The WordPress Podcast

Jonathan and I were fortunate to be joined by Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith and Mark Ghosh for this live recording of The WordPress Podcast during the 2nd day of WordCamp Dallas. Since WordPress 2.5 had been released only 24 hours earlier, we discuss amongst ourselves and the attendees our thoughts on the admin and Dashboard redesign, the streamlined workflow, the new media uploader and some issues those who’d updated the night before had with Internet Explorer and some plugins.

We also discussed an idea Mark has expressed about a plugin he’d written to create a comment moderation panel and the implications it has on future WordPress versions.

We’ll be posting an audio-only version of this episode to the normal feed a little later on, but for now, here’s the video.

Dallas-area residents Cali Lewis and her producer/husband Neal Campbell spoke to attendees of WordCamp Dallas last Saturday, telling them of their struggles and dreams launching GeekBrief.tv, how they use WordPress to administer several blogs and their plans for their upcoming Big Trip.

My takeaway from this session is twofold: Neal spoke about his “laser-like” determination to make their dreams into reality, and Cali, at one point, told the audience at some point you have to, “just do it!” In the coming months, I intend to take their lessons to heart.

WordCamp Dallas‘ 2nd session came from John Pozadzides, who gave the session entitled 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog. (Despite anything you may hear on the video, I later ruled that, because John spent extra time answering questions from the audience, that he actually was successful in presenting all 45 tips within 45 minutes.)

Toward the end, John previews Woopra, an amazing stats program. Here’s a special deal for listeners of The WordPress Podcast (or, at the very least, people who read this blog): There are currently 8 reviews for The WordPress Podcast on the iTunes Music Store Podcast Directory. I’ll be picking 7 reviews added to the 8 that exist already that I find creative and awarding Woopra invite codes accordingly.

Change in plans!

The first 7 people who link to this post will receive a free Woopra invite.

Because (I believe) the sessions at WordCamp Dallas to be of interest to my friends who listen to The WordPress Podcast, I will be reposting here over the next few days the videos made possible by my co-organizer, John Pozadzides, of each WordCamp Dallas session, beginning with Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress 2.5 and Beyond.