Last week, I spoke on “Bytes and Minds: Navigating Mental Health in the Tech World” at WordCamp Netherlands 2023. Big thanks to Roan de Vries for capturing these moments.
Catch the slides here: WordCamp Netherlands 2023 presentation.
Tag: WordCamp
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Sledding at WordCamp
A bunch of WordPress geeks went sledding in Norway. Here is the photographic evidence.
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WordCamp Translyvania
The organisers of a web development conference called WordCamp Transylvania invited me to come give a presentation at their event. I enjoyed my last trip to Romania so much that I decided to head back again this year. I had never been to Transylvania so it was a great opportunity to see the countryside while I was at it. Everyone I talked to in Bucharest last year told me I would enjoy Transylvania more, and they were correct 🙂 The people are nice and things more move slowly in these parts.
Me at WordCamp Transylvania 
Remkus de Vries 
Scribu, aka Cristi Burcă, discarding the pizzas on hack day. 
Paul Gibbs getting animated 
Remkus de Vries discussing business in WordPress 
Anda Pop at the hack day -
WordCamp Norway
WordCamp Norway happened last weekend. Lots of cool people, lots of cool conversations and great to finally meet some awesome people in the real world who I’ve known in the online world for a long time.
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WordCamp Lisboa
I attended/spoke at WordCamp Lisboa 2012 in Portugal. It was a great time. Thanks to Zé and the other organisers for putting on such an excellent event.
From left: Ryan Hellyer (me), Zé Fontainhas, Siobhan McKeown, Remkus de Vries, Hanni Ross, Daan Kortenbach and Rocío Valdivia 
From left: Daan Kortenbach, Noel Tock, Marko Heijnen, Siobhan McKeown and Remkus de Vries. 
Daan and Roccio engrossed in something fascinating WordPress geekery. 
View of WordCamp Lisboa hackday 
Chilling out during a break at WordCamp Lisboa -
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 -
WordCamp Romania
Geir Ellefsen, Kaspars Dambis, Ryan Hellyer (me), Frederick Townes and Joost de Valk at WordCamp Romania 
WordCamp Romania crew at laser tag 
Geir Ellefsen and Kaspars Dambis 
Kaspars Dambis and Geir Ellefsen having a few beers 
Cristi Burcă (Scribu) and Joost de Valk at laser tag. 
Cristi Burcă (Scribu), Joost de Valk and Ryan Hellyer (me) having a few beers 
Kaspars Dambis, Geir Ellefsen, Joost de Valk and Ryan Hellyer (me) in Bucharest, Romania 
From left: Auras, Geir, Turcu, Scribu, me and Kaspars. Thanks to Joost for the photo. -
WordCamp Hangi
I attended WordCamp NZ 2009 in Wellington recently. The conference speakers (that includes me) were invited to a hangi afterwards.
Lachy Groom (top left), Dan Milward (bottom left), Ginetti (center) and Matt Mullenweg (right) That photo is actually a montage of three different photos. My old camera wasn’t up to the task of taking photos at night so I had to take two with the flash pointing in separate directions and another with no flash to show the coals. Hopefully it doesn’t look too photoshopped 🙂
