ourpdx preso for wordcampportland
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Betsy Richter's presentation about the birth of OurPDX Network, given on 9/27/08 at WordCamp PortlandTRANSCRIPT
And on the eighth day...
And on the eighth day...
...there was blog.
And on the eighth day...
...there was blog.
And on the eighth day...
...there was blog.
tenth
And on the eighth day...
...there was blog.
tenth
( *sorry, I can’t count...)
Day One: Genesis
Day One: Genesis
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day One: Genesis
To-do list: Ummm, build a blog? Configure a blog? Pick a theme? Yeah, that...
Today’s motto: Sure, why not build yet another blog...?
Day Two: Sky
Day Two: Sky
Day Two: Sky
To-do list: Pick a domain name. Register a domain name. Or two. Or three. Or more...!
Day Two: Sky
To-do list: Pick a domain name. Register a domain name. Or two. Or three. Or more...!
Today’s motto: Don’t name the baby Aloysius
Day Three: Earth
Day Three: Earth
Day Three: Earth
Day Three: Earth
To-do list: Now that you’ve got a skeleton and a name, get some authors already.
Day Three: Earth
To-do list: Now that you’ve got a skeleton and a name, get some authors already.Today’s motto: Talk, Talk, Talk
Day Four: Heavens
Day Four: Heavens
Day Four: Heavens
To-do list: Set crazy goals. Find more authors. Pressure your friends and co-workers.
Day Four: Heavens
To-do list: Set crazy goals. Find more authors. Pressure your friends and co-workers.
Today’s motto: It’s who you know...and the sky is the limit!
Day Five: Creatures
Day Five: Creatures
Day Five: Creatures
To-do list: Configure, configure, configure. Themes, plugins, spam protection, etc. etc. etc.
Day Five: Creatures
To-do list: Configure, configure, configure. Themes, plugins, spam protection, etc. etc. etc.
Today’s motto: Should have installed Maintenance Mode!
Day Six: Food
Day Six: Food
Day Six: Food
Day Six: Food
Day Seven: Rest? Hah!
Day Seven: Rest? Hah!
Day Seven: Rest? Hah!
To-do list: All those empty pages with placeholder text? Fill them ASAP...
Day Seven: Rest? Hah!
To-do list: All those empty pages with placeholder text? Fill them ASAP...
Today’s motto: It’s about the content, stupid - not the plugins!
Day Eight:
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Moral of the story: I’m spending the first kid-free Saturday in a month doing *this*?
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Moral of the story: I’m spending the first kid-free Saturday in a month doing *this*?
Hell, yeah....!
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Moral of the story: I’m spending the first kid-free Saturday in a month doing *this*?
Hell, yeah....!
Day Eight: To-do list: Freaking out of control!
Configuring stats packages.Getting RSS feeds optimized, site listed.Waaay too much time messing with CSS
and theme configurations.Configuring email accounts.
Teaching authors WordPress via email.Setting up publicity for “official launch.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Moral of the story: I’m spending the first kid-free Saturday in a month doing *this*?
Hell, yeah....!
Blog by Bourbon
Day Nine: Almost There
Day Nine: Almost There
Day Nine: Almost There
To-do list: Know what you’re NOT good at.
Day Nine: Almost There
To-do list: Know what you’re NOT good at.
Day Nine: Almost There
To-do list: Know what you’re NOT good at.
Today’s Motto: Maybe I should switch to whiskey...
Day Ten: Finally!
Day Ten: Finally!
Day Ten: Finally!
To-do list: Spam your friends and family, register with every site around, etc.
Day Ten: Finally!
To-do list: Spam your friends and family, register with every site around, etc.
Today’s motto: Tell the world!
Our New Baby!
Our New Baby!
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
• Thou shalt not judge a value of a post by the number of comments it generates
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
• Thou shalt not judge a value of a post by the number of comments it generates
• Thou shalt not obsess about page views. (Just worry about content.)
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
• Thou shalt not judge a value of a post by the number of comments it generates
• Thou shalt not obsess about page views. (Just worry about content.)
• Thou shalt not link every post back to your own blog
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
• Thou shalt not judge a value of a post by the number of comments it generates
• Thou shalt not obsess about page views. (Just worry about content.)
• Thou shalt not link every post back to your own blog
• Thou shalt not ever pick fights with your co-authors.
Ten Commandments from the OurPDX authors
• Thou shalt bloggeth what you knoweth
• Thou shalt always read each other’s posts
• Thou shalt respect those who call ‘dibs’ on posts
• Thou shalt always give credit where credit is due
• Thou shalt comment, comment, comment
• Thou shalt not judge a value of a post by the number of comments it generates
• Thou shalt not obsess about page views. (Just worry about content.)
• Thou shalt not link every post back to your own blog
• Thou shalt not ever pick fights with your co-authors.
• Thou shalt not engage with the asshats
My thanks to...
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
• Jason Grigsby
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
• Jason Grigsby
• Justin Tadlock
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
• Jason Grigsby
• Justin Tadlock
• My kids, Z Rex and The Mogul
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
• Jason Grigsby
• Justin Tadlock
• My kids, Z Rex and The Mogul
My thanks to...• Our 17 Authors
• Our 270 commenters (and their more than 1000 comments)
• The 230 RSS subscribers
• The 103 Twitter followers
• Aaron Hockley
• Guilty Carnivore
• Janet Tingey
• Jason Grigsby
• Justin Tadlock
• My kids, Z Rex and The Mogul
...and all of you!