SnaffleUp – Donate your stuff!
I have just found out a few of my mates have created a wicked website called SnaffleUp. It’s a much better implementation of Freecycle and I have to say I am going to add my first item this evening.
Check it out here: www.snaffleup.co.uk.
WordCamp UK
This weekend is the first ever WordCamp UK event. Jeff Van Campen and I are luck y enough to be heading up to Birmingham this afternoon, ready for a 09:30 kick off tomorrow morning. The weekend will see various WordPress enthusiasts give talks and Q&A sessions on the open source application.
Here is the latest running order:
Saturday 19 July 2008
- 0930-0950
- Registration/coffee
- 0950-1000
- Introduction
- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk/
- 1000-1100
- Essential plugins
- Richard Williams http://www.rkwinternet.com/
- 1100-1200
- SEO for wordpress
- Nick Garner http://wiki.wordcampuk.tonyscott.org.uk/User:Nickg
- 1200-1300
- WordPress Question Time
- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk/
- Gurbir Singh http://astrotalkuk.org/
- Rich Boakes http://boakes.org/
- Sam Bauers http://unlettered.org/
- Mike Little http://zed1.com/
- Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/
- 1300-1430
- Lunch
- 1430-1530
- Plugin Development
- Simon Wheatly http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/
- 1530-1630
- Blogging and journalism
- Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/
- A N Other TBA
- 1630-1730
- Managing blog upgrades using Subversion
- Sam Bauers http://unlettered.org/
- 1730-1800
- WordPress is not a blog
- Jonnya http://wp-cms.com/
- 2000-2300
- Saturday WordCamp UK social
- The Old Royal, Church St, Birmingham.
Sunday 20 July 2008
- 0950-1000
- Introduction
- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk/
- 1000-1100
- Walking with WordPress
- Richard Williams http://www.rkwinternet.com/
- 1100-1200
- Large companies
- Simon Dickson http://puffbox.com/
- 1200-1300
- bbPress/WordPress integration and the future of bbPress
- Sam Bauers http://unlettered.org/
- 1300-1430
- Lunch
- 1430-1530
- Code surgery session
- Submit your questions to the surgeons: http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/code-surgery-questions/
- Your Code Surgeons are:
- Simon Wheatley http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/
- Peter Westwood http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/
- Rich Boakes http://boakes.org/hello
- Mike Little http://zed1.com/
- 1530-1630
- Living from your blog
- Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/
- 1630-1730
- Getting involved with WordPress
- Peter Westwood http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/
- 1730-1800
- The Humphrey Awards 2008
- Ian Covey http://tvs-worst-adverts.co.uk/
- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk/
I am hoping to hear some business cases for adopting WordPress as a content management system. I believe it is a great solution for the average size company that needs a robust, managable solution.
New Masterpiece Website
We launched the new website for Masterpiece a few weeks ago.
http://www.masterpiececreate.co.uk
The whole site is built in WordPress and can be updated by not technical editors and authors. Check out the website if you have a spare few minutes…