WordCampRDU

See what happens when I get excited?   I just checked my feeds for the day and found out that the Wayne Sutton, the guy coordinating WordCampRDU, had to cancel the whole thing, just days before the actual event.   I’m sure the poor dude tried everything he could, but I guess it wasn’t enough.

There is a Charlotte WordCamp in the works for November, and I really want to attend some conference this year.   Although, Charlotte is a good two/three hour drive from here.   It might not be worth it to drive out that far when we are trying to save money for a trip back to California next June.

We’ll see how everything goes.   I am totally bummed out, though.

Word Camp RDU

The blog I started 5 years ago, Dull Inspiration, ran on software called Movable Type.   It was a complicated system, especially for someone that had very little experience with HTML.   I kind of gave up on the blog and let it go.   I signed up for a Blogger account and started using that, but, like my previous attempt, it failed as well.

Fast forward about a few years and here I am trying to become a mainstream blogger with WordPress as my platform of choice.   Since my switch to WordPress, I’ve learned a lot about HTML, PHP, and CSS as I played around with the software.   I created many templates for my other sites, each more intricate and professional than the last.   Now, I believe that I have a very good working knowledge of the software and want to take it to the next level.

Five Media DS is my business that I am trying to start that deals with web design.   When I started working on it, I thought that I should attend classes for design.   I also wanted to attend conventions and seminars for graphic design.

WordCamp is a convention, where developers, designers, and end users can group together to learn, share, and just have fun.   I heard of a WordCamp in Texas and the big one in San Francisco, so I didn’t think I would get to go until business picked up.   Well, my wish has come true. There is a WordCamp in Raleigh this weekend, Oct. 4th!   I’ve signed up to go, it will be from 8 am to 5 pm (or was it 6 pm…).   I’m going to take lots of pictures, talk to lots of WordPress folk, and hopefully continue to learn more about WordPress and it’s many features.

I’m really excited and nervous; I’ve never been to one of these shindigs before.   I’m pretty sure I can take a laptop and blog about what is going on, but the battery only lasts about 4 hours.   I hope I can charge it while I am there because I really want to blog and send tweets to my Twitter account.   I’m also going to be sending the photos to my Flickr stream either with my cell phone or with the laptop, depending on the laptop thing.

Hopefully, nothing comes up this Saturday that will keep me from going, otherwise keep an eye on my social feeds this Saturday to see what WordCamp RDU is all about.