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WordCamp NZ

January 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm by David Farrar

This blog runs on WordPress. It started life originally as a Movable Type blog, but a few years ago we migrated it to WordPress, and I have to say it made a huge difference. Not only was the blog heaps faster (as it did not rebuild the whole site after each post), but the functionality was greatly improved. And even better, one had thousands of WordPress plugins one could utilise to add on more features.

So being a big WordPress fan, I’m really looking forward to attending WordCamp NZ on Sat 19 and Sun 20 February. It is being held at Te Papa.

The guest speakers are a mixture of local and international, including John Ford from Automattic – the company behind WordPress. Local speakers include Julie Starr, Lance Wiggs and Richard McManus. I’m also talking for a bit about the challenges of a blog with over 600,000 comments on it. There’s also sessions commercially focused such as Search Engine Optimisation.

You can register to attend on the wordcamp website. Cost is only $85 for the weekend.

I’m hoping I’ll come out of it with some good ideas about ways I can make Kiwiblog better.

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12 Responses to “WordCamp NZ”

  1. s.russell (1,335) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    I hope you have a good time! And as for improvements, an easier way to put in blockquotes, bold, italics etc would be nice….???

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  2. Lance (2,005) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Yeas
    Und itt puckcs upe al dem speeling mustics.
    Sux munfs agoe I culdnt evan speel cummentater, nouw I is wone.

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  3. dime (6,435) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    i miss the karma for each comment :(

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  4. Monty (871) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    David – with respect but I think this is the most boring post since you started this blog.

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  5. jimmyjangles (11) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    add a Facebook ‘like’ button! ;)

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  6. side show bob (3,660) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    What about avatars? I have a great shot of ssb

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  7. reluctant(1) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    This bit from their website particularly impressed me:

    “The idea is to have a 30-40 min presentation with questions and feedback plus a few shorter lightening sessions.”

    Will these all be in the dark or are they handing out bleach?

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  8. RightNow (5,463) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    We need an excess period comment filter

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  9. Put it away (2,887) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    “This one time, at word camp…”

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  10. Murray (8,833) Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    Naked Thursdays.

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  11. Avalon (39) Says:
    January 29th, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    The ticketing system for this is a bit of a farce. As in there doesnt seem to be a system – you just pay your money and it goes into a big black hole. And there are no contact details on the website. Ive had to use twitter to tell someone I dont have tickets – and the second ticket I bought for hubby – well he’s supposed to login to “redeem” a ticket but can create a login.

    The irony of a website promoting an event to show us how better to use wordpress that is pretty unusable does not escape me and has resulted in a few chuckles

    So with any luck – and if they can work out how to produce tickets and run thier own (wordpress?) website – I will be there :) Or I will be expecting my money back.

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  12. ISeeRed (236) Says:
    January 30th, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    You can make Kiwiblog better just by banning philu. There, that saved you $85.

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