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The Tazzu WordPress Camp Schedule

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Rastin Mehr
on April 27, 2008
in Announcements, Events and WordPress
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Tazzu WordPress Camp was originally inspired by a group of Tazzu community members (here and here) after a series of Joomla Demo Camps we’d organized (here and here).

For the WordPress Camp, we were expecting at most 35 to 40 people to show up. But now we’ve found out that about 68 people have RSVP’d on our facebook event announcement. We have estimated that more than 70 people will be showing up at The Network Hub. There won’t be enough seats for everyone, therefore to get a seat you will need to arrive early. This event might seem a little crowded, but it is very likely that you may meet many of your friends there too. For future WordCamp events, we’ll make sure to consider a larger venue for our attendees.

I am also posting the Tazzu WordPress Camp schedule. I would like to thank the following 8 people who have stepped forward to share their knowledge with us in this event. If any of the presenters are not happy with their time slot, please let us know and we could perhaps arrange to make changes.

WordPress Camp Schedule

Event is from 5:30 to 8:30 PM on Wed. April 30th at The Network Hub

5:30 to 5:50pm - Jeff Kee
WordPress for total website development

5:50 to 6:10pm- Monica Hamburg
Blogging & Social Media

6:10 to 6:30pm - Rebecca Bollwitt
Adding photos [flickr, permission, links, gallery plugins, badges] to your WordPress

6:30 to 6:50pm - Duane Storey
WordPress and mobile blogging - i.e. how to read and write from an iPhone.

6:50 to 7:10pm - Networking Break

7:10 to 7:30pm - Kulpreet Singh
Using WordPress to create a custom library, catalog, or other mashup-type site

7:30 to 7:50pm - Bruce Byfield
The joys of Amateur Blogging

7:50 to 8:10pm - Greg Andrews
Good Typography in WordPress

8:10 to 8:30pm - John Chow
How to make money using a WordPress Blog

In our next post I would like to talk about the people and organizations who have made all kinds of contributions in order to make this event happen.

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Meet the Tazzu WordPress Camp Presenters

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Jen Duguay
on April 21, 2008
in Announcements, Events, Jen Duguay and Rastin Mehr
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Preparations for the upcoming Tazzu WordPress Camp is well under way. We have 8 wonderful presenters, therefore we won’t be able to have more on the spotlight this time, so if you would like to show us the blogger genius in you, there will me many more similar events organized and hosted by the Tazzu community in the future so please stay tuned.

The presentation schedule will be posted within the next 24 hours.

Tazzu WordPress Camp Presenters

Rebecca Bollwitt

TOPIC: Adding photos [flickr, permissions, links, gallery plugins, badges] to your WordPress blog.She is a blogging and social media star. A Podcaster, hyper-local blogger, new media outreach wiz, mainstream media pundit ~ Vancouver’s new ‘blogebrity’ - Rebecca Bollwitt has been blogging about Vancouver since 2004 on Miss604.com, podcasting RadioZoom since 2005 and is a co-host of The Crazy Canucks Podcast. You can find Rebecca live blogging at many of the social media conferences around BC - watch for her!
www.miss604.com

Bruce Byfield

TOPIC: The Joys of Amateur Blogging.
Bruce is a contributing editor for the SourceForge sites Linux.com and the IT Manager’s Journal. Among other topics, he reports on the Debian Project, the Free Software Foundation, licensing issues, and office applications. He also writes a monthly blog for the Linux Journal website, which tends to center on varying aspects of OpenOffice.org, the free software office suite. In addition to his online publications, he has published in such magazines as Linux Journal, Maximum Linux, and The New Internationalist.
www.brucebyfield.wordpress.com

John Chow

TOPIC: How to make money using a WordPress Blog.
Residing in Richmond BC, and hailed as a Dot Com Mogule - John has received much publicity (The Province, Vancouver Sun, Entreprenuer Magazine, BC Business, Globe and Mail, and T.V.) for his ability to make money - LOTS of it - by blogging. His free eBook “Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com” is a huge success, and documents everything he did to take his blog from $0 to over $10,000 per month in just eight months.
www.johnchow.com

Monica Hamburg

TOPIC: Blogging & Social Media.
Monica is a Freelance Writer and Social Media Evangelist/Consultant who calls Vancouver BC home. Me Like The Interweb: Thoughts & Articles @bout Social Media (Crowdsourcing and more) is Monica’s blog where she writes engaging and insightful articles about her investigations and observations on this new phenomenon.
www.monicahamburg.wordpress.com

