I’m impressed with the amount of traction that WordPress (WP) has within the world these days; the idea of a hosted site at .com and a self-hosted option via .org has always appealed to me, ever since I learned of WP. “Code is Poetry”, indeed.

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/upcoming-wordcamps-3/ lists upcoming WordCamps; these conferences have “tracks” like many other get-togethers, and can include topics for end users (bloggers), developers of various pieces, administrators, and many other areas. They’ve seemingly designed these very intelligently, and kept the prices extremely reasonable; no wonder they are still enjoying huge yearly growth.

I’m especially impressed with the live video stream planned for at least one of these events : http://phxwordcamp.com/live-video-stream/ though I may well be able to still make an event live this year.

While I’d really love to hit up the Bangkok version with my buddy Dong Limsawas, I don’t think this is likely to happen due to budgetary constraints

These camps have been and are being held worldwide, here are just a few more listed for the near future. If you are at all interested in blogging, whether for business or pleasure, the learning opportunities seem too good to pass up as they’ve been made very affordable, which speaks well of their intent; it’s also savvy.

WordCamp Phoenix November 13 Phoenix, Arizona

WordCamp Victoria November 14  Victoria, British Columbia

WordCamp New York November 14–15 New York, New York

WordCamp Bangkok November 15  Bangkok, Thailand

WordCamp Peru November 28  Lima, Peru

WordCamp Orlando December 5 Orlando, Florida

WordCamp Boston January 23  Boston, Massachusetts

WordCamp Indonesia January 30  Jakarta, Indonesia

WordCamp Toronto March 27–28 Toronto, Ontario

Good luck in scheduling yourself into something that could enhance your life; I will be a late attendee if able to make one this month, due to recent operations (alas). /Cheers!