Join the Local WordPress Community at a WordPress Meetup

WordPress Meetup - 10th Anniversary Part at PDX Green Dragon

PDX WordPress Meetup celebrates the 10th Anniversary of WordPress at the Green Dragon 2013

WordCamps bring together WordPress users from around the region annually. But the WordPress Community energy and activities don’t stop there. Oregon has a very active WordPress Community and we invite you to join us.

There are two types of meetups in the area. One type is the more structured meetup featuring a guest presenter on a WordPress topic. The downtown PDX WordPress Meetups typically follow that format.

The other is a social meetup where there isn’t a lecture or presentation on a WordPress topic but a quick Q&A session then everyone breaks out their laptops and we start working together to solve your WordPress issues. We often divide up into groups for those interested in general discussions on WordPress Basics, WordPress Content/Writing, SEO/Marketing/Social Media, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, Servers, and Security. Individuals get the help they need and others can learn from each other about the areas that interest them.

Sunday, October 18, 2015, is your first opportunity to get to know others in the WordPress Community with the Vancouver WordPress Social Meetup at Clark College from 4-7PM.

Monday, October 19, from 7-9PM is the Beaverton WordPress Social Meetup. Bring your laptops, mice, passwords, and questions or answers to help everyone learn more about how WordPress works to the Beaverton Community Center.

Both of these are social meetups, so bring your laptops, mice, passwords, and be ready to get the help you need with WordPress or help others.

Kronda speaks at WordPress MeetupThe next PDX WordPress Meetup is scheduled for November on a Monday, and we’re going to have an amazing speaker. Details are still in the works, so join the PDX WordPress Meetup group to receive notifications the moment the event is set.

RSVP registrations are appreciated, especially as some meetings have a limited capacity and there is often a waiting list. Continue reading Join the Local WordPress Community at a WordPress Meetup

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word Timeline and History

Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and founder of Automattic and WordPress.com, gives an annual “State of the Word” presentation at many WordCamps as he travels the world. He won’t be speaking at this WordCamp PDX, though he has at many in the past.

To help you catch up with the history of WordPress, founded in 2003, we’ve put together a timeline of videos of Matt’s annual State of the Word talks. Unfortunately, we are still looking for videos from 2007 and 2008.

State of the Word, WordCamp San Francisco 2007

The WordCamp San Francisco 2007 State of the Word is on Viddler and in an old Flash version. Until a more secure version of the original video is found, here is the WordCamp Argentina 2007 keynote by Matt Mullenweg featuring slides from the San Francisco State of the Word.

For more information, see WordCamp Argentina 2007. Continue reading Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word Timeline and History