Author Archives: April H.

Speaker Spotlight: Marie Selvanadin

Marie Selvanadin is a Web Application Developer at the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University (GU) where faculty, students, and staff have been using WordPress for about five years now. You can find some interesting case studies here. At CNDLS, … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: David Schuff

David Schuff is Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Temple University and is part of the MIS Community Site Project (http://community.mis.temple.edu). He is also the Director of Innovation in Learning Technologies for the Fox School of Business. David studies various topics … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: Helen Hou-Sandi

Helen Hou-Sandi is a Web Design Engineer with 10up and formerly served as Web Developer at the Eastman School of Music. She loves WordPress for its flexibility, extensibility, and community and largely focuses on CMS implementations. When not at the computer, Helen … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: Bill Dennen

Bill Dennen is a Web Technologist at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Somehow, what started out as a part-time job as an undergraduate in college has turned into a 20-year career of supporting the use of technology in higher education. Bill remembers the … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: Matthew Gold

Matthew Gold is Assistant Professor of English at New York City College of Technology and the CUNY Graduate Center, where he also serves as Assistant to the Provost for Master’s Programs and Digital Initiatives. He’s began using WordPress in 2004; … Continue reading

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WordCamp Philly Saturday Lunch Options

Our awesome volunteers have put together a list of lunch spots that are all within walking distance of the Saturday venue.  We have tried our best to find places that fit everyone’s food preferences, but if you think we are … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: Owen Winkler

By day, he’s Owen Winkler — the owner/architect of Critical Hit, a web development and consulting company in suburban Philadelphia. By night, he’s known by his IRC nickname, ringmaster — an emeritus developer of WordPress core, and current project management … Continue reading

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Visitor’s Guide to Philadelphia

There is a lot more going on in Philadelphia besides a great WordCamp! If you are looking for the city’s best cheesesteak, interested in seeing where our forefather’s made history in historic Philadelphia or hoping to reenact Rocky Balboa running … Continue reading

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Speaker Spotlight: Brad Williams

Brad Williams is the co-founder of Philly based WebDevStudios.com and the co-author of Professional WordPress and Professional WordPress Plugin Development.  Brad has been developing websites for more than 15 years, including the last 5 where he has focused on open-source technologies like WordPress.  He is … Continue reading

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WP Candy Attending WordCamp Philly 2011

Ryan Imel, editor in chief of WP Candy, will be attending WordCamp Philly this year as our official press representative. WP Candy is home to a team of contributors that bring you news about all things WordPress. Their website includes a … Continue reading

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