They say that the third time’s the charm, but I don’t know if I would apply that to the third WordCamp conference in San Francisco that took place today. While it may partially have been that maybe I’ve gotten a little bit used to it, now that I’ve been there a few times, a lot of changes happened this year that I didn’t really think were that much for the better. And so my analysis and recap of this year’s WordPress event begins…
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Today I’m at the Social Media Camp taking place at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. Admission here is free, so if you’re attending or want to drop by, feel free to do so! (Those of you that are here can feel free to say hi in the comments section.) My friend Daniel Brusilovsky will be giving a presentation here later today, which I’m here to see, and I’m also going to be taking notes on social media/social networking and how a certain non-profit organization that I volunteer for can take advantage of it.

Anyway, for the readers on my blog, expect a report on my experience here in the next day or so. And for everyone at Social Media Camp who have heeded my shameless plug(s), hello and thanks for visiting my blog!

Update: I’ll be doing a session on “The Art of Personal Blogging” at around 2:15 PM today in the second room.

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