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Fagstein » Much talent, few scouts

Erin Blaskie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:45:12 +0000

Great post and so true… The media hardly ever comes to the places where these things are sprouting amazing ideas for people.

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Video of Lifestreaming Talk at WordCamp Montreal

Erin Blaskie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:47:49 +0000

Laurent LaSalle did a video at WordCamp and posted it up at Qik. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to be there or see it, here’s your chance!

Also, here are some photos (thanks Brendan!) from my speaking event:

Here is a photo by Eva Blue on Flickr:

Did you go this weekend? If so, did you like it?

Jeremy Clarke Asks Matt Mullenweg Questions

Erin Blaskie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:27:07 +0000

Jeremy Clarke, one of the organizers of WordCamp Montreal, asked Matt Mullenweg, one of the key developers on WordPress, some amazingly insightful questions today. This is a MUST WATCH if you use WordPress at all as Matt talks about the company’s vision and such.

I will come back and categorize these soon and break down the questions asked in each video but for now, enjoy the Q&A sessions

Opening Comments from WordCamp Montreal

Erin Blaskie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:26:32 +0000

Here is the morning opening comments from WordCamp Montreal. I’ll be doing these in iMovie when I get home to boost the volume and such. This video features Sylvain Carle, another organizer for WordPress.

WordCamp Montreal – On My Way!

Erin Blaskie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:18:04 +0000

Here is a short video from this morning of me on my way to WordCamp Montreal. I was running on no sleep whatsoever as I had just got back from New York City and had to do laundry, pack and leave again.

I’ll have a day one recap post coming soon but here is this video.

Matt Mullenweg & Jeremy Clarke

Erin Blaskie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:03:17 +0000

Matt Mullenweg & Jeremy Clarke, originally uploaded by bsetc.

Here are a few photos from today. Check out the entire set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsetc/sets/72157621163723129/

Speaking at WordCamp Montreal Today!

Erin Blaskie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:09:10 +0000

In a few hours, I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Montreal on the subject of Lifestreaming. Here is the presentation in case you want to take an early peek at it! Also, you can follow along tomorrow via my Twitter account as I’ve setup Tweet Later to tweet out little bits of the preso during my hour long talk.

Enjoy!

Lifestreaming: The New Future of Blogging?

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WordCamp Montréal » Schedule

Erin Blaskie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:48:01 +0000

Check out this website I found at wordcampmontreal.org

Yay! Speaking tomorrow on: Lifestreaming — The New Future of Blogging?

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WordCamp Chicago

Erin Blaskie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:54:33 +0000

Whew! WordCamp Chicago is over and it was a long yet amazing weekend. Highlights for me include:

The speaker’s brilliant presentations (even through some really tough critics using the #wcchicago hash tag!) and for the underlying theme that was: be social, get out from behind your blog and utilize the tools that exist. Some people thought some of the ideas were too basic yet I’d challenge them to look at their existing site to see where they are or are not excelling themselves.

Meeting Matt Mullenweg, the creator and genius behind WordPress. This was a total highlight for me because I’ve secretly (well, not so secretly) had a professional crush on this guy for years. He is genius, humble and completely laid back – very cool to meet him.

Meeting Brian Gardner & Cory Miller. Both of these guys have created amazing WordPress themes that I have loved for years and pushed to all of my clients (although, the themes don’t need much pushing to be honest!) and it was cool to finally put a real face to their name and Twitter profile pics.

Meeting all the other cool peeps. I loved seeing some familiar faces, meeting some new people and getting to chat with some of my clients that I have never been able to meet in person. What a great, social and interactive day. It was also great for everyone to get to meet my h-band who came along as well. It was his first business conference with me so it was awesome to share that experience with him and for him to see what these events are all about.

All in all, it was a great day filled with great speakers, great food and most of all, just the ability to meet people that I hadn’t had a chance to before. The other cool thing is that I got asked to speak at a WordCamp on the East Coast next year so I’ll definitely be making my rounds! That and I’ll also be purchasing my tickets for WordCamp Montreal!

Oh, and check out my slides on Slide Share!

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