It’s hard to believe, but it’s already time for our annual WordCamp San Francisco conference. This year’s speaker lineup is, how to put it? Kickass. Not to mention swiftly growing. Automatticians and other awesome WordPress users will tell you all about: The future of WordPress How ... , so head over to the WordCamp site to register . There’s also a special event the day after WordCamp...

Last year over 350 WordPressers of all ages and experience levels gathered in San Francisco to share a day together. We’re now halfway through 2007, and there is a new WordCamp happening on July 21 and 22 that I hope many of you can make it to. This year we’re expanding the conference to two days instead of one with the first focusing on user and blog-facing topics, like search engine...

This month I had the pleasure of meeting many of you at WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco, WordCamp South Africa , and now WordCamp Philippines . It’s been a blast, and there are many more to come. Check out the schedule to see if there’s a WordCamp near you. Here are the stats for August: 286,860 ... . There were 450 attendees at WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco. There were 105 attendees at WordCamp...

... turnouts: WordCamp Phillipines : 65 attendees in Davao; 400+ in Manila. WordCamp China : 400 attendees in Beijing; around 140 in Shanghai. WordCamp Tokyo : 100 attendees. WordCamp Portland : 150 attendees. WordCamp Utah : 140 attendees. WordCamp Vancouver : 80 attendees. WordCamp Birmingham : 80...

Howdy! — or should I say “g’day, mate!” since I’m in Sydney for WordCamp Australia ? November was a fun month, and the final month of development for WordPress 2.7 — coming very soon. It’s been ... ! November WordCamps: Argentina , Charlotte (North Carolina) , Tel Aviv , WordCamp Ed (Washington, D.C. ... at WordCamp Las Vegas , WordCamp Indonesia , and WordCamp Whistler (BC, Canada) in January...

After WordCamp the whole team had an “onsite” at Stinson Beach in Northern California. With people from Australia to Louisiana to Bulgaria, it’s a pretty big deal for us to be all in one place. We’ve be planning out the year, deciding what to focus on. Tough work, but it’s been tempered by lots of beer, wine, Bulgarian vodka, hikes, bikes, and sea boarding. We had met in La Paz earlier...

... is WordCamp . I’ve had a blast traveling the world and meeting you all at WordCamps this year. There were 29 ... , worldwide. Check out the list to see if there’s a WordCamp near you in 2009. If there isn’t, start...