Author Archives: Brad Williams

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 Speaker Spotlight: Owen Winkler

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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 Visitor’s Guide to Philadelphia

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Gold Sponsor: WebDevStudios.com – Custom WordPress Development and Design

WebDevStudios.com (WDS) is a Philadelphia based website development company specializing in WordPress and related open source platforms like BuddyPress and bbPress. WDS is a full service WordPress shop with a team of expert WordPress designers, developers, and a system administrator.  The … Continue reading Gold Sponsor: WebDevStudios.com – Custom WordPress Development and Design

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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 Speaker Spotlight: Brad Williams

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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 WP Candy Attending WordCamp Philly 2011

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Speaker Spotlight: Sean Blanda

Sean Blanda handles IT, editorial innovation and client management for Technically Media. For Technically Philly, he heads up venture capital coverage and organizes the Switch Philly demo event. Blanda is responsible for most of the company’s technology needs, and can often be seen tinkering with the … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Sean Blanda

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Platinum Sponsor: WP Engine – Premium WordPress Hosting

WordCamp Philly couldn’t happen without our awesome sponsors, and this year we’re excited to have WP Engine as a platinum sponsor! You’ve heard the rumors of pages being delivered in milliseconds, blogs scaling instantly when they get featured in the … Continue reading Platinum Sponsor: WP Engine – Premium WordPress Hosting

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WordCamp Philly Saturday Shuttle!

We have set up a shuttle bus to help out-of-towners get from the Comfort Inn at Penn’s Landing to the Fox School of Business and Management @ Temple University.  The shuttle will leave from the front entrance of the Comfort Inn at 8:00am with a second … Continue reading WordCamp Philly Saturday Shuttle!

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Speaker Spotlight: Anthony Bubel

Having had his introduction to the wonder of WordPress while a student at Temple (go Owls!), Anthony always loves returning to the campus for an event like this. He fills his days engineering happiness on WordPress.com until he has to … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Anthony Bubel

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Speaker Spotlight: Peter Baylies

Peter Baylies is a WordPress developer for Semper Fi Web Design with decades of experience in computing stemming from an innate enthusiasm coupled with having far too much time on his hands. Peter will be giving a presentation in the Power User … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Peter Baylies

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