SitePoint Podcast returns to WordCamp Raleigh for live show

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Steve M

We are extremely excited and pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, the SitePoint Podcast will host a special live show at WordCamp Raleigh.

Last year’s show, the first ever live, in person episode of the podcast, was a big success, with a face to face audience of 80-120 people and a live online audience in the hundreds. So, we’re doing it again!

The Details

The SitePoint Podcast will be live on Saturday May 21st for two hours, starting at 1 PM ET (GMT/UTC -4) in the room dedicated to the Users Track. They will have prizes, special guests and a lot of fun and conversation. You will need a conference pass to attend the podcast in person so register today if you haven’t got your ticket yet!

Just like last year, the live Podcast will be hosted by Patrick O’Keefe (@ifroggy), Brad Williams (@williamsba) and Stephan Segraves (@ssegraves). Unfortunately, their newly anointed co-host Louis Simoneau (@rssaddict) will not be making the long trek from Australia to join them. Dave Moyer will be helping out again on the technical end.

Following the podcast, both Brad and Patrick will be speaking in the Power Users track, with Brad leading with he session “Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse using Custom Post Types and Taxonomies” and Patrick closing out the afternoon with “Comment Moderation 201.”

Special Guest: You

The SitePoint Podcast team are still working out the logistics, but they’ll be pulling at least one member of the audience up on stage to be a guest on the show and, if you attend, it could be you.

Listen Online or In Person

The show will be broadcast online, so if you can’t make it in person, we encourage you to join live on the SitePoint Podcast homepage. The show will be recorded so that it can be released as a regular podcast, but we hope to have you here with us for the fun, whether for the whole show or just part of it.

Speaker Spotlight: Dave Moyer of Bitwire Media

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Steve M

Dave is a blogger, podcaster, web developer, radio host, actor, YouTuber, musician and photographer. He’s the founding President of Bitwire Media, the producers of blogs, podcasts and new media programming including WordCast and Making My Life.

Recent speaking credits include:
– WordCamp Developers (Vancouver, BC)
– Library of Congress Teacher Librarian Day 2011
– CSIA DEMOGala 2010
– OpenCamp Dallas 2010
– WordCamp Reno 2010
– WordCamp Raleigh 2010

When not on the road, Dave resides in Denver, CO. He’s also 18 years old.

Dave will be presenting on the topic of WordPress Multisite: The Why and How of WordPress Blog Networks in the Users track. Here’s an extract from what you can expect to hear from Dave:

Since version 3.0, the multisite functionality of WordPressMU is built into every WordPress install. Do you know how and why to create a network of sites? In this session, we’ll take a look at the basics of WordPress multisite. More importantly, do you understand how to take advantage of multisite technology to turbocharge your content? We’ll review the mistakes and misconceptions that make so many multisite installs irrelevant and painful wastes of time. Networks aren’t just for the geeks anymore! Use this power for good.

So register today for WordCamp Raleigh 2011 and come meet Dave. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter – @davemoyer

VaultPress sponsors WordCamp Raleigh 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Steve M

We are extremely pleased to announce that VaultPress is a Gold sponsor of WordCamp Raleigh 2011.

VaultPress is the complete website backup and security solution that’s as simple as WordPress itself. Vaultpress provides realtime, continuous backup and synchronization of every post, comment, media file, revision and dashboard setting across at least two separate cloud services in addition to the Automattic grid, ensuring no loss of content.

Find out more about VaultPress at VaultPress.com.

Please join us on May 21st and 22nd for WordCamp Raleigh 2011 and learn more about VaultPress.

Speaker Spotlight: Aaron Jorbin of Clearspring

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Steve M

Aaron is an engineer with Clearspring where he works on AddThis and a WordPress Core Contributor. He has spoken to multiple User Groups and at WordCamps in four time zones. When he’s not busy creating and fixing bugs, Aaron helps run an educational simulation conference for over 1500 college students. He’ll gladly toast to the GPL any day of the week and happily will discuss whisky, quality beer, or the upper peninsula of Michigan with anyone that wants.

Aaron will be presenting on the topic of Debugging and filing bug reports for WordPress in the Developers track. Here’s an extract from what you can expect to hear from Aaron:

Debugging is one of the most important skills that any developer can have. It doesn’t matter what your niche, if you write software, you’ll face bugs. In this presentation I will go over tools for debugging, common types of bugs, and testing methods.

So register today for WordCamp Raleigh 2011 and come meet Aaron. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter – @aaronjorbin

Announcing CompTIA as a sponsor of WordCamp Raleigh 2011

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Steve M

We are extremely pleased to announce a Special Event sponsor, CompTIA. CompTIA will be providing lunch on Saturday for hungry WordCampers.

As the non-profit association for the global information technology (IT) industry, CompTIA offers globally-recognized, vendor-neutral IT certifications to raise the skill level of the world’s IT workforce as well as member educational programs, networking events, research, and public policy advocacy to help the industry grow. Visit certification.comptia.org

This is the second year that CompTIA has sponsored WordCamp Raleigh and we are extremely happy to welcome them back. Please join us on May 21st and 22nd for WordCamp Raleigh 2011 and come meet CompTIA.