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WordCamp Europe speakers announced

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Brian Krogsgard
The WordCamp Europe speakers have been announced. It is going to be a wonderful event. Do not miss it if you can go. Let me repeat: do not miss it if you can go. I am nearly certain this will…

Why the Washington Post uses WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
Yuri Victor gave one of my favorite presentations at WordCamp San Francisco. His talk is now on WordPress.tv. I highly recommend you spend time watching his presentation to see his team's workflow and decision making process, and why they believe…

WordPress Infographic 2013

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Brian Krogsgard
Elegant Themes team went to WordCamp San Francisco and designed a nice WordPress Infographic with all the stats about how WordPress is used and consumed.

WordPress, forking, and the road to 4.0

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Brian Krogsgard
At WordCamp San Francisco, Matt Mullenweg presented the future of WordPress versions 3.7 and 3.8. I have a specific vision for 3.9 and 4.0 - one that will keep both end users and developers happy. Can we make it happen?

2013 State of the Word from Matt Mullenweg

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Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just delivered the 2013 State of the Word, his annual update about WordPress. He started off discussing the history of WCSF, and the first WordCamp San Francisco 8 years ago. It was pretty low tech at first, and…

WP Weekend Phoenix details emerge

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Brian Krogsgard
I guess we can call it a trend now. For the second time in as many weeks, a WordCamp has been "forked". WordCamp Phoenix has been a tremendously popular event in past years. I know at least one year they…

Stay in tune with WCSF all day with WP Armchair

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Brian Krogsgard
David Bisset is an epic WordCamp follower. He should have a badge. He'll be at WordCamp San Francisco in the flesh today, and he's taken it up a notch. He's custom developed a site soyou can keep track of WCSF…

The WP Conf to “fork” WordCamp Los Angeles

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Brian Krogsgard
I 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…

A refreshed Post Status

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Brian Krogsgard
Post Status has been iterating quite a bit over the last six months since it launched. However, not everyone noticed. I'm excited to launch a redesign that reflects the changing purpose that Post Status serves. It started as a link…

It’s time to take the WordPress 2013 survey

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Brian Krogsgard
The 2013 WordPress survey is now available. I highly recommend that anyone that uses WordPress in any capacity go take it. This survey is enormously helpful for at least three reasons: It helps those that influence the development of WordPress…

WordCamp Europe tickets are on sale

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Brian Krogsgard
WordCamp Europe tickets are on sale now. The tickets cost 60 Euros for the October 5th-7th conference. This event is still months away, but I can already tell from chatter that it's going to be epic, and that I will…

WordCamps and business

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Brian Krogsgard
WordCamp SF attendees, via Matt You've likely heard a lot about the WordPress economy over the past couple of years. Tens of thousands of people make their living with WordPress. It's likely that many thousands more work at news sites,…

Sometimes we need a reminder

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Brian Krogsgard
John Hawkins reflects on his experience this last weekend at WordCamp Orange County, as someone he met was literally brought to tears because they finally found a solution to a problem they were having with a friend's website. John says…

If you’re serious

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Brian Krogsgard
Matt, If you’re serious about forking b2 I would be interested in contributing. I’m sure there are one or two others in the community who would be too. Mike Little's fateful comment on Matt Mullenweg's blog. A short history of…
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