Calling all geniuses
With WordCamp NYC 2009 only a week away, it’s time to round up the WordPress geniuses.
Since the genius bar at WordCamp San Francisco was such a great success the past 2 years, we have decided to bring the show on the road! This year, WordPress geniuses will be available at WordCamp NYC from 9 AM – 5 PM on Saturday. Thanks to the generosity of Baruch College, we should have a great space this year for question answering. The idea behind the genius bar is a place where you can come to ask your toughest (or easy) questions to members of the WordPress community and get great answers. