Nur Ahmad Furlong

Tag: unconference

  • WordCamp Cape Town coming very soon

    It’s been a while since the local WordPress obsessed have gotten together to talk shop and share their latest thoughts on their favourite CMS. Ashley Shaw who runs Lightspeed has done a superb job, no doubt a tough one, in getting tons of interest going. I know personally when attempting to organise another meeting about a year ago it was really tough getting support at the beginning as everyone is just so busy.

    I’m attending WordCamp Cape Town 2011!So 15 September at the Atlantic Imbizo V & A Waterfront is the day.

    As far as I can tell from the event site it’s a sell out with no more spaces for speakers or attendees. There’s going to be some really interesting presentations covering a raneg of topics in 2 Tracks for users and for developers which should be interesting.

    I’ve scored a ticket for FREE by being the first person to signup for the event via Facebook, it pays to be a geek sometimes yes.

    I hope to see you there as well, the facebook page has 116 likes and I believe way more are attending so it sounds like it’s set to be a winner. Check out all the details at http://2011.capetown.wordcamp.org

  • WordPress Meetup – 28 September 09 – Bandwidth Barn

    For way too long I’ve been talking to alot of the WordPress guys in Cape Town about organising the next WPCPT meetup, but it seems everyone is completely snowed under and we’ve put it off for more than 8 months now. So Joe of Frogfoot networks has given us a jump start and gotten the ball rolling.

    The Event will take place at the Bandwidth Barn in Buitengracht street in Cape Town’s CBD.

    Date: 28 September 2009

    Time: 16:30

    Talks: offer to speak

    • Talk about the next WordCamp in SA
    • The evolution of BuddyPress & Child Themes – Ashley Shaw
    • WordPress & SEO – Rafiq Phillips
    • Intro to WordPress Coding – Nur (depends on interest)

    Still Need:

    • Projector
    • More speakers
    • Any sponsors (snacks etc)
    • Ideas for talks & activities
    • Help spreading the word

    We know there’s very little time left so we’re hoping you’ll all pitch in with the promotion over the next few days and also attend yourselves. Loads ave been happening in the WordPress world over the last year and there’s tons to talk about so it looks like it’s gonna be a real fin event once again.

    Add your name to the wiki – http://wiki.geekdinner.org.za/wiki/WordPress.org.za_Meetup_4

    Come join the fun and meet the community, have your say and maybe learn a thing or 2.

  • 1st WordPress Meetup Cape Town – Post Mortem

    After struggling to prevent a few business people from hijacking the session with their own off topic focus, not mentioning any names, we managed to get stuck in talking about a few pertinent issues.

    Callum explainaing a few things about migrating to wordpress

    Those who attended were:

    • Organiser, Callum Macdonald – Nomadic entrepreneur & web developer/blog master from Scotland
    • Marc Pelteret – Business Science / Computer Science Graduate with an interest in open source development
    • Christina de Silva, Online marketing strategist and wordpress enthusiast – AlterSage.com
    • Nada Jones, sales & biz development executive – Work Online Interactive
    • Chris – iMod
    • Rob Wilkonson – Butlers Pizza (Energy Crisis Maniac) 🙂
    • Will – 2oceansvibe.com
    • Grant – mobi me
    • Jamaal – Web Strategist at Jayz

    What was spoken about?

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  • WordPress Meetup Cape Town – Monday 18 Feb

    Finally it’s here, something I’ve been wanting to organise myself but haven’t managed to get around to doing, an (un)conference style wordpress meetup, and hopefully only the first of many to happen in Cape Town.

    Callum Macdonald, nomadic web worker and travelling entrepreneur hailing from Scotland was responsible for setting the ball in motion after the recent Open Coffee which was recently held in Cape Town.

    Visit the wordpress meetup google group or the blog to catch up with developments. Tomorrow is the first meetup and you’re required to register just so we can get an idea of the numbers for catering and logistical purposes.

    The River Club[1] can provide us with a venue for R175 per person. That includes tea and coffees on arrival, a light dinner in the restaurant, and reasonable use of the internet (web only, no heavy downloading). So I’ve confirmed that booking for Monday 18th.

    Leave a comment on this post to confirm attendance.