Lexicon Losing Luster? Hit WordCamp This Summer

Make the trek out to San Francisco on July 21 and 22 for WordCamp, an indubitable hodgepodge of WordPress users, blogging purists and collabo-hungry enterprise elites, all raring to add new buzz to already unintelligible 2.0-ridden vernacular.Last year about 350 WordPress users appeared in the Golden State to join in the mot-based extravaganza. And because that one day was so successful, this summer San Francisco will play host to a two-day treat. Day one will focus on user and blog-oriented topics such as search engine optimization and podcasting. Day two will revolve more around the development side, with usability, iterative design and the future of publishing. Speakers include: * Matt Cutts * John Dvorak * Robert Hoekman, Jr. * Dan Kuykendall * Om Malik * Rashmi Sinha * Lorelle Vanfossen * Dave Winer * A few WordPress developers Lunch is included, with the fun and games culminating in Sunday barbeque. And if that doesn't sound like sufficient live-it-uppery, there's a party on Saturday night and -- get this -- free t-shirts for all! WordCamp costs US$ 25 for entry and "scholarships" are available. Registration closes July 9th so hurry - no tickets are available at the door. Read more about WordPress and the new v2.2, which just came out in May.