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Podcamp Halifax 2012: WordPress Workshop
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:04am | No CommentsI’m running the following session at the Podcamp Halifax unconference today: WordPress Workshop After a 5 min intro including what’s new in the latest release of WordPress (and what’s coming in the next version), I’ll ask attendees what they’d like to hear. Do you want me to show you how to install WordPress? Maybe you’d ... read more »
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AIM Conference Workshop Notes: Getting Started with WordPress
October 27th, 2011 at 9:05am | No CommentsToday I am running the following workshop at AIM Conference in Halifax: Getting Started with WordPress In this session, we’ll briefly go over why WordPress is a great choice. We’ll dive into setting up your own WordPress web site step-by-step, from ordering your web hosting to publishing your first page. We’ll explore buying beautiful, well-built themes ... read more »
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PodCampHalifax 2011 Review
January 24th, 2011 at 6:35pm | 6 CommentsI thoroughly enjoyed the third annual PodCampHalifax unconference this past Sunday. Kudos to event organizers Craig More, Bessy Nikolaou, and Ryan Deschamps for putting together a hit. Things ran very smoothly and it’s clearly due to their hard work and commitment to the event. This was my first PodCampHalifax but not my first unconference event ... read more »
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Speaking at BarCampVancouver2008
September 27th, 2008 at 6:13pm | 2 CommentsToday was the first time I have given a talk since my honors thesis over three years ago. I’ve attended a few conferences in the past few years and I’ve really grown interested in becoming a presenter, sharing my experience and ideas. I’ve heard that BarCamp is a great place to start sharpening your presentation ... read more »
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WDN08 kicks off
January 30th, 2008 at 1:27pm | No CommentsThis morning I arrived at the conference, registered, picked up my totebag full of swag, and instantly ran into some folks I met at the conference last year. It was great to see some familiar faces and I’m looking forward to catching up. The swag bag this year actually contained a couple of really cool ... read more »
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Attending Web Directions North 2008
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08pm | No CommentsI doubted I was going to make it to Web Directions North this year, but as I just wrote, things have changed for me in the past few months. My new employer has been generous enough to send me to the conference and I couldn’t be happier to be returning for a second year. I’m ... read more »
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Web Directions North 2008
October 16th, 2007 at 10:09pm | 1 CommentLast January I had a blast at Web Directions North here in Vancouver. Others must have as well because they’re hosting it here again this coming January. This year’s lineup of speakers include most of the rock stars from last year. In addition, Jonathan Snook will be showing off his Ajax-foo this year and a ... read more »
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Web Directions North Wrapup
February 13th, 2007 at 11:13am | 4 CommentsI’m amazed the degree to which Web Directions North has exceeded my expectations. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my high expectations but the people, atmosphere, and inspiring talks really blew me away. Having talked to a lot of web professionals attending the conference, I’ve gathered that this conference was about positive reinforcement above ... read more »
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Web Directions North: Day 2
February 8th, 2007 at 12:28pm | No CommentsI’m sitting in on the Web Apps 2: Developer to designer talk by a couple of Yahoo! folks, one of which works on Flickr. Very interesting how much thought they are putting into design at Flickr. Also interesting chatter about client-side performance where some design ideas had to be abandoned due to performance degradation. Next ... read more »
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Web Directions North: Day 1
February 7th, 2007 at 12:24pm | 1 CommentI’m sitting in on the Ajax Kung Fu talk by Jeremy Keith and doing a lot of nodding. I couldn’t agree more with his position on maintaining the thin client status of the browser. In the past, I’ve strongly argued from this position. I remember specifically arguing against returning XML from the server, parsing it, ... read more »
