The Official WordCamp Gold Coast T-Shirt

24th October 2011 by Sennza Pty Ltd • 1 Comment

We have some exciting news today!

Below are the designs for the official WordCamp Gold Coast T-Shirts.

Males have the choice of Black or “Gold Coast” Yellow.  Unfortunately due to the stock of our t-shirt supplier we can only provide Black for females 🙁

The designs for the official T-Shirt we graciously provided by the talented Mr John O’Nolan, who will also be speaking at WordCamp Gold Coast.

John will also be travelling to the Gold Coast all the way from the UK, so make sure to keep an eye out for his talk.

 

For simplicity we have decided to make T-Shirt for WordCamp opt in to receive one. They are completely free to anyone who has purchased a ticket and all you need to do to ensure you receive your t-shirt on the day is fill out the form below before Tues 23th 5pm.

https://2011.goldcoast.wordcamp.org/t-shirt-order-form/

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Speaker: Dion Hulse – What I’ve Learnt From Working In Open-Source

22nd October 2011 by Sennza Pty Ltd • Comments Off on Speaker: Dion Hulse – What I’ve Learnt From Working In Open-Source
Dion Hulse

Dion Hulse

Dion is currently one of a select few with the privilege of WordPress core commit access. Having made close to 300 Trac tickets, uploaded well over 500 Trac patches (as well as too many commits to count) and had over 200,000 downloads for his Plugins this will be a talk not to be missed!

We asked Dion a few questions in the lead up to his talk which he has kindly answered below:

You’ve been working with WordPress for 5 years and must have seen the community and user base change dramatically in that time. What are some of your fondest memories from the last 5 years?

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Speaker: Kate Swaffer, My Unseen Disappearing World: Using WordPress to Capture Memories

20th October 2011 by thenbrent • 2 Comments
Kate Swaffer

Kate Swaffer

We received dozens of excellent speaker applications for WordCamp Gold Coast, and Kate’s application really stood out.

Her proposed title captured my attention, but it was only after I read the description that I realised what the title was alluding too and just how inspiring her story is.

Kate was diagnosed with a rare younger onset dementia when she was 49. At WordCamp Gold Coast, Kate will share her personal story of living with dementia and how she uses it as motivation to live a fuller life.

Since being diagnosed, Kate has begun to use WordPress in a truly unique way – to help capture her memories, and build a personal history file, by way of words and stories embodying her feelings and emotions.

Kate volunteers as an advocate for people with dementia and through her role, one thing Kate encourages is for others to use blogs to share their life stories. Kate also strives to break down the barriers and stigma around dementia through her presentations.

I asked Kate a few questions to learn more about what it takes to get up stage and share such a personal story.

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Speaker: Vlad Lasky – Securing Your WordPress Website

18th October 2011 by thenbrent • Comments Off on Speaker: Vlad Lasky – Securing Your WordPress Website
Vlad Lasky

Vlad Lasky

Like any web application, there are measures we can take to improve the security of our WordPress site. That’s why we’re excited to have Vlad Lasky sharing his expertise on security at WordCamp.

Vlad is a computer systems engineer with a humorous and educational story to tell about WordPress security. His presentation will give every site administrator tips on how to harden their WordPress installation against would-be attackers and avoid inadvertently doing things that could compromise site security.

At WordCamp Gold Coast, you’ll be presenting on security. What are your top three security tips for every WordPress site? Continue reading Speaker: Vlad Lasky – Securing Your WordPress Website →

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Speaker: Vikki Maver, How to Write for an Online Audience

6th October 2011 by thenbrent • Comments Off on Speaker: Vikki Maver, How to Write for an Online Audience
Vikki Maver

Vikki Maver

Since 2008, Vikki has been training others on how to improve their writing at work. It’s with great pleasure I announce that Vikki will be sharing her expertise at WordCamp Gold Coast in a session on writing for the web.

Vikki finds helping people improve their writing skills extremely rewarding and loves meeting interesting people along the way, which is why we’ve been able to convince her to deliver this session at WordCamp.

To help me improve these announcements blog posts, I got in early to ask Vikki for her top tips on writing for the web.