Jeff Kee

TOPIC: WordPress for total website development.
Jeff is a young, ambitious business man who owns Jeff Kee Companies and its subsidiaries, one of which is Synchronous Design & Marketing. His Synchronous website is ENTIRELY developed with WordPress - some people don’t want to believe it, he’s going to explain how he did this.
www.synchronous.ca

Greg Andrews

TOPIC: Good Typography in WordPress.
Greg Andrews is a Writer and Web Developer and for Techvibes. Born and raised in Edmonton, Greg was blogging about his high school drama long before it was fashionable. In the Spring of 2007, half a year out of school, Greg moved to Vancouver in search of interesting technology and the Canadian dream.
www.miscellani.ca

Kulpreet Singh

TOPIC: Using WordPress to create a custom library, catalog, or other mashup-type site.
Kulpreet is the Communications Manager at Creative Gift Solutions, and has extensive experience in web design, web progamming, graphic design, desktop publishing, copywriting, fundraising, public relations, advertising, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media optimization, blogging, content management systems, ebusiness, marketing management, and other types of integrated marketing communications.
www.creativegiftsolutions.com

Duane Storey

TOPIC: WordPress and mobile blogging - i.e. how to read and write from an iPhone
Duane is a Principal Engineer at CounterPath Corporation as well as freelance Photographer and Software Developer. Currently he offeres services in the fields of software development/testing/documentation, web development, Facebook application development, document layout and typesetting, writing, or general geekery.
www.duanestorey.com

This event is sponsored by

We would also like to thank our sponsors who have made this event possible. This event is organized mainly by the Tazzu community members.

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. This project is maintained and funded by www.Automattic.com
www.wordpress.org

Invoke Media

Invoke is an Interactive Agency that specializes in transforming ideas into tangible results executed within a complete interactive brand strategy. As a full service agency, they ensure you receive the best of everything - from a world class website to effective marketing campaigns.
www.InvokeMedia.com

TinyMassive - shop compare share! Site to be launched any minute now!
www.tinymassive.com


Culinary Copik Multimedia is a distinctive company, offering reliable and cohesive Visual Communications for the Food and Beverage industry.
www.culinarycopikmultimedia.ca

BlueFur.com provides fast, reliable and affordable hosting for websites across the globe through advanced technology and knowledgeable support team.
www.bluefur.com

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Citizens Bank is a virtual bank owned by Vancity. Hi interest savings, low/no fee chequing and operates for the triple bottom line: people.planet.profits. It embeds corporate social responsibility into all aspects of its business, and gives a portion of its profits back to the community.

rmd Studio Inc. - Custom CMS & Social Media Technology Solutions

The Network Hub - Startup Launch Pad

JenTekk Web Solutions

PeerGlobe Technologies

Tazzu Business & Technology Community

Our Media Sponsors

Thank you so much for spreading the word!

Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604): www.Miss604.com

Angela Hubbard (Hubbard Photography): www.hubbardphotography.com

Amanda Abrams (Professional Photographer): www.AmandaAbrams.com

Phillip Jeffrey (Fade to Play): www.fadetoplay.com

Lisa Bettany (Mostly Lisa): www.mostlylisa.com

Jeff Kee (Synchronous Design & Marketing): www.synchronous.ca

Ash Sanieyan (PeerGlobe Technology): www.PeerGlobe.com

Beyond Robson (Thank you Anna): www.beyondrobson.com

John Chow: www.JohnChow.com

PBase Media Ltd. (Presentation Solutions): www.PresentationSolutions.com

Raul Pacheco (hummingbird604): hummingbird604.wordpress.com
(Raul I am really really sorry I forgot your name on the schedule sheets! - Rastin )

Jeremy Costin (webLawg.net): www.weblawg.net
(Thanks Jeremy for the video webcast and archives of the event!)

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Tazzu WordPress Camp in Vancouver

Published
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Rastin Mehr
on April 10, 2008
in Announcements, Events, Jen Duguay, Rastin Mehr and WordPress
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On Wed. April the 30th from 5:30 to 8:30pm we are getting together at the Network Hub to share and exchange tips and how-tos on Wordpress and blogging in general. We will also learn how to reach a larger audience by using a Wordpress blog in conjunction with other web services and Social Networking websites such as Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, Facebook, and Google Calendar.

