{"id":4849,"date":"2012-09-05T13:24:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2013-01-21T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:16:51","slug":"tweets-from-wcct-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/tweets-from-wcct-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Favourite tweets from #WCCT 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Cape Town was buzzing with Twitter activity last year. We had volunteers live tweeting the event so that those unfortunate WordPress fans who could not attend could still follow the action from the comfort of their desks or mobile phones (Remember our hashtag: #WCCT). \u00a0Prizes were awarded in our\u00a0&#8220;Why I love WordPress&#8221;\u00a0<a title=\"Why I love WordPress\" href=\"http:\/\/2011.capetown.wordcamp.org\/2011\/09\/15\/the-why-i-love-wordpress-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">competition<\/a> for the most popular Facebook, Twitter and blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Why I love WordPress&#8221; competition&#8217;s rules were simple: <em>&#8216;We often hear people professing their love for WordPress. Talking about passion and love is easy, but at WordCamp Cape Town we encourage you to &#8220;publicly proclaim your love for WordPress&#8221; and tell the world how you feel and why you feel that way.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here we have compiled a selection of our favourite tweets from WordCamp Cape Town 2011. <strong>Why not let us know today why you still love WordPress and what you are most looking forward to at WordCamp Cape Town 2012?<\/strong> Just tweet<strong> #WCCT<\/strong> and shout out your love from the digital heavens!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wordcampct<\/a> I love WP because it empowers both end users and developers to express themselves and own their presence\/content online. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Cohen (@mattyza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyza\/status\/114241147903279105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/MuthaBlogga\/status\/114232202769862657<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a> I love wordpress because its helped feeding my family easy and fun. WordCamp Cape Town<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nur Ahmad Furlong (@nomadone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nomadone\/status\/114266776845553664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wordcampct<\/a> I love WP because our one night stand is turning into a love affair.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCCT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michelle J. Flynn (@MichellejFlynn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichellejFlynn\/status\/114239919479721984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great day at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordCampCT<\/a>, kudos to Ashley Shaw (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/feedmymedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@feedmymedia<\/a>) for pulling it off at such a scenic venue with such a good speaker track!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Forrester (@mark_forrester) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mark_forrester\/status\/114411173344067584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">enjoying WCCT! gutted I lost my voice, but its better to have had a voice and lost it then to have never had a voice at all  \ud83d\ude1b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan \ud83d\udc7e \ud83e\udddb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@danmilward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danmilward\/status\/114303983866220544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An awesome wordpress conference. Well done to the organisers, hope we have many more  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Craig Strachan (@cdstrachan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdstrachan\/status\/114411099729821697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was awesome! thx!! RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordCampCT<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordCampCT<\/a> 2011 was a huge success, thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers and people who attended<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corli van der Merwe (@corlivdmerwe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corlivdmerwe\/status\/114582751268716544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to the WordCamp CT team 4 great event <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCCT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCCT<\/a>, Thanks 2 those who attended my presso &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7ky0aCl9\">http:\/\/t.co\/7ky0aCl9<\/a> Get in touch &amp; lets chat!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nur Ahmad Furlong (@nomadone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nomadone\/status\/114330942205726721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordCampCT<\/a> today. Listened to some great speakers, met some rad new web guys and was cool to catch up with others. Shot guys!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Myburgh (@AMyburgh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMyburgh\/status\/114411158856925185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning&#39;s speakers at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a> were pretty awesome, looking forward to some talk about WP as a cms, multimedia capability and SEO!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corli van der Merwe (@corlivdmerwe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corlivdmerwe\/status\/114293780424835073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/willviljoen\/status\/114419775018500096<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">if you want to follow the action at WordCamp Cape Town, you should follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordcampCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WordCampCT<\/a> today<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeffrey Pearce (@jeffikus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffikus\/status\/114253187371896833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just arrived at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a> Great to be back at an industry event after a long break, lots of friendly faces! Let&#39;s catch up if you&#39;re here! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe da Silva (@dasijoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dasijoe\/status\/114267042722484224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/feedmymedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@feedmymedia<\/a> using Canvas child themes for their clients. Awesome! \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wcct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Cohen (@mattyza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyza\/status\/114269016650022913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Cape Town was buzzing with Twitter activity last year. We had volunteers live tweeting the event so that those unfortunate WordPress fans who could not attend could still follow the action from the comfort of their desks or mobile &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/tweets-from-wcct-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Favourite tweets from #WCCT 2011<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368025,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53],"tags":[39708,143],"class_list":["post-4849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-tweets","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2qrmL-1gd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4849"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7091,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions\/7091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}