For everyone post-event stalking WordCamp Ireland 2010, here’s enough fodder to keep you busy for a few hours. Please note that we are adding these links from a manual trawl through Google Blog Search and links sent to us, so if we missed your links, review, presentation or video, please let us know in the comments, tweet @WordCampIRL or pingback this post to be added.
Presentations & Videos
We have updated speaker bios with links to presentation slides, videos and notes on WordCamp from speakers. Have a look; if there’s a (*) next to the speaker’s name, we have stuff for them or from them!
Camper Reviews
Notes and reviews of WordCamp 2010 and various presentations. Most recently discovered listed first:
Photos!
Photo Credit: Mykl Roventine
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We’ve been inundated with great enthusiasm for Wordcamp Ireland 2010 on Twitter, from attendees, speakers and sponsors alike. We’re delighted so many of you had such a great time, and in the face of so much enthusiasm, we’re going to go ahead and start planning WordCamp 2011 with your help and feedback.
For WordCamp 2011, we promise to:
- Use the right WordPress logo (I’m going to WordPress Hell – Sabrina)
- Block book all rooms at Langton’s so more people can stay there
- Have a smoother registration and check-in system
- Have an online list of attendees so people can find each other after camp
- Re-work the Speakers & Sponsors dinner so it’s more mingle-y
- Signpost the outside of Langton’s so it’s easier to get into!
- Sort out the Conservatory sunlight issue and blackout draping (So sorry about that…)
- Do a better job with lunches (we got slammed by the walk-in registration numbers)
- Have VGA hookup dongle thingies for both kinds of Macs for all rooms
- Have tea, coffee and water available all day every day, instead of tea and coffee service
- Open the bar in the ballroom after the last talk both days so we have our own bar
- Organise volunteer videographers for all sessions, speaker permission allowing
- Organise more volunteer opportunities now that we know what we’ll need
- Do more further in advance so we have a chance to sleep, shower and hang out more with 250 amazing, amazing people
Part of the reason why, after having sworn we would never do this again, we are suddenly mad-keen to host Wordcamp 2011 is that we want want the chance to fix the things we cocked up this year. We genuinely want to know what else you’d like us to do better. Please let us have your feedback in the comments and we’ll do our very best!
SO: Tell us what you liked best, what you liked least, and what just plain didn’t work for you. We do this for the WordPress community, and we want to know what the community wants!
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We’ll be adding a few posts in the next few days for speaker presentation links, feedback, photos and videos, but meantime, you can catch some of the buzz on Twitter at #WCIRL. Right now, the most important thing we want to say is thank you. Thank you so much to everyone who came together to make WordCamp Ireland 2010 a huge success. We know it wasn’t perfect, and we’ve learned so much from this inaugural event about what we can do better next time, but just now as we bask in the warm glow of a truly brilliant weekend, we want to thank:
- The speakers – all 35 of them, who covered three tracks with huge bredth and great generosity of time and knowledge;
- The sponsors – the amazing 14 companies who made this event possible, many of whom came out to take part and contribute to Camp with enthusiasm (and great prizes!);
- The volunteers – Darragh, Steph and Niamh who stepped in to do the things we didn’t even know would have to be done, and did it without being asked and with enormous capability;
- The “staff” – Mark and Lily, who ran 3 million errands, carried 3 million boxes, stuffed 3 million bags and looked after approximately a billion kids in excellent humour;
- The campers – 236 people from 9 countries who made this an AMAZING experience filled with good-natured WordPress lovers who were keen, friendly and so excited to be at this event.
Thank you again to each and every one of you. Speaking for myself and Katherine, I can say our only serious regret is that we didn’t get to spend more time hanging out with the fantastic crowd who gathered in Kilkenny this weekend. But we look forward to seeing you at the next WordCamp Ireland!
If you’ve got photos, please post them to http://pix.ie/group/wordcamp, our official photo pool, so we can all see them!
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We’re delighted that so many of you who would otherwise not be able to come to a weekend conference are bringing your children with you.
The schedule for both days of childcare can be downloaded here.We can care for children from 0 – 12 years, and all of the activities are designed for a mixed-age group of children, with extra hands for infants and toddlers. Children will be supervised at all times.
Please Note: This is informal child minding; our goal is to keep your kids corralled, safe and entertained, but we’re not really concerned with their educational development or the fact that they are quite likely to get magic marker on themselves. There will be G-rated movies involved, and there will be Xbox 360 games. Sure, there will be outdoor games and crafting, too, but Montessori education this is not.
