We’ve (Automattic) made another acquisition that I can talk about now: PollDaddy Goes Automattic. As part of the announcement today for buying PollDaddy there’s a new PollDaddy plugin for WordPress and integration for WordPress.com blogs. Check out the video on that post to see how that works.
For more info check out the announcement on the PollDaddy blog and Toni’s blog.
I’ve had the opportunity to meet Lenny and Eoin while hanging out with the rest of the Automattic crew (which includes the Intense Debate guys) in Colorado. It’s been good to get to meet more of the Automattic group as it continues to grow. Most of Automattic (all the ones in Colorado) are pictured at the bottom of this post.
One more sponsor for WordCamp Utah: Twelve Horses. A big thank you to Steve and company.
Want to give input feedback on the new admin UI being worked on for WordPress 2.7? There’s a survey being conducted on that very topic.
Reminder that WordCamp Utah is less than 2 weeks away. If you are planning on going and haven’t signed up yet now is the time to do it. This will make it a lot easier to get an accurate head count for lunch and t-shirts.
Here are my slides from my presentation at the Utah Open Source Conference – 2008 on WordPress Performance & Scalability:
I’ve had a few requests for the slides from my WordPress APIs talk at WordCamp San Francisco last weekend. A few minutes on SlideShare and here they are:
It’s very brief, time was limited.
It’s been a month since that the theme directory was announced and opened to the public. In that time we’ve added more than 150 themes (with many more working their way through the review process), that have been downloaded over 200,000 times.
Bluehost is the latest sponsor of WordCamp Utah. On top of that they’ll have some of their staff attending the conference as well. This is a great opportunity for you to talk face to face with the folks at Bluehost.
Details for the WordCamp Utah Schedule are now up:
Saturday 27 September 2008
9:25 AM Registration
10 AM WordPress 2.7 and Beyond - Matt Mullenweg
11 AM WordPress As A CMS - Richard Miller
12 AM Lunch
1 PM Good vs. Great Design - Cameron Moll
2 PM Podcasting - Thom Allen
3 PM SEO Tips For Your Blog - Ash Buckles
4 PM Writing WordPress Plugins - Alex King
I’m also happy to announce a new sponsor, Alex King’s Crowd Favorite. Thanks Alex!