WordPress Harrisburg

Last week a new tech group in Central PA met for the first time. The group is for WordPress enthusiasts and is organized by Ryan Duff. WordPress Harrisburg is for WordPress users of all levels, from novice to expert.

If you live in Central Pennsylvania and develop for, design for, just use, or are thinking of switching to WordPress, we’d love to see you there. Its a great place to network with other WordPress users, especially if you’re looking for local project partners.

The group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

Attendance for the first meetup was small, but that is to be expected for any new group. ABC was a little noisy and not entirely conducive to a tech meetup, so plans are still pending for the next meetup location.

In the meantime, get in touch with Ryan if you have any questions or comments about the group. He’s also looking for a someone to design a logo for the WordPress Harrisburg site.

To help spread the word about the group, I’ve created a WordPress Harrisburg badge which you can include on your site or blog. Here is the copy and paste code:
<a href="http://wordpressharrisburg.com/"><img src="WordPress-Harrisburg-Badge-125x125.png" alt="WordPress Harrisburg"></a>

Don’t forget to save the image to your own server and update the path to the badge in the img tag.

5:45:01 AM: Up unusually early for a Saturday. Going out to meet up w/ @CourtneyEngle then headed down to Balto for #wordcampmidatl

8:41:41 AM: #wordcampmidatl getting started @technosailer doing intro

8:45:32 AM: we need co-working space in hbg #wordpressmidatl

8:46:17 AM: social dev camp sounds interesting #wordpressmidatl

8:51:51 AM: personal branding is about producing value #wordcampmidatl

8:54:51 AM: oops, i was using the wrong hashtag #wordcampmidatl

8:58:40 AM: keynote by anil dash – he’s originally from pa #wordcampmidatl

9:07:48 AM: liveblog working http://tr.im/lwdt twitter liveblog plugin + @cotweet tweet scheduling FTW #wordcampmidatl

9:21:39 AM: RT @technosailor: #wordcampmidatl is trending on Twitter. Score!

9:33:14 AM: @anildash keynote finished ahead of schedule, now taking questions #wordcampmidatl

9:34:48 AM: six apart plugins for wordpress http://sixapart.com/wordpress/ #wordcampmidatl

9:52:28 AM: helped out @CourtneyEngle with registration, didn’t have time to grab coffee or muffins #wordcampmidatl

10:01:11 AM: chris hopkinson giving a lightning talk #wordcampmidatl

10:08:21 AM: @technosailor speaking about making it into the big leagues #wordcampmidatl

10:09:31 AM: challenges facing bloggers: marketing, message, brand @technosailer at #wordcampmidatl

10:12:36 AM: only 10% are repeat blog visitors #wordcampmidatl

10:15:36 AM: readers don’t care about you, but what you can give them, give readers what they want #wordcampmidatl

10:17:47 AM: looks like @technosailor is being recorded #wordcampmidatl

10:34:36 AM: once you know what you’re about, then you can understand where you need to be #wordcampmidatl

10:44:22 AM: for making it into the big leagues, focus on a theme @technosailor #wordcampmidatl

11:03:04 AM: jared goralnick getting ready to speak on becoming a balanced blogger #wordcampmidatl

11:11:54 AM: need to check out marsedit2 and ecto for blogging – wysiwyg editors for mac #wordcampmidatl

11:18:59 AM: any breakout groups on plugin development? #wordcampmidatl

11:40:13 AM: @pattichan enjoying the ignite talks #wordcampmidatl

1:31:19 PM: “if you’re not interested in what i’m saying, solve a math equation” @bryanl lol #wordcampmidatl

1:35:21 PM: me too RT @jacobburke: Learning about Photoblogging from @marcbenton at #wordcampmidatl

2:04:34 PM: using twitter liveblog wordpress plugin http://tr.im/lx43 to liveblog #wordcampmidatl http://tr.im/lx4l

2:19:12 PM: @marcbenton took a photo during his presentation. #wordcampmidatl i’m in the front row. http://tr.im/lx6r

2:28:24 PM: tag team lightning talk #wordcampmidatl

2:34:26 PM: next up: extending the blog beyond the blog, dan zarrella #wordcampmidatl

2:49:37 PM: will have to go back & watch @danzarella’s presentation again. he’s going ~really fast. #wordcampmidatl

2:57:23 PM: RT @timstahmer: Interesting question: could aggregating material from social media sites be a copyright violation? #wordcampmidatl

3:26:23 PM: lee boot: art can save the world @ignitebaltimore #wordcampmidatl

3:29:27 PM: culture is the garden of behavior #wordcampmidatl

3:31:30 PM: math is language of science, art is language of culture #wordcampmidatl

3:35:07 PM: second keynote by @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:42:49 PM: over 5.2 million downloads of wordpress 2.7 @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:44:05 PM: thanks to matt thomas & @janeforshort for new WP design @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:45:52 PM: full screen editing, get rid of all of distractions and just write @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:48:43 PM: improved widget management & theme installer in wordpress 2.8 @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:50:12 PM: so far at least 3 presenters have used lolcats in their slides #wordcampmidatl

3:51:51 PM: wish there were wordpress mu and buddypress presentations today #wordcampmidatl

3:53:35 PM: buddypress – BYOTS bring your own terms of service @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:55:38 PM: great educational resources: wordpress.tv & wordcamps @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

3:56:36 PM: @markjaquith talking about targeted wordcamps like @wordcamped #wordcampmidatl

4:03:23 PM: RT @caseysoftware: #wordcampmidatl attendees can rate presentations here – http://joind.in/event/view/43

4:16:18 PM: wordpress.com is an openid provider, use to log on to other sites that support openid @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

4:24:22 PM: subpage listing plugin http://tr.im/lxxs @markjaquith #wordcampmidatl

4:25:23 PM: closing remarks by @technosailor #wordcampmidatl

4:29:20 PM: had a great day at #wordcampmidatl can’t wait for the next one

4:30:33 PM: @CourtneyEngle maybe we should have a WordCamp Central PA at some point?

8:59:21 PM: got back a while ago from #wordcampmidatl it was a long day, but a lot of fun