behavioral analysis, and overall site performance.
  • Erick Hitter is a web developer, WordPress contributor, Automattician, former accountant, and occasional audio engineer.
  • Davide Casali is an experience director at Automattic with 11+ years of experience and a hybrid background in design, psychology and technology.
  • Andrea Rennick started out as a volunteer in the WordPress.org forums and now works for Copyblogger Media in customer support for all products.
  • Aaron Hockley is the founder of both WP Photographers and WordCamp Portland.
  • Dave Martin is the Creative Director at Automattic, and WordPress core contributor.

 

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Second round of tickets go on sale Thursday

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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!

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First round of tickets sold out

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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!