Went to Wor
dcamp in Raleigh, North Carolina and again had a great time being immersed in the WordPress community. There’s something about being in a room full of people that either use WordPress, are interested in WordPress or just want to know more about WordPress. I happen to fall into all of the aforementioned categories.
This year there was definitely a focus on simple WordPress security like changing the default database prefix and changing the “Admin” user name to something a little less obvious. I picked up that a WordPress admin needs to use an alias or nickname to post so that Admin user name won’t show up on all blog posts. Makes sense!
The keynote closing speakers were Jane Wells and Andrew Nacin, two members of the core WordPress.org team. I had the privilege of seeing both of them at Wordcamp Birmingham last year. A subject that they spoke about was how the core team wanted Wordcamps to have an 80/20 blend of big name speakers to local speakers. The 80 being local and the 20 being big names. They went on to say however that big name WordPress folks needed to still attend Wordcamps everywhere, but if they weren’t so wrapped up with speaking appointments then this would enable them to interact more closely with the average Joe attendees (like me!). I really like that idea because it will give the average WordPress user the ability to actually talk and share ideas with folks that are directly responsible for changes and updates to the core of WordPress code. Having that interaction would be super cool!
Another huge bonus of the trip was that I go to spend 6+ hours in a car with Doug Cone (went WC Louisville with me previously) and Kevin Dees (a cool dude I met at the Upstate SC WordPress Meetup group a few months back). The concepts that were hashed out and talked about while we sped down the road can change the world possibly. I now know those two guys a little better and we were able to discuss some great ideas.
Wordcamps spawn ideas and fellowship. I highly encourage anyone interesting in WordPress to attend a Wordcamp or other WordPress event. They are usually inexpensive and the wealth of knowledge gained is hardly measurable.
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Hey man it was great getting to know you better. Glad to see you had fun I know I did; learned a lot more than I expected too.