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Over the past few weeks I have been working on organizing the WordCamp:Las Vegas conference in January. I but together a website, I added some content and I even signed up for eventbrite.com to let them handle the registrations. I added a button to the site to send the visitors over to eventbrite.com to complete their registration and I tested the link to make sure everything was working properly. Once satisfied, I checked that off my list of things to do and I moved on.
This past weekend there was a LOT of buzz surrounding WordPress and more specifically, WordCamp. There were events held in 3 different cities around the country. There’s another one taking place this coming weekend. WordPress and WordCamp are the hot ticket right now. And yet, it’s been almost 2 full weeks and not a single person has completed the registration form. I realize that the event is still over 3 months away, but come on. Not 1 person signed up?
I received an email this morning from a guy who took the time to write. It said the following:
“Trying to register for WordCamp LV, but the registration form has no submit button. I’ll try again in a day or two and hope it works.”
ACK!! I immediately followed up with an email to the help desk at eventbrite.com asking what the deal is. Unfortunately, it’s now been a full day without a response. That saddens me a little bit. I’ll be following up in the morning with another email and perhaps a phone call.
In this case it wasn’t my work that needed double-checking. But had I taken the extra step to test out the form before considering it done, I would have saved myself some grief.
Live and learn.
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WordCamp:Las Vegas, January 10-11, 2009
Last month I was really bummed out when I wasn’t able to attend WordCamp:San Francisco. I’ve been using WordPress for a number of years and have always told anybody who would listen that if they plan on blogging, WordPress is the way to go. Last month’s wasn’t the first WordCamp I had heard about, but it was the first one that was taking place at a location and at a time where I should have been able to attend. Unfortunately, sometimes life happens and you just can’t do what you wanted to do.
After the disappointment I started looking for another WordCamp that I’d be able to attend. Everything that was coming up was either too far away to cheaply fly to, or it was on a weekend where I already have plans. It didn’t take long for me to add it all up and realize it’s time to put together a WordCamp right here in Las Vegas. With one little domain name purchase and an email to the nice folks at Wordpress, WordCamp:Las Vegas was born!
I’ve already been very lucky and have had some great responses to my initial announcement of the upcoming convention. I’ve also been extremely lucky to receive confirmation from Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer (and fellow Dvorak keyboard user, I might add) that he’ll attend and speak at our conference. I have another WordPress developer by the name of Joseph Scott who has also confirmed that he’ll be joining us and will also give a talk on the inner workings of WordPress.
Now is when the hard work starts. There are a 1000 things I need to figure out between now and January 10th & 11th. There are probably just as many things that I don’t know I don’t know. I already have the help of some key people behind me who I will be looking to for help in a number of areas. I will definitely be looking for volunteers to help with different aspects of the show. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please let me know. Free entry to the show, a staff t-shirt and my eternal gratitude will be your reward.
The registration for the event is now open. Space is limited, so register early!
See you all there!
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WordCamp Las Vegas. You interested?
I’ve been a long time user of WordPress and could probably be considered a glorified fanboy at this point. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to make it to any of the WordCamp events as they have all taken place a little too far away. I was lucky enough to attend the first Blog World Expo here in Las Vegas and am registered to attend again next month. Even still, I think it would be a great learning experience (not to mention a lot of fun) to hang out with a bunch of WordPress users geeks for a weekend.
After watching Matt Mullenweg’s “State of the Word” speech from WordCamp San Francisco, that got the wheels turning. “Why not organize a WordCamp here in Las Vegas?” I asked myself. I can’t come up with enough compelling reasons not to.
So I ask you, are you interested in coming to a WordCamp held in Las Vegas? Would you be interested in volunteering some time to help organize? Are you interested in being a sponsor? Would you want to be a guest speaker?
Leave me a comment or drop me a line at John [at] JohnHawkinsUnrated.com and let me know what level of involvement you are interested in.
Viva Las Vegas!
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