Boston WordPress Meetup July 2014 - Opening Remarks

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Boston WordPress Meetup

July 28th, 2014

Wi-Fi code: bw0728 on Cambridge

http://bostonwp.org @bostonwp on Twitter#bostonwp

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Microsoft NERD

• Providing an outstanding venue, A/V & Wi-Fi accommodations, and helpful staff since April 15th, 2009.

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HostGator

• Cheaper hosting with unlimited storage, bandwidth and domains

‣ Great if you plan on starting more than 1 WordPress site

‣ Plenty of support for the server and you don’t need to have WordPress on it (self-install)

• Lots of software, room to experiment!

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Boston WordPress Meetup

‣ Kurt Eng (keng@bostonwp.org)

‣ Jon Bishop (jbishop@bostonwp.org)

‣ Tom and Reiko Beach (trbeach@bostonwp.org)

‣ Erick Hitter (ehitter@bostonwp.org)

‣ K. Adam White (kawhite@bostonwp.org)

‣ Kelly Dwan (kdwan@bostonwp.org)

‣ Mel Choyce (mchoyce@bostonwp.org)

‣ Jesse Friedman (jesse@getparka.com)

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Boston WordPress Social Media

• FaceBook: www.facebook.com/bostonwp

• Twitter: www.twitter.com/bostonwp

• YouTube: Search for “BostonWP”

• Google+: Search for “Boston WP”

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Next Meetup

• September 29th

‣ Talks submitted and speakers will be contacted

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Other WordPress Meetups

• Manchester, NH WordPress Dev and Users Meetup

‣ http://www.meetup.com/WordPressDevNH/

‣ Please see Jonathan May (jwmay@yourpresenceontheweb.com)

• Portsmouth, NH Seacoast Dev Meetup

‣ http://www.meetup.com/WordPressDevSeacoast

‣ Amanda Giles (amanda@amandagiles.com)

• Providence, RI WordPress Meetup

‣ http://www.meetup.com/WordPressProvidence/

‣ See Jesse Friedman (jesse@getparka.com)

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WordCamp Boston

• August 23-24

‣ 23rd MIT Media Center

‣ 24th WorkBar Cambridge

• http://2014.boston.wordcamp.org

• Tickets on sale now!

• Looking for volunteers, sponsors

‣ Call for Volunteers (see website)

‣ Speakers chosen! We’ll be in touch

‣ Sponsors! See me!

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Other WordPress Events

• WordCamp New York [SOLD OUT]

‣ August 2nd-3rd

• WordCamp Maine (Portland)

‣ August 15th-17th

• WordCamp Providence

‣ September 26th-27th

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Questions? Anyone Hiring?

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Final Announcement

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•Turbocharging WP_Query by Matthew Boynes

•Taking your JavaScript Further by Gregory Cornelius

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