Microsoft loves to support open source!

Microsoft loves to support open source, and we love them for supporting us.  For a second year in a row Microsoft has graciously jumped on board as a GOLD sponsor! You can also look forward to a presentation by Christian Beauclair, Senior Developer Advisor, on their new web development IDE, Web Matrix. In this session, we’ll show you the whole experience from end to end, … Continuer de lire Microsoft loves to support open source!

WCMTL tickets now on sale! / L’inscription est ouverte!

Le français suit. We have just activated the EventBrite event for WordCamp Montreal 2010. You can now sign up and buy your tickets for the event. They are $40 and include both days of the event, a tshirt and at least one catered meal. Also included are the dozens of interesting new friends and collaborators you’ll meet in the hall, all the skills and knowledge … Continuer de lire WCMTL tickets now on sale! / L’inscription est ouverte!

WordCamp officially planned for August 28-29 2010, seeking speakers, sponsors and volunteers!

Le français suit. After some initial planning we have settled on the August 28-29 date for WordCamp 2010. It will be a two-day event at a downtown location (still not pinned down). Wait, wtf is WordCamp? WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core … Continuer de lire WordCamp officially planned for August 28-29 2010, seeking speakers, sponsors and volunteers!

WordCamp 2010 planned for end of August

Hi everyone! On Friday night there was a WCMTL planning meeting at the Vanilla offices. Brendan Sera-Sriar, Shannon Smith and I (Jeremy Clarke) attended. For now we will form the core team for this upcoming WordCamp, though we want to include everyone in the process. This site (RSS feed), the planning Google Group, our Twitter account and the Facebook Group will all be updated with … Continuer de lire WordCamp 2010 planned for end of August

First WordCamp Developer Meetup this Thursday, Sep 24!

Everyone at WordCamp Montreal wanted more smaller meetups between big events so here’s the first one. Location: Station C :: 5369 Boulevard St-Laurent #430 (mile end) http://is.gd/3silg Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm 2 presentations, contact jer if you want to present Presentation: NetBeans IDE and other tools for faster programming. Discussion: GPL and WP, paid themes/plugins, legality, sharing. Food and drinks: Please bring some snacks and … Continuer de lire First WordCamp Developer Meetup this Thursday, Sep 24!

Some WordCamp Montreal Videos Now Available

NOTE: THESE VIDEOS ARE FROM WORDCAMP 2009, NOT THE UPCOMMING WORDCAMP 2010. My roomate Arthur (who does amazing work for the under-appreciated TV McGill) is going through the process of digitizing and uploading all of the video he shot at WordCamp. Eventually everything from Room 1 should be available (if you filmed room2 please get in touch with me, I’ll give you the login for … Continuer de lire Some WordCamp Montreal Videos Now Available

WordPress freelancers available for gigs in Montreal?

As it often happens after organizing an event like WordCamp, I am now getting emails from people looking for good WordPress ressources, namely developers, theme designers and project managers. I wanted to share that opportunity with everybody, if you are available these days (let’s say for some work in august or september), post your availability here and I will put you in touch with the … Continuer de lire WordPress freelancers available for gigs in Montreal?

WordCamp Montreal Presentation Slides

Lots of attendees were hoping to get access to the slides from the presentations they saw so they could better understand their notes and remember what they’ve learned. I tried to corral all the speakers and get them to upload their slides to Slideshare so that people could easily look through them. Most of the speakers put them up or sent them to me. Here’s … Continuer de lire WordCamp Montreal Presentation Slides

Après une fin de semaine de conférences, iWeb et Microsoft sont fiers de vous gâter!

Nous avons pour vous 2 serveurs dédiés gratuits pendant 12 mois (valeur de 1629$US chacun), des jeux de Xbox 360, des t-shirts geek et plusieurs autres prix très intéressants! Veuillez simplement répondre à ce billet avec votre nom et courriel et peut-être aurez-vous la chance de gagner un des merveilleux prix (ouvert seulement aux participants de WordCamp Montréal 2009, nous allons vérifier avec la liste … Continuer de lire Après une fin de semaine de conférences, iWeb et Microsoft sont fiers de vous gâter!