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WordPress Hidden Gems (OpenCa.mp presentation) on Slideshare

My presentation for OpenCa.mp this afternoon, WordPress Hidden Gems, is up on Slideshare. I’ll fill in some slide notes later, since it’s mostly screenshots and there’s much text in the transcript. Enjoy!

August events [updated]

I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Houston this Saturday. (It’s sold out, but HostGator is giving away a few more tickets this morning, so hurry over there if you want them!) My topic is WordPress as a…

Arkansas Regional HighEdWeb

Last Friday, I spoke at the Arkansas Regional HighEdWeb conference. I had a great time! The organizers did a fantastic job — no one could tell it was their first year. I really enjoyed the other speakers’ presentations, too.…

Another book giveaway; OpenCamp Dallas talk

Jeff will be giving away two copies of Beginning WordPress 3 during the 100th episode of WordPress Weekly. Mind you, the book hasn’t been printed yet, so he’ll collect your mailing info and I’ll send them out as…

Going to WordCamp Fayetteville

Thanks to a last-minute change of plans, I’ll be at WordCamp Fayetteville this weekend! I’m excited — it’ll be my first WordCamp, and I’ll get to hang out with several friends from the midwest HighEdWeb crowd. I’m looking…

come see me at the Arkansas HighEdWeb regional conference

Since they’ve sent the press release, I suppose I can now tell you about that other speaking engagement: I’m the keynote speaker for the Arkansas HighEdWeb regional conference in July!

They’ve just issued a call for presentation…

Keynote ruckus at HighEdWeb

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent the week attending the HighEdWeb conference. I’ve been a presenter and a member of the programming committee for the last few years. I adore this conference because the…

Sundry updates

ArmadilloCon was delightful (except for the migraine and the insomnia, but those were my issues, not theirs). If you are a fan of Scott Lynch, keep your ears open this week for an announcement that is, as they say,…

iCal/iPhone ArmadilloCon schedule

My congoing buddy Mike is entering this weekend’s ArmadilloCon schedule into an iCalendar. It’s public, so you can subscribe on your phone if you like. He has today’s all the events in there so far, and I’ll take…

Where I was yesterday

The Beau Monde organized two house tours. I spent yesterday knocking around the grounds at Tudor Place:

Which has trees like this:

And today I’m back in the hotel for RWA National. Follow that for live…

Back from HighEdWeb ’08

I’ve just returned from HighEdWeb ’08. I came down with a cold the day I left and am just now starting to feel normal, so I was way less bouncy than usual and didn’t attend much of the after-hours…

RWA National and SF cons, compare and contrast

After eleven years of SF conventions, RWA National was … different. Convention neepery follows; run away now if you don’t care about this sort of thing.

For starters, I’m more or less used to being in the minority at…

Hot, tired, and home

Home from RWA National. Later this week, if I can pull my thoughts together, I’ll write a bit about how I think RWA and SF cons could learn from one another. For now, I’m cataloguing all the free…

WFC report, attempt #1

OMG TIRED!!1111!!!1

Parties 3, Steph 0.

I have skulls (temporarily) tattooed on my hand.

Memo to publishers: please cease and desist the practice of dropping authors on their heads. You can’t dislodge the books that way, and…

Several excellent reasons not to stay at the Houston Intercontinental Airport’s Marriott hotel

It occurs to me that I haven’t yet told you all about the wonderful hotel experience Sarah and I had on our way to Rochester. (By the way, most of the presentations are up, along with lots of