At WordCamp Gold Coast, you’ll be presenting on how to write for an online audience. What are your top three tips for writing online? Continue reading Speaker: Vikki Maver, How to Write for an Online Audience →

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Speaker: Brett Morgan, Making Blogs Graphical (with HTML5)

5th October 2011 by thenbrent • Comments Off on Speaker: Brett Morgan, Making Blogs Graphical (with HTML5)
Brett Morgan

Brett Morgan

Most blog content is text, but with the emergence of camera phones and photo-sharing apps, visually immersive blogs are becoming increasingly popular.

At WordCamp Gold Coast, Brett Morgan is going to show a vision of a new way of constructing blogs, using HTML5 technologies, that empower users and clients to express themselves in new ways.

Brett works as part of Google’s Developer Relations team on Blogger, so he knows a thing or two about blogging. I asked Brett a few questions to learn more about graphical blogs and what brings a Blogger man to a WordCamp.

What are you favourite image-driven blogs? Continue reading Speaker: Brett Morgan, Making Blogs Graphical (with HTML5) →

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Speaker: Andrew Davis, Getting Online: How to Build Your First Website using WordPress

3rd October 2011 by thenbrent • Comments Off on Speaker: Andrew Davis, Getting Online: How to Build Your First Website using WordPress
Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis

WordCamps bring together folks of all skill levels, from core-developers to first-time bloggers. That’s why we’ve signed Andrew Davis up to run a session especially for new-comers to WordPress.

During his session, Andrew will show how easy it can be to create your own blog or website with WordPress. He will cover the actual steps involved as well as provide a framework to help you keep on top of the process.

I asked Andrew a few questions about the presentation and his plans for WordCamp Gold Coast.

At WordCamp Gold Coast, you’ll be teaching newcomers how to set up their first WordPress website. What are some of your top tips for every new WordPress installation? Continue reading Speaker: Andrew Davis, Getting Online: How to Build Your First Website using WordPress →

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Workshop: WordPress Plugin Development 101 with Anthony Cole

30th September 2011 by thenbrent • 1 Comment

Anthony Cole

In the history of WordCamp in Australia, there have been a total of 3 events. Anthony Cole has helped organise the two of these.

WordCamp Gold Coast will be the first camp in Australia or New Zealand Anthony has attended without the responsibilities of also organising. What better way to take advantage of all the free time than to run a workshop on plugin development?

When not organising WordCamps, Anthony creates commercial WordPress plugins and is also a freelance WordPress developer who has worked with the likes of Saatchi and Saatchi.

Anthony will share his skills at WordCamp Gold Coast to help absolute beginners learn how to develop WordPress plugins. His workshop will cover fundamentals of plugin development as well as best practices such as unit testing and version control. If you’ve ever wanted to get started in WordPress plugins, this is the workshop for you.

I asked Anthony a few questions to find out more about his plans for WordCamp and why he keeps coming back for more.

You’re no stranger to WordCamps, what is your favourite memory from a camp? Continue reading Workshop: WordPress Plugin Development 101 with Anthony Cole →

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Sponsor: WP Hosting Australia

29th September 2011 by Sennza Pty Ltd • Comments Off on Sponsor: WP Hosting Australia

We are excited to announce another one of our fantastic sponsors that are helping us make WordCamp Gold Coast an event to be remembered

Please welcome WP Hosting Australia!

WP Hosting Australia was founded to provide quality hosting for Australian and International bloggers and website owners. Our clients include individuals, small businesses, companies, corporate and government.

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Speaker: Troy Dean, Running a Small Business as a WordPress Developer

27th September 2011 by thenbrent • 2 Comments
Troy Dean

Troy Dean

After the first day of WordCamp Melbourne in February, a group of about 20 headed to an Italian restaurant nearby for dinner. It wasn’t long after the beers started flowing that the conversation turned to business.

Anyone who was at that dinner will no doubt remember Troy’s tips for managing accounts and creating consistent results. So it brings me great pleasure to be able to have Troy share those tips with a wider audience at WordCamp Gold Coast.

Troy’s presentation will cover the systems you can put in place to make sure you quote correctly and deliver WordPress sites efficiently. He’ll cover the plugins you should use and processes you can put in place to streamline the whole web development project.

His talk will give a blueprint for how to deliver consistent results every time, and make the most of your time. He will also cover some neat tricks around debt collection too!

If you run a small business that has clients and use WordPress, this presentation is a must.

You can follow Troy on Twitter. You should also follow WordCamp Gold Coast on Twitter.

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