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Reno Word Camp IS Here!

• 17/05/11
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The Reno Word Camp event, June 4^th and 5^th, is something we at Digital Delirium are very excited about, so excited we are a proud sponsor of the event.  We decided to run an exclusive post on it, so that we can highlight some of the speakers and topics you can look forward to.

When and Where

When:
June 4th - Registration begins at 8:00 am, Presentations start at 9am
June 5th - Classes begin at 12:00 pm

Where:
June 4th - UNR, Joe Crowley Student Union
June 5th - UNR, DeLaMare Library

The camp will be divided into two categories: One is for the all you WordPress techies who want to learn more about developing the backend of your site. The other, is for the business owner and bloggers who would like to learn how to get the most out of WordPress.  General admission is $30, and students get in for $25.00.  Here’s a sample of Saturday speakers:

For you techies:

Consider the Content Life Cycle: WordPress CMS Strategies and Codewith Michael Erlwine. Mitchois a PhD student in Linguistics at MIT with primary interests in formal syntax / semantics. He is also an active coder who works on projects such as Ubiquity and Panorama at Mozilla and the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin for WordPress.

WordPress Development: Tracking your code with Version Controlwith Sterling Hamilton.Born and raised in Las Vegas, Sterling has been developing web sites for the last 15+ years and has spent the majority of his time focusing on web application development. Freelancing up until 2005, Sterling has worked for various firms throughout the Nevada area.

For the business owner and bloggers:

WordPress Network Effects: How The WP Community Changes Your DestinywithLuke Pilon. Luke is a software architect and entrepreneur who has spent the last decade developing digital enterprises in Southern California. He’s the founding and managing partner of the media and development firm Mobiah, a group dedicated to extending WordPress to meet the demands of media management, mobile engagement and providing geographically centric experiences for users.

Whittling Your Tone: How to Engage an Audience with a Pointy Stick of Youwith MikePomranz.  Pomranz is a writer, comedian, musician and beer aficionado living in Brooklyn, NY. Promranz is best known as the senior blogger for Comedy Central’s hit television show, Tosh.0.  As a Tosh.0 blogger, he was credited by numerous national news sources for his role in launching the success of Rebecca Black’s YouTube hit, “Friday.” This is a guy who knows how to grab audiences and has many online successes.

Sunday classes are just as exciting as Saturday’s presentations. For bloggers and business owners there is a WordPress boot camp, a layperson’s look at the system from the ground up. For true developers Sunday is WordPress Development Day! Get together with other developers to learn how you can contribute to WordPress.

So there you have it, a quick rundown on what to expect from this year’s Word Camp. We hope to see you there!

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