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The Chicago WordPress January Meetup

Jan 24

Sat 4:00 PM

Estimated attendance: 16 people attended.
5.005
Who organized?
Bruce Montgomery and Edmund Dantes Hamilton

WordPress Chicago January Meetup

Saturday, January 24, 2008

Start Time: 4:00pm

End Time: 6:00pm

Location: Starbuck's in Greektown @ 100 S. Halsted St.

Agenda

4:00 Meet & Greet

4:30 Q & A Session: Who uses WordPress & Why

5:00 WordPress 2.7 Update Info Exchange

5:30 WordPress in Chicago: The Year Ahead (WordCamp Chicago 2009)

6:00 Adjourn

Posted Jan 24, 2009 6:09 PM

Former Member

Hey everyone, sorry I didn't come to today's meetup!! I somehow wound up going to bed at 8 am... yes AM... and forgot to set an alarm. Next time I RSVP yes I'll be there, I promise.
Pre-Meetup comments below
Posted Jan 23, 2009 8:19 PM

Shahrukh Hasan

http://bbpress.org/ bbPress is a Forum Web App which runs on modified WordPress.
Posted Jan 21, 2009 5:39 PM

Bruce Montgomery

Assistant Organizer

http://buddypress.org/ BuddyPress is a set of WordPress MU specific plugins, each plugin adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you?d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.
Posted Jan 18, 2009 9:28 PM

Bruce Montgomery

Assistant Organizer

http://wordcampchicago.com/ WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events WordCamp Chicago is a 2 day event for passionate WordPress users, developers, designers and anyone else who is interested in learning all about WordPress. We're hoping this event will be a fun, relaxing and educational event for everyone who attends.
Posted Jan 18, 2009 9:25 PM

Bruce Montgomery

Assistant Organizer

http://wordpress.tv/categor... WordPress.tv was announced. Lots of instructional video on how to do stuff with WordPress! And there is a feed for the blog and a separate video RSS feed. All appear to be available in HD. Very nice.