Comments on: WordCamp Utah Recap

By: modulhus

modulhus — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:55:14 +0000

Darn! I was in the neighbourhood at the time (visiting all the way from Sweden!), but didn�t catch this page until now. How typical. ;-(

By: WordCamp Utah Recap | alexking.org

WordCamp Utah Recap | alexking.org — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:21:20 +0000

[...] Utah was a great event – well organized by Joseph Scott (thanks Joseph!), well attended and with some very good [...]

By: Nathan Barry

Nathan Barry — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:05:07 +0000

I loved the event. It was absolutely worth the drive down from Boise.

A couple of things:

1. Some higher quality speakers would be good. Or at least more preparation on their part. Both Matt’s and Cameron’s were great, but a few of the others were lacking (I thought the WP as a CMS talk made it sound far more difficult than it actually is).

2. Get the presenters to practice more. I am not sure how exactly to do that since they are volunteering their time, but more practice would have made several of the presentations a lot better.

3. Multiple tracks would be great. There were some people there just getting into blogging mixed with some advanced users, so multiple tracks would be nice.

I loved the food and the people. Thanks to all the sponsors, speakers, and volunteers who made such a great event possible!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:39:20 +0000

Excellent event Joseph! Very happy with everything. Including the multiple back channels on twitter, IM and Skype. #geekfest…

-M

By: Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:56:14 +0000

@Matthew -

Fixed.

@Michael -

I’m leaning towards the two tracks idea.

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:44:25 +0000

I thought it went amazingly well! Between this and the Open Source Conference, Utah is finally starting to feel like a legitimate part of the tech world.

The schedule (panels / breaks / lunch) worked fine for me.

I would have liked some more advanced presentations, which probably would require a separate track. Maybe two tracks next time? Or two days?

Matt Mullenweg’s talk was great, and Cameron Moll was amazing – I learned a ton about design.

Thanks again Joseph and everyone for making this happen!

By: Matthew Reinbold

Matthew Reinbold — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:30:33 +0000

I believe its “Jake Spurlock”, not “Jack Spurlock”.