Joe Botha will share a few insights from his use of WordPress. He’s been using WordPress for about five years as a startup entrepreneur and photographer.
Tell us a bit about yourself
I’m a Cape Town based serial entrepreneur, photographer and dad. I’ve been blogging since 2006 – at least 5 posts a month. Read more: http://www.swimgeek.com/blog/about/
Why WordPress?
It’s Open Source, the themes are cool, it’s easy to manage and easy to teach people how to help themselves with WordPress.
What are your thoughts on the WordPress community as a whole? And the South African WP community?
It’s pretty awesome. It’s big and disruptive and shifts the power balance. We often forget the impact it’s had.
Why did you decide to speak at WordCamp Cape Town?
I guess I’m interested in showing the diverse uses of WordPress, with a focus on getting more startup businesses and photographers to use WordPress.
What is your talk going to be about?
A few insights on using WordPress over the last 5 years as an entrepreneur and a photographer.
What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Cape Town?
Catching up with a few geeks and meeting a few new people.
What is the one thing you want people to walk away with from your talk?
Why it’s worth investing time and energy in WordPress.
What is your favourite WordPress theme and/or plugin, and why?
I like Twenty Ten/Twenty Eleven, maybe because I’ve become a bit lazy in tinkering with themes. I think I have the Stats plugin installed on all my blogs.
Share one WP tip
Use SVN to keep your blog versions current.
Who in the WordPress community inspires you? Who do you follow?
I follow Matt Mullenweg’s blog and Twitter stream.
What is the most exciting feature/addition/improvement to WordPress
that you have noticed in the last year?
The user experience improvements in the dashboard and editor.
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