{"id":4948,"date":"2012-07-22T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T00:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:47","slug":"wordcamp-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2012\/wordcamp-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case anyone wasn’t already aware, I’m somewhat obsessed with a piece of software called “WordPress”. My occupation now revolves around WordPress and I voluntarily let it suck up an inordinate amount of my time. I attended a conference called “WordCamp Edinburgh”, which is by far the biggest WordPress conference I’ve ever attended.<\/p>\n

I met in person many people who I had only known in the online world for many years. It was amusing asking people what differences they perceived between the “real me” and the “virtual me”. Apparently I am much taller in person than they expected. Having the only video footage of you online be of you standing beside a giant does not help with such perceptions it seems \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

It was particularly great to finally meet the co-founder of WordPress Mike Little, who it turns out is one of the most modest down to earth people I have ever met.<\/p>\n

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WordPress founder Mike Little<\/a> and yours truly outside the conference venue<\/p><\/div>\n

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BuddyPress guru Paul Gibbs<\/a> and design guru Tammie Lister<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Me presenting our talk<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nadia, Simen, Arnstein, Zozela and Magdalini<\/p><\/div>\n

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Admin panel extraordinaire Noel Tock<\/a> giving his presentation<\/p><\/div>\n

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Core security dude Jon Cave<\/a>, myself and self-professed screaming code monkey Jeff Ghazally<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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WordPress founder Mike Little<\/a> and domain master Donnacha Mac Gloinn<\/a> outside the conference venue<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fellow Metronite Simen Thorsrud<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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