Following recent WordCamps in Chicago and New York, SF will be privy to its own day-long workshop around blogging and usability trends. Domestic first-time WordPress users and experienced developers alike will be in Mission Bay for conversations about monetizing blogging and managing content (not to mention the allure of microcelebrity) before similar events occur in Milan and San Paulo late this spring. Tomorrow’s schedule includes talks by WordCast podcaster Dave Moyer, GeekBrief.TV producer Cali Lewis, and community guru (and Women 2.0 In Conversation interviewee) Tara Hunt.
WordPress and Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg says the camps, which were created using a BarCamp model and now number in the hundreds annually, are a great example of the platform’s main goal of democratizing publishing. Users from Manila to Dallas have organized their own WordCamps worldwide and pulled in local resources for co-education. Mullenweg, who curated the local WordCamp, says that product innovations have come out of the get-togethers (at which he’s been asked to sign more than a few laptops and iPhones). Not bad for someone who thought he’d never leave the Lone Star State.
When asked about starting a blog platform after studying jazz saxaphone at a Houston performing arts high school, Mullenweg said that practice has been the key to success in both his pursuits. “I think of jazz songs as frameworks,” he said, “and WordPress plugins require the same improvisation.”
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