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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.

Ian Stewart has an interview up about the WordPress Theme Directory: Matt Mullenweg & Joseph Scott Discuss The WordPress Themes Directory.

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!

A few facts about Earthquakes to start off your week.

• The largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude 9.2 that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska on Good Friday, March 28, 1964 UTC.
• The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960.
• The Wasatch Range, with its outstanding ski areas, runs North-South through Utah, and like all mountain ranges it was produced by a series of earthquakes. The 386 km (240-mile)-long Wasatch Fault is made up of several segments, each capable of producing up to a M7.5 earthquake. During the past 6000 years, there has been a M6.5+ about once every 350 years, and it has been 150 years since the last powerful earthquake.
• From 1975-1995 there were only four states that did not have any earthquakes. They were: Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
• Florida and North Dakota have the smallest number of earthquakes in the United States.
• Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state and one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Alaska experiences a magnitude 7 earthquake almost every year, and a magnitude 8 or greater earthquake on average every 14 years.

From USGS Earthquake Facts.

You can see the latest Earthquakes in the US and the World, the answer to the question: “Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase?” and Earthquake facts and statistics about the frequency of Earthquakes.

Registration for WordCamp Utah is now open! The cost is $20 and includes the lunch and the uber official WordCamp Utah 2008 t-shirt.

Final schedule for the speakers is nearly complete, they include: Matt Mullenweg, Richard Miller, Cameron Moll, Thom Allen, Ash Buckles and Alex King.

Space is limited so the time to sign-up is now.

I’ll be speaking at the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference on WordPress Performance and Scalability. UTOSC is at the Salt Lake Community College this year, August 28-30.

Registration for WordCamp San Francisco 2008 is open and there are more 140 people on the attendees list already. The final schedule should be posted soon.

I’ll be there, be sure to say hi.