Now for all you fellow British WordPress users out there, this came as a keen interest to me. It has been suggested by Tony Scott, that a UK version of the famous WordCamp was requested to be held right at the heart of the country.
The idea of the WordCamp has been floating around cyberspace for a while, but it is now just a case of whether people will attend, at what location, and is it possible for a sponsor to help with costs and fees. There is also a lot of talk about London being the location because it’s really easy to get to there. There are tons of trains to and from London during the day.
If you’re wondering what a WordCamp is, well it’s basically a large gathering of WordPress users and developers that meet in one location and talk about everything and anything WordPress.
If it does actually happen and it isn’t too expensive I really wouldn’t mind going. Now that I have been out the WordPress scene for a good couple of months, I need to play catch up. I think it would be very interesting to meet fellow UK WordPress users and developers and see if any of them have heard about WPCandy.
It’s something I’m going to ponder on and just hope that a logical location and price that will suit everyone appears soon. If anybody else is interested in the WordCamp UK you can join the mailing list and keep up to date.
Tony Scott’s Blog
WordCamp 2007
WordCamp 2006
WordCamp Hamburg (In German naturally)
Also if you’re a UK WPCandy reader and interested in going, let me know via a comment or the contact page.
Post Revisions:
- 5 August, 2010 @ 4:54 [Current Revision] by Michael Cromarty
- 24 March, 2008 @ 5:57 by Ryan Imel
Although I’m not into WordPress yet, It would be nice to go along and see all the developers who work with it.
UK dev here, I’d be interested in something like this. I’ll be keeping an eye out for details to see if it fits my schedule
Although I’m in Australia right now, I’m from the UK, and if it’s after June, there’s a small chance I might be back in the UK. If that was the case, I’d be seriously interested in attending.
Thanks for the heads up.
If I was in the UK, I’d go. Haha. I should do my own WordCamp over here in Miami… if that’s even possible!
Yeh mike do it LOL I’d attend if I had the money to travel that far.
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Just to let you (and everyone else!) know that tickets for WordCamp UK 2008 can now be purchased from:
http://wordcampuk2008.eventbrite.com/
Hope to see you all there guys if you can name it!