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John Chow’s Presentation at the Vancouver’s Tazzu Wordcamp

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Rastin Mehr
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John Chow provides tips on how to make money online using your blog.

Part One

Part Two

Did you make a video of this event? Please let us know so we could post it here

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THANK YOU Tazzu WordCamp participants and sponsors

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on May 2, 2008
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You know when we were kids, we use to get together, bring our bags of Legos and toys, pile them up and build cities together. We did that because none of us had all the bricks necessary to build a city - so we learned to collaborate.

The Tazzu Wordcamp event felt like that. We all came together with our toys, tips, and financial contributions to connect with each other. Yes, the venue was a little small (sorry!) and we couldn’t feel our bums and legs when we got up from sitting on those hardwood floors, but boy the number of inspiring emails, twitts, facebook messages, and inspiring words that we received from the Vancouver’s blogging community was simply amazing. The reality is that, this event couldn’t have been nearly as fun without your participation and contributions. By the way, based on different counts around 80 to 90 people attended this event.

Vancouver Tazzu WordCamp

Vancouver Tazzu Wordcamp

To all the people who attended this event: THANK YOU! YOU GUYS ROCKED!

We would also like to take the opportunity and thank the people who have either funded this event or helped us spread the word around:

Organizers:

Thank you for sponsoring us:

Thank you for spreading the word:

PS: Did we miss you?! If you have blogged or flickered this event and your name isn’t listed as a media sponsor, please let us know and we will add your name to the list.

~

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Covering the Tazzu WordPress Camp

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on April 30, 2008
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Update: Event was a blast. Some people have been so kind and taken so many awesome pictures:

Update 8:30 PM: John Chow did a fantastic presentation and we all headed to the Flux bar for a drink.

Update 7:53 PM: Greg Andres didn’t show up, I hope he is somewhere safe and happy. I tried to steal his spot to talk about blogs and blogospheres, but people really wanted to listen to John Chow instead, and who am I to steal the spot light from John Chow? I mean not yet. :P

The notorious John Chow is presenting now, and I’m sure many wished to be here.

Update 7:32 PM: Bruce Byfiled is presenting on joys of Amateur blogging. I am not the only one who has noticed that everyone here is using a Mac. Hey I just got a link from Jeremy. Watch the live presentation here:

http://www.justin.tv/jeremycostin

The password is: tazzu-test

I wonder where Greg Andrews is. He is our next presenter and I can’t find him in the room.

Robert made a great comment. When we use our own blog installations once we stop paying our rent (hosting cost) it could evaporate but when we use a service like www.WordPress.com we can hope that it will last forever and our grandchildren could learn about our observations.

Update 7:12 PM: Kulpreet Singh is presenting on using WordPress to create a custom library, catalog, or other mashup-type sites. Internet connection got a lot faster all of a sudden. Kulpreet’s presentation was quite impressive I must say.

Update 6:55 PM: taking a 20 min break

Update 6:35 PM: Duane Storey is presenting. about WordPress and mobile blogging ( mostly iPhone ). Rebecca (604) is wondering if there is a power outlet close to her, I guess we can relocate her seat after the break close to the power bar. The Internet connection is really slow here. Our friend Jeremy (Infinity) is recording or creating a steaming video. It would be nice if he could share the link with us so we could post it here.

Update 6:14 PM: Rebecca Bollwitt is presenting, and I’ll do my best to cover it. We had a little bit of issue with the projector connection.

Update 6:10 PM: Monica Hamburg was presenting using my laptop which is why I couldn’t blog ;). Her presentation was awesome.

Update 5:37 PM: Jeff Kee is presenting . Miss604 and I are live blogging the event. She is doing a far superior job than I do.

If you are uploading pictures of the event on the Flickr or Videos on the YouTube please tag them “tazzuwordcamp” so everyone would be able to find them.

Thank you :D

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Meet us at the Flux Modern Bistro after the Tazzu WordPress Camp

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on April 30, 2008
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There has been a change of plan for the after party venue. We were initially planning to go to the close by Steamworks, but unfortunately they have been all booked. Steamworks is taken over by the accountants in the tax season, we had no idea there were this many accountants in town!

fluxbistro.pngInstead we are going to the Flux Modern Bistro (162 Water Street - 604.678.8800). Our friends at the Automattic have paid for the first round of beer for all the attendees. You’ll learn more about the after party at the Tazzu WordPress Camp.

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So are we all going to fit at the Network Hub?

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on April 30, 2008
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Ok, here’s the scoop… nearly 90 people have RSVPed on our Facebook event announcement, and the question that keeps coming up is whether or not all these people will be able to fit at our event location - The Network Hub.

The reality is that we were essentially planning the Tazzu WordPress Camp event for maybe 35-40 people, and had no idea that the concept would prove to be this popular. Especially, since the number of attendees suddenly peaked just recently, making it too late for us to switch venues.

In short: yes there will be shortage of room. We sincerely apologize for this. Please come early if you require a seat! There will probably be just enough seats for half of us. Although last week I had a phone conversation with Minna at the Network Hub and she told me that they’ve had events with more than 100 people at their location.

What is certain is that Jen, Ash and I will be at the Network hub ahead of time to move furniture around, gather every chair available to us, and perhaps maybe push the walls out a bit!

For the next Tazzu WordCamp, we promise to get a larger venue because now we know that a lot of us out there are quite interested in the concept.

Thank you for your understanding, patience and participation! See you there!

Once again the Network Hub address is:

3rd floor - 422 Richards Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V6B 2Z3

Any more sponsors interested?

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on April 30, 2008
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Update: within minutes after posting this announcement we were contacted by you guys and raised enough to cover all the costs and even more. We think we are good to go now, and thank you so much for all of you who have made your financial and word of mouth contributions. Looking forward to seeing you all tonight! 

Turns out that close to 90 people have RSVPed on the facebook which is a greater number than what we were originally expecting. Tazzu WordPress Camp is a community inspired and supported event. If you are interested to be one of our paid sponsors please feel free to contact me (rastin [at] tazzu.com or 778 885 0807 ), and then the blogging community will love you forever for helping us make this event possible.

Thank you :)

The Tazzu WordPress Camp Schedule

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Rastin Mehr
on April 27, 2008
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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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