WordCampNYC 2009, an Epic WordPress Conference Events

WordCampNYC 2009, an Epic WordPress Conference

November 28, 2009  /  Dian Ara  /    0

Last Saturday (November 20) and Sunday (November 21) WordCampNYC 2009 was held in New York City, at Baruch College; at Vertical Campus on Saturday and at Mason Hall on Sunday. It was astounding WordPress meet-ups, where WordPress enthusiasts and web developers gathered and shared what they know and love most about WordPress.

There were plenty of sessions in WordCampNYC 2009, too many to write in one single post. However, many WordPress users showed their huge interest in a cool plugins demo performed by Beau Lebens. In the demo best WordPress plugins were introduced, including IntenseDebate, Add Content, e-Commerce, Smart SpellChecker:After the Deadline and Recommended Reading.

WordCampNYC 2009 attendees also got a golden opportunity to find out how a college publication Harvard Gazette, using WordPress, had transformed into an online newspaper.

For newbies, there was WordPress set up assistance for free. For those familiar with WordPress, there were lessons on cool WordPress features, including plugins, themes, content creation, etc. While CMS users might learn how to easily run a large-scale non-blog site using WordPress.

Web developers could get to know HTML/CSS/JavaScript and learn how to write plugins, customize themes, contribute to core, etc. While more advanced developers could learn more about plugin unit testing, security issues, etc.

There was also an introduction into BuddyPress, the new black in WordPress community.

And for those truly in love with code, there was Hacker Room, a special room set up for peeps who work on core patches for bugs to version 2.9, guided by trusted core developers.

With 50 WordPress Warriors on stage, WordCampNYC 2009 proved itself to be an epic WordPress conference. Let’s hope the next WordCamp held in Jakarta (January 2010) is as epic as that one.

Below were the speakers of WordCampNYC 2009:
- Barry Abrahamson (Systems Wrangler at Automattic)
- Kenn Bell (Graphic Designer & Indie Filmmaker)
- Sheri Bigelow (Designer, Developer, Photographer, Engineer at Automattic)
- John Bintz (Web Developer)
- Casey Bisson (Plymouth State University’s Information Architect
- Erin Blaskie (Entrepreneur, Internet Marketer)
- Amanda Blum (Creative Director of Howling Zoe Production)
- Jeremy Boggs (Creative Lead of Center for History and New Media)
- Lisa Brundage (Teacher at Brooklyn College and Hunter College)
- Steve Bruner (CEO of SlipFire LLC, co-organizer of WordCampNYC)
- Anthony Bubel (Engineer at Automattic)
- Keith Casey (CTO of Blue Parabola)
- Lin Chen (President of New Circle Consulting)
- Scott Kingsley Clark (Web Developer)
- Jeremy Clarke (Web Developer)
- Stephanie Cockerl (Owner of nextSTEPH)
- Allan Cole (Web Designer, Web Developer)
- Jim Doran (Engineer at Johns Hopkins University, Teacher at Community College of Baltimore County)
- John Eckman (Sr. Director at Optaros)
- Serena Epstein (Graphic Designer, Photographer)
- Corey Eulas (Senior SEO Specialist at LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, Director of Search Marketing at Wine King, Founder of Ninety Seven Media)
- José Fontainhas (WordPress Warrior)
- Brian Gardner (Internet Consultant, Founder/CEO of StudioPress & AgentPress)
- Mikhail Gershovich (Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Baruch College)
- Matt Gold (Project Director of CUNY Academic Commons)
- Dan Goldman (Executive Director of Interactive at WNET.ORG)
- Boone Gorges (Instructional Technologist at Queens College)
- Grant Griffiths (Co-Founder of Headway Themes)
- Jim Groom (Instructional Technology Specialist at University of Mary Washington)
- Shannon Hauser (WordPress Warrior)
- John Hawkins (Host of WordCamp, WordPress Warrior)
- Perry Hewitt (Director of Digital Communications and Communications Services at Harvard University)
- Noel Jackson (Uber Geek, Web Designer, Web Developer)