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I’m Speaking at WordCamp Montreal!

June 30, 2009 By Brad 2 Comments

Next stop on my WordCamp Tour is WordCamp Montreal! I will be giving a presentation on WordPress Security at the event.
My presentation will cover how to keep your WordPress powered website secure from hackers and exploits. I’ll show examples of hacked sites, share tips and plugins for keeping WordPress secure, and talk about my experiences with WordPress and security overall.

WordCamp Montreal will take place in Montreal, Quebec on July 11-12.

I’m taking the scenic train ride from NYC to Montreal (12 hours!) and also plan on attending the Jazz Festival while in town. WordCamps are awesome and so is traveling so I’m really looking forward to this event, aye!

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I Survived WordCamp Chicago!

June 8, 2009 By Brad Leave a Comment

The WebDevStudios team survived WordCamp Chicago 2009! We flew in Friday night, after a much delayed flight, and arrived just in time for pizza and drinks at Lou Malnati’s. During dinner we met Lisa Sabin-Wilson (author of WordPress for Dummies), Jeff Chandler (WP Weekly host and WPTavern.com owner), and a few other WordPress enthusiasts.

Saturday morning came very early, after staying up until 2am the night before, but we managed to wake up and make it to WordCamp Chicago! I met a lot of great people at WordCamp including Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress), Jeremy Wright (CEO of b5media), David Peralty (co-host of WP Weekly), Dan Schulz (Advisor on SitePoint), Erin Blaskie, and lots of other WP Enthusiasts.

The presentations at WordCamp Chicago were great. I would have liked to seen more of a focus on WordPress, rather than blogging and branding presentations, but I understand that users outnumber designers and developers at these conferences. The presenters all did a really great job.

If you have never been to a WordCamp, GO! These events are awesome and I can already tell I am starting to get addicted to them.

Next up, WordCamp Montreal in July (which I am speaking at)!

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Advanced Thesis Techniques and Tricks

May 20, 2009 By Brad Leave a Comment

I recently gave a presentation on the WordPress Thesis theme at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic. I wanted to share that presentation with everyone so the slides are embedded below:

Advanced Thesis Techniques and Tricks

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I’m Speaking at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic!

April 29, 2009 By Brad Leave a Comment

I’ve been given the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic 2009!

WordCamp Mid-Atlantic will take place in Baltimore, Maryland on May 16th from 8am to 5pm. I will be giving a presentation titled:

Advanced Thesis Techniques and Tricks

Thesis 1.5 was just released yesterday so I’m very excited to share some Thesis knowledge with other WordPress enthusiasts, including new features! If you are planning on attending WordCamp Mid-Atlantic drop me a line. See you in B-town!

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WordCamp NYC 2009 set for October 24th!

January 21, 2009 By Brad Leave a Comment

WordCamp NYC 2009 dates were announced at the WordPress Meetup last night in New York City. Steve Bruner, the meetup organizer, is planning the event through the Meetup group on October 24th, 2009.

If anyone in the area wants to volunteer/speak/whatever contact him with details. I’ll also be getting involved and helping out where I can. Can’t wait for that event and hope to see you there!