This weekend I attended my very first WordCamp, WordCamp Birmingham. It was an awesome trip that allowed me to meet not only some fellow Automatticians, but also some other really awesome people in the WordPress community as well. I was super impressed with the organization of the event, so props to the organizers for that. Things went very smoothly and it was abundantly clear that they had spent time planning the event.
The speakers were also very good, and I learned quite a bit from each of the sessions I was able to attend. One of my favorite talks was given by Otto Wood in which he detailed many of the lessons he’s learned while working on and contributing to WordPress.org. It was fascinating and encouraging to hear someone who’s been working on it for so long share some of their experiences.
I can’t wait until I’m able to make it to another WordCamp in the future, and I definitely hope to be back in Birmingham this time next year to do it all over again!