Month: July 2013

The WP Conf to “fork” WordCamp Los Angeles

wpconfI was tagged in a tweet by Brad Williams that referenced The WP Conf, which is currently only a half-finished website, but is an independent WordPress conference slated for late this year, and calls itself, “a WordPress conference forked from WordCamp and WordCamp Los Angeles.”

Based on intensive investigative journalism… er… I mean, based on the author of the posts on the site, it was simple to discover that community veteran and WordCamp LA organizer Austin Passy is at least one of the people involved in The WP Conf. I quickly reached out to Austin for more info, to see if he can share more about the event. He had the following to say:

I was just ready after running WordCamp LA for four years to move on. But I enjoy organizing and am good at hosting events and parties, and I wanted to create a new breed of a WordPress conference. I think the community is ready for something different but at the same time can run concurrently with WordCamps.

-Austin Passy, organizer of The WP Conf

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WordPress podcasts to keep an eye on

Studio Microphone

The WordPress podcast landscape seems to be exploding. I’ve been keeping my queue filled for a while now with the shows available. Let’s talk about a few.

The DradCast

The DradCast is a carryover from WP Late Night, hosted by Sucuri CEO Dre Armeda and WebDevStudios co-founder Brad Williams. They are ridiculously experienced and well respected in the WordPress community and can always pull in the best possible guests. They tend to talk about the bleeding edge of WordPress news, events and hot topics.

Matt Report

There are a variety of Slocum Studio shows that I also enjoy. I’ve been on the relatively new Week in WordPress podcast before. But my favorite of their shows is the Matt Report, where Matt Medeiros interviews various WordPress-based entreprenuers and business owners. You’ve probably heard of some of his guests, and others are fresh faces that can really provide great insight. Matt Report has been going strong for 40+ episodes now. I never miss one.

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