WordCamp Boston 2010

I had a wonderful time yesterday at WordCamp Boston 2010. The conference was held at Microsoft’s beautiful new New England Research and Design (NERD) center in Cambridge. I’ve got a few pics of the building and the view from the upper floors posted below.

I’ve been a big proponent of Wordpress, using it for this site as well as a few client sites. It makes my job much easier when the client can easily access and manipulate the backend of their site without getting too confused. It’s a powerful platform that can flex to fit the role of a decent content management system without too much tweaking.

The seminars at the conference covered a wide range of topics, from programming to legal issues to security to SEO. Luckily the organizers put some thought into the layout, letting someone like me – an intermediate user, if anything – bounce between more advanced discussions and beginner presentations, depending on the area of interest. As you all know, I’m a big proponent of online video, so seeing Steve Garfield’s presentation was a treat. You should pick up his new book, Get Seen.

There was an incredible lunch provided by Whole Foods and Legal Seafoods, but the highlight of the lunch hour was a couple of guys rapping about everything from Wikipedia to dungeons and dragons. I was able to catch this one tune about cheese on camera.

Formaggio notwithstanding, I had an great time at the conference. A big thank you to all of the organizers, I can’t wait for next year!

I wasn’t able to bring my dSLR to the conference, but I did manage to snap a few shots with a point and shoot. The first couple were taken at dusk from the 10th floor of the NERD center.

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Note: at the end of the conference I was uploading a plugin when I accidentally deleted much of the site’s structure. Big oops. Although I spent the next day restoring this site to its former glory, if you notice anything out of place please let me know so I can fix it. Thanks!