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WordPress is perhaps the most commonly used Blogging web application on the web. We blog to express ourselves, share our thoughts, or promote our businesses. WordPress is one of the simplest forms of Social Media Content Management Systems where one or few people write blog posts, and many readers are able to provide feedback through comments. The social aspect of a blog makes it a very effective Communication and Marketing tool. Wordpress is an Open Source software released under the GPL and many aspects of it relies on the wisdom of the crowds. Wordpress comes with a large list of plugins developed by community members. Many successful blogging techniques and methods have also been created as a result of community members who have collectively built on each other’s ideas and creativity.

Many WordPress users are coming from a non-technical background, so a group of community members on Tazzu.com suggested we have a WordPress Camp event to share tips and learn more about this great Social Media CMS.

What is the format of the event?

The Event is 3 hours long. 7 Presenters get 20 minutes each to share their ideas. There will be two 20 min. breaks, so we could socialize a bit and have a laugh.

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April Tazzu Networking Event

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Jen Duguay
on March 27, 2008
in Announcements, Events, Jen Duguay, Networking and Rastin Mehr
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Hear ye hear ye!! Tazzu is proud to announce yet another Networking event to be held at Milestone’s Restaurant, located in Vancouver’s hip & popular Yaletown!

It will be held again in the lounge area, as we found there was lots o’ room to mill around there! Everyone is invited to join us… come network and make new friends. Don’t forget your biz cards!

TAZZU Networking Event

Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Time: 6:30pm - whenever we’re done!

Place: Milestones Yaletown - 1109 Hamilton Street* (Vancouver)
* public pay parking around back

>> MAP
>> DINNER MENU

RSVP here - we hope to hear from you, and see you there!

If you are on Facebook please RSVP here

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There is an Open Web Conference happening in town!

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Rastin Mehr
on March 27, 2008
in Announcements, Events and Rastin Mehr
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The Open Web is a conference showcasing open source technologies, communities and culture. We are featuring talks from all areas of open source technologies such as PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, XUL, GPL, Linux, Django, Drupal, HTML, CSS, Javascript and AJAX, XML, Apache, MySQL, Web 2.0, etc.

Unlike the other major conferences, this event is community driven and run by volunteers. This isn’t the first Open Web Conference happening, and in the past it has attracted many audiences from all over the world, and  have featured the biggest names in PHP and related topics and technologies.

Vancouver Open Web Conference

This event will be happening from Monday April 14 - Tuesday April 15th 2008 at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC), 999 Canada Place which is the largest conference facility in downtown Vancouver, located in the spectacular inner harbour.

The Vancouver Open Web Conference

The conference will open with a keynote session featuring Tim Bray from Sun Microsystems, the Co-Inventor of XML, and Zak Greant from Mozilla Foundation and Foo Associates.

A full list of talks is available at: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/talks
See the talk schedule grid at: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/schedule

In addition to our three tracks of presentations on both days of the conference, there will be time allocated for attendees to give short talks on topics of interest in a ‘Lightning Talk’ format.

The Open Web is a presentation of the Vancouver PHP Users Association, a registered non-profit association for the advancement of PHP and the Open Web. Tazzu is one of the Media sponsors for this great event, looking forward to see you there.

Registration Information: http://www.openwebvancouver.ca

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Vancouver Joomla Demo Camp review

Published
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Jen Duguay
on March 12, 2008
in Announcements, Events, Helping Out, Jen Duguay and Rastin Mehr
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Here is a follow-up to the Vancouver Joomla 1.5 Demo Camp. I apologize that it is somewhat late, but hey… better late than never!

The Joomla 1.5 Demo Camp was held by Rastin, Arash, and myself at the Network Hub in Vancouver. Turn out was really good with over 20 people in attendance.

Vancouver Joomla DemoCamp - 02/2008

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Vancouver’s first Joomla Demo Camp

Published
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Rastin Mehr
on February 6, 2008
in Announcements, Events, Networking and Rastin Mehr
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UPDATE: This event was moved from Saturday Feb. 23rd to Tuesday Feb. 26th

Hello Tazzu Members,

On Feb 26th we will be gathering together to discuss and learn how to setup and maintain a small website using the Joomla! CMS version 1.5 . We will be discussing Information Architecture and Template Design methods, tips, and ideas. You will also get to meet other people and learn about their experiences about the content management systems.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 26th 2008 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: At the Network Hub ( 3rd floor - 422 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada ). Our good friends Minna and Robert have been so kind and given us their beautiful work space for the entire day, and we’ll get free Wi-Fi Access too! Thank you Network Hub!

To read more and register for this event, please read the announcement on the rmd Studio website.

This event has been sponsored by:

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