WordCamp US 2017

WordCamp US begins today, and goes through December 3rd. According to the schedule, the first two days consists of full-length presentations and lightning talks, with State of the Word concluding day 2, followed by contributor day. I couldn’t make the trip to Nashville to attend WordCamp US, but I’ll be watching the live stream from home. Not everyone can be cool enough to attend in person. If you want to watch the live stream, you’ll need to register for a free live stream ticket.

REMINDER: Nashville, TN is in the CST (UTC-6) time zone. So it’s 1 hour behind New York, and 2 hours ahead of Seattle.

About WordCamps

Not sure what to expect? WordCamps are conferences for the WordPress community. They’re run by local user groups. . People from all over will be heading to Nashville, TN, to attend WordCamp US. In part, it’s to see Matt Mullenweg give his State of the Word talk. However, the ticket price for a typical WordCamp is ridiculously low – $20 per day low! The reason for the low prices is to make it available to everyone. As a strategy, it definitely works. I went to WordCamp Seattle this year, and they polled the audience: Raise your hand if this is your first ever wordcamp, to which 15 to 20 percent of the room raised their hands.

Videos on WordPress.tv

Every session will be recorded and published to WordPress.TV. So if you miss a talk, don’t panic! The State of the Word is usually published within a day or two. The publishing of talks is done by volunteers. So the publishing date depends on them. Incidentally, if you looking to contribute to WordPress without coding, working on WordPress.tv talks is a great way. The WordPress community values accessibility, so if you can provide captions, that would be a big help. Speak another language? Great! you can provide captions for non-english speakers.

Will you be attending WordCamp US? Will you be watching the live stream? Let me know. Either way, I hope you enjoy the show.