September 2008Web Professionals Gather for WordCamp 2008By Marie Rochelle MacaspacThe third annual Wordcamp, a Wordpress-sponsored conference that attracts web developers, designers, and users, took place last month at the University of California, San Francisco (USCF), Mission Bay Conference Center. Wordpress, which was launched as a blog publishing system platform, is now a popular website content management system, and hosts an amazing 2.3 million blogs on the Internet. Wordpress participants had the opportunity to ask all their burning questions to experts at the Wordpress Genius Bar, learn about the latest security features from self-proclaimed “Wordpress Ninja” Mark Jaquith, and hear about Wordpress’ past, present, and future from its founder, Matt Mullenweg. During his “State of the Word” keynote presentation, Mullenweg alluded to several improvements that will likely soon be unveiled for Wordpress users, such as automatic updates and a focus on providing more themes, the visual personalities of Wordpress-based websites. “I’m glad to hear that Wordpress is going to consolidate all the themes into a single directory,” said Jesse Keyes, a freelance web consultant. Attendees seemed particularly happy with the conference venue, the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, which featured strong WiFi connections, ample parking, large conference rooms, and most of all, comfortable chairs. |
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