Childcare is located in the ballroom, to which you have access at all times. All of the children will be together for all of the day, including toddlers and babies in arms. We do ask that if you are dropping off babies and toddlers whilst you attend sessions, that you leave their push chairs or slings with them.
- You must not leave Langton’s while your children are with us.
- We must know what sessions you are going to, and have your mobile number. A sheet for this will be provided.
- Nappy changing is fine, just be sure to leave gear with your child if they are at all likely to need a change.
- We will be giving out snacks of fruit and popcorn. If you child has an allergy that makes this unacceptable, YOU MUST LET US KNOW.
Hopefully, this will be a fun couple of days for the kids, and we look forward to meeting your kids at WordCamp!
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If you’re arriving in Kilkenny on Friday and looking for something to do and a nice way to meet your fellow campers, join a night time photo walk through one of Ireland’s most scenic cities.
Edit: We’ve got a time and a place now!
When: 8 PM
Where: The Lobby at Langton’s Hotel
Who: Look for the people with cameras in hand!
Sign Up: Just add your name to the comments below.
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Online purchase for WordCamp Ireland is now closed. However, you can still purchase tickets – we’ll be running a cash desk at WordCamp registration for those who have not been able register before hand.Please note these will be cash transactions only – no cheques, no credit cards.
Guidelines are as follows:
Saturday Tickets:
- ALL tickets purchased on Saturday are €50. There is no discount even if you are only planning to attend on the Saturday.
- Tickets include lunch and coffee breaks both days.
- Tickets may be also be purchased for the optional Saturday Night Dinner. These tickets are €25 each and children under 12 are free of charge.
Sunday Tickets:
- Sunday tickets are €25 each. There is no additional discount for late entry.
- Please have mercy on our souls and bring exact change. The WordPress gods will thank you.
If you are going to do a walk-up registration, we would REALLY APPRECIATE IT if you could add your name to the comments so we can get some kind of vague count. Thanks a lot!
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As previously announced, WordCamp Ireland will feature a Genius Bar, running all day both days. However, given the fact that getting 35 fabulous speakers all in the right place on the right weekend at the right times can be slightly reminiscent of herding cats, we have utterly failed to get properly organised ahead of time in terms of volunteer sign-ups.
We are now moving to Plan B: Organised Chaos. There will be a large Genius Bar schedule on the wall at registration, with space for Genius Bar volunteers to choose a convenient 45-minute slot to sit down and man the help desk, two at a time. (If you are familiar with the BarCamp format, it should work very much like that.)
There is a huge crew of people from Automattic coming to WordCamp, most of whom have generously volunteered to take a turn in the hot seat, so we are not overly worried about being able to staff the Genius Bar. Still, if you can offer technical, content or design expertise, we’d very much love to see your name on volunteer sign-up on the day, and will offer you our many, many thanks… and a special little pressie!
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Sisters Kirstie (left) and Aisling (right) are the brains behind one of Ireland’s most popular and widely read blogs, Beaut.ie.
Blogging has allowed them to parlay a passion for all things cosmetic into full time jobs.
Aisling’s book, The Beaut.ie Guide to Gorgeous, is now in the shops and Kirstie has a regular column in the Evening Herald.
Session: A Bit of a Blather with Beaut.ie
For many bloggers, the story of Beaut.ie is a fairytale dream come true; Kirstie and Aisling McDermott have built a blog with humble beginnings into one of the most powerful online properties in the country and two full-time jobs. Rosemary Mac Cabe sits down with the gals from Beaut.ie to talk about the history of one of Ireland’s most popular sites, the growth of their business, how they manage their active community, and what blogging has meant to them in a wider context.
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Jason Roe is an Internet consultant who specialises in web development, search engine optimisation and social media. He was involved in a projects such as CRO.ie, Independent.ie, Herald.ie and more recently in Wordpress powered innovations by Enterprise Ireland. Jason was elected to the board of the Irish Internet Association (IIA) in late 2009.
Session: Making Money with WordPress
Making Money with WordPress will provide you with answers to the question “How do I monetise my blog?” and look at a variety of ways to make money online using WordPress through AdSense, direct advertising, affiliate schemes and more. The session will include real world examples and guide you through extending WordPress capabilities using templates, plugins and a bit of common sense!
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Jane is the user experience lead for WordPress, and has worked in the web industry for 10 years.
Though her apartment is in the East Village, she spends much of her time traveling to WordCamps and meeting WordPress users to incorporate their feedback into each new version.
WordCamp Ireland 2010
Presentation | Video | Notes
Session: Keynote
Jane will be delivering the keynote speech at WordCamp Ireland at 12pm on Saturday.
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