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Scaling WordPress & Co-ordinating Code at WordUp Whitehall

Thanks to Simon Dickson for inviting me to speak at WordUp Whitehall, a specialist and informal one day WordPress conference for people working in UK Government. I don’t do enough speaking, something I need to address, and this was a great opportunity to share some of the knowledge gained from working on relaunching the recent Defra project.

My presentation covered two quite separate topics: scaling WordPress for large amounts of traffic, and how version control can be useful for client in-house teams.

Here’s a PDF version of the talk, and certainly let me know if there’s any speaking opportunities coming up… I’m available! Scaling WordPress & Co-ordinating code

There’s a lot of images used in the presentation, and thanks to the following for providing their photos under a Creative Commons license:

© @hwayoungjung – http://www.flickr.com/photos/hwayoungjung/3742229597/
© Andrew Becraft – http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/2816064611/
© Christian Payne –http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianpayne/3524859632/in/photostream/
© Don Solo – http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/2886355241/
© Evan Moss – http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightymoss/4163027317/in/photostream/
© Federico Casares – http://www.flickr.com/photos/solofotones/1839531915/
© Garrett & Kitty Wilkin –http://www.flickr.com/photos/gareandkitty/338059022/in/photostream/
© Garrett Coakley – http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/2172850095/
© Gopal Vijayaraghavan –http://www.flickr.com/photos/t3rmin4t0r/3947963283/in/photostream/
© H.Powers – http://www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/108813447/sizes/l/
© H.Powers – http://www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/108813447/sizes/l/
© Hobvias Sudoneighm – http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/3834431/
© Jimmie –http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmiehomeschoolmom/2810673350/in/photostream/
© Joseph Robertson – http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephrobertson/59407804/
© Mike McCune – http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934/3261249676/
© Mo Riza – http://www.flickr.com/photos/moriza/96724309/in/photostream/
© Mo Riza – http://www.flickr.com/photos/moriza/96724309/in/photostream/
© Pyno Moscato – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinomoscato/3992211669/
© Rob Shenk – http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcsj/400758302/sizes/l/in/photostream/
© Sean Dreilinger –http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2326448445/in/photostream/
© Sean Dreilinger –http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2326448445/in/photostream/
© Steve Harwood – http://www.flickr.com/photos/captkodak/272746539/in/photostream/
© Thomas Hawk – http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2442371176/
© Troy Holden – http://www.flickr.com/photos/troyholden/4114564467/in/photostream/

BarCamp Leeds – “my last project”

If you’re attending BarCamp Leeds, I need YOU.

I’d love to know what you’ve been up to recently, and what better way to find out than for you to tell me (and everyone else) as part of an open mic “my last project” session.

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WordPress plugin development presentation

My presentation for WordCamp UK on WordPress Plugin Development (although I will update this soon with better slide notes): PDF version.

Simon Wheatley: Introduction to WordPress at BarCamp Leeds 2007

My session for BarCamp Leeds was on “An Introduction to WordPress”, and I put together a nice graphical presentation for it… only to find the laptop playing up and unable to connect to the screen!

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