WordCamp Portland » vegasgeek http://2011.portland.wordcamp.org September 17-18, 2011 - Portland Oregon Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:17:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WordCamp Awesome in the Making http://2011.portland.wordcamp.org/2011/09/01/wordcamp-awesome-in-the-making/ http://2011.portland.wordcamp.org/2011/09/01/wordcamp-awesome-in-the-making/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:30:02 +0000 Aaron Hockley http://2011.portland.wordcamp.org/?p=624 Continue reading →]]> I love unconferences because the event dynamic is driven by the attendees – folks get to choose the agenda and everyone can learn from the experiences of a diverse set of attendees.

As I look at the current state of things, we have about 135 tickets remaining.

There’s some great discussion going on at the open thread for discussion topic ideas.

As I browse the list of registered attendees and look at the names of other sponsors and organizers who aren’t yet on that page, I see:

  • multiple WordPress core contributors
  • WordCamp organizers from across the country
  • authors who produce great content, developers who write plugins and themes, and designers who make things look and work smoothly
  • folks like John Hawkins* and Todd Huish who build websites for Chris Brogan
  • Tantek Çelik, a web standards guru and microformats pioneer

* speaking of Mr. Hawkins, check out his article WordCamp Portland – Round 3 in which he explains why (as a 20+ WordCamp veteran) he’s excited to travel 750 miles to come to WordCamp Portland.

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