Today we're discussing WordCamps with: Lucy Beer, Suzette Franck, Jon Brown, Verious Smith III, Cody Landefeld, Chris Lema, Steve Zehngut, Dre Armeda, Jeff Hester and our host Jason Tucker.
WordCamps

  • Meeting people face to face and that awkward moment when you realize you aren't following someone you just met.
  • Networking and social aspects are key for these events.
  • Observing knowledge and learning, after attending a few events you tend to pick and choose the talks to want to see.
  • Hallway discussions are used more with the seasoned WordCampers.
  • Meeting in person makes it feel more like a community then just knowing people online.
  • Meetups are great for local networking, WordCamps bring in talented people from all over the country/world.
  • Dre speaks about WordCamp San Diego and how he brings in people that make his WordCamp a great event.
  • Intensive learning in 1 day is important to Suzette
  • Best sessions for Steve Z are the ones with more discussions occurring during the talk then just a presentation.
  • Cody L discusses his recent talk at WPLV and how he may team up with someone else to do more of a discussion about UX than a presentation about UX.
  • Dre talks about the Sucuri security presentations and how they go about doing their talks at various WordCamps. Lots of interaction.
  • Jeff Hester talks about various ways that people do things during their talks and how you can learn more by their live demos
  • Everyone asked Jon Brown about his upcoming WordCamp Maui, no date yet but all 10 of use want to go! Lots of logistics to still work out.
  • Suzette purchased tickets to BuddyCamp Vancouver

  • Question: What is the farthest WordCamp you have attended:

  • Cody – Austin, bbq!

  • Steve – San Diego
  • Lucy – Seattle

  • Chris – Toronto

  • Question: Where is one that you'd like to attend?

  • Jeff Hester – Maui and Paris

  • Dre – Australia

  • Chris – He'd suffer through going to Maui

  • Question: Do you bring your family and kids to WordCamp if it's in a remote location?

  • Dre – He has 30 kids, no way.

  • Chris – Travels 30-40% a year, he sometimes takes them but typically local.

  • Jason – Wants to take his up to SF next year.

  • WordCamp IE?

  • WordCamp Fresno?

Meetups

  • Meetup Groups we talked about:

  • Orange County WordPress Meetup (OCWP)

  • Pasadena WordPress Meetup
  • WordPress Wednesday
  • Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Group (Coming Soon)
  • Southern California WordPress Meetup Group
  • Topanga WordPress Meetup Group
  • Advanced WordPress San Diego
  • Arizona WordPress Group (Chandler, Avondale & Tucson)
  • Maui WordPress

  • Find a local meetup near you on Meetup.com

  • Steve talks about Zeek's meetup space for OCWP

  • Verious is looking for a meetup space for the IE meetup.
  • WordCamp Central

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