Ryan Hellyer

Tag: Scotland

  • More of Edinburgh Castle

    Some photos I forgot to post of Edinburgh castle last year …

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  • Edinburgh cemetery

    Continuing my apparent obsession with photos of cemeteries, here are some snaps I took at/near a picturesque cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. I got horridly lost whilst attempting to find Princes St and somehow ended up going totally the wrong direction, up a hill and figuring I may as well make the most of it and wound up with these photos as a result 🙂

  • Edinburgh Castle

    Some photos of the Edinburgh Castle I took recently during a trip to WordCamp Edinburgh in Scotland.

  • WordCamp Edinburgh

    In case anyone wasn’t already aware, I’m somewhat obsessed with a piece of software called “WordPress”. My occupation now revolves around WordPress and I voluntarily let it suck up an inordinate amount of my time. I attended a conference called “WordCamp Edinburgh”, which is by far the biggest WordPress conference I’ve ever attended.

    I met in person many people who I had only known in the online world for many years. It was amusing asking people what differences they perceived between the “real me” and the “virtual me”. Apparently I am much taller in person than they expected. Having the only video footage of you online be of you standing beside a giant does not help with such perceptions it seems 😉

    It was particularly great to finally meet the co-founder of WordPress Mike Little, who it turns out is one of the most modest down to earth people I have ever met.

    WordPress founder Mike Little and yours truly outside the conference venue
    BuddyPress guru Paul Gibbs and design guru Tammie Lister
    Me presenting our talk
    Nadia, Simen, Arnstein, Zozela and Magdalini
    Admin panel extraordinaire Noel Tock giving his presentation
    Core security dude Jon Cave, myself and self-professed screaming code monkey Jeff Ghazally
    WordPress founder Mike Little and domain master Donnacha Mac Gloinn outside the conference venue
    Fellow Metronite Simen Thorsrud

  • Greeks invade Edinburgh

    I made two very awesome new friends whilst in Edinburgh recently, Zozela and Magdalini from Greece. Here are some photos from our travels about Edinburgh including to the Edinburgh Castle.