Speaker: Pete Prodoehl

Speaker: Pete Prodoehl

Pete will be speaking at WCMKE 2013 about “The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community”

His session description is: “With the rise of the Maker & DIY movement, the importance of blogging, sharing, and self-hosting your own content becomes a critical issue. Many networks exist for the sharing of information, but having one you control yourself is not to be ignored.”

We asked Pete a few question. Get to know Pete a little here:

Where do you go first to get your WP news, insights, and updates?
“The Internet! 😉

People I follow on social networks, and the official WordPress channels. And (of course) I subscribe to 200+ RSS feeds, many of which mention new WordPress things.”

Confess to us your biggest moment of WP fail?

Not having a (recent) database backup. (We’ve all been there, right?) Luckily it was for one of my own sites.

Do you use Themes & Child Themes, Roll your own, or both?
I’ve dabbled in all of the above.

What’s the biggest misconception you encounter about WordPress, and how do you clear it up for your clients?

That it’s just for blogging. We just share with them all the amazing web sites built with it.

If you were interviewing another WordPress developer for a job, what is the first question you would ask and why?
How long have you been blogging? 😉

When was the first time that you really got excited about WordPress?

I’ve been blogging since 1997, but never settled on a platform I liked until WordPress came along. Having a well maintained (and secure!) application like WordPress was a good thing! MovableType was not open source, b2 had been pretty much abandoned, but WordPress was looking good, and in 2004 I decided to move my site to WordPress.

Follow Pete
Blog: RasterWeb.net
Twitter: @raster
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WordCamp Milwaukee Speaker Submissions Now Closed

Thank you to everyone who submitted to speak at WordCamp Milwaukee! A big thumbs up to all of you!

Photo Credit: joeltelling cc

Photo Credit: joeltelling cc

We received a great turnout in number of speaker submissions. We had a total of 67 submissions and now our organizing committee has the tough task of narrowing these down to 36 which will make the cut.

We will be announcing speakers in the coming days. The full lineup should be announced by this time next week, but a few of the speakers and their topics may leak out beforehand. This is shaping up to be a pretty exciting WordCamp Milwaukee!

Only 24 Hours Left to Submit a Talk to WordCamp Milwaukee

speakingDo you have your speaker submissions in yet? The speaker deadline is today and now is your chance to speak. We’ve gotten a slew of great topics submitted to us and we’d like to get a few more choices in.

We’re looking for some of the best talks on WordPress, Development, Design, and Biz Dev and we want you to submit them now. Because we want to sleep on it and maybe you’re still thinking of a talk, we’re going to give you 24 hours to get your talk submitted. That means that you have until Noon CDT on Wednesday, May 1 to submit.

We’re looking for talks in the following areas:

  • Using WordPress
  • Web Development
  • Web Design
  • Business Development
  • Internet Marketing

Submit now! You only have until Noon CDT tomorrow, Wednesday April 30.

Submit a Talk Now

Call for Speakers Deadline Extended!

Good news everyone! We’ve decided to extend the deadline on our Call for Speakers a few more days! We figured we’d give everone the weekend to gather your ideas for a talk at WordCamp Milwaukee.

The new deadline for speaking will be:
Tuesday, April 30

Submit a Talk Now

We are looking for all kinds of speakers for this event, so please add your submissions. Talks don’t have to be 100% WordPress, just as long as it’s something a WordPress user can use. If you’re worried about your experience level, stop worrying. WordCamp has all types of users and want to hear from the experiences of novice to advanced!

So far we have topics in the following categories, but we have an “other” section on the form, so we’re open to suggestions:

  • Design
  • Development
  • Using WordPress
  • Blogging & Content Creation
  • Business Development
  • Internet Marketing & SEO

Why should you talk at WordCamp Milwaukee?

  • Speaking at events like WordCamp Milwaukee is a great opportunity to give back to the WordPress community. WordPress has been built as a community driven project and people do their parts in many ways. Teaching and speaking is a great way for you to help out!
  • You can meet new people in the industry and increase your visibility among your peers!
  • You get to attend a pretty awesome Speaker/Sponsor party on Friday night, plus we may have a special surprise for our speakers

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WordPress Meetup: Stop Making Things Pretty and Start Designing

Join us for our monthly WordPress Meetup and get ready for WordCamp!

Thursday, April 18, 2013 @7:00 PM

Bucketworks: 706 South 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI

Michelle Schulp (@marktimemedia) of Marktime Media will join us for April’s meetup. Michelle is a web and print designer and WordPress aficionado. She is fascinated with the problem solving aspect of design and how to improve not only the look of your website, but also it’s performance.

Design is not just about themes, graphics, or the look-and-feel of a website. We will discuss “design thinking” as a problem solving strategy, including why the most beautiful sites are not always the most successful. We will end with some ways for you to start applying “design thinking” principles to your own projects.

RSVP HERE: http://www.wpmke.com/events/110963702/

WordCamp Milwaukee is Back!

June 7, 8, & 9 at Bucketworks

WordCamp Milwaukee is back for the second year! We are excited to once again bring a fun, educational weekend of WordPress back to Milwaukee.

This year we have a lot in store for the event to make it even bigger and better than last year! We’ll be unveiling the plans in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to our website and email newsletter.

To kick things off, we have begun our Call for Speakers and Call for Sponsors!

We will be accepting speaker submissions until May 15 and begin announcing our schedule shortly after. We are looking for unique topics in Using WordPress, Blogging, Content Creation, Design, Development, SEO, Marketing, or Business Development. We’d love to have you talk at this year’s WordCamp Milwaukee!

Submit Your Talk Now >>

We are also accepting sponsors for the event to make the magic happen. If your business would like to be involved, let us know by filling out the sponsor form on our site. We will be accepting new sponsors until April 17.

Become a Sponsor Now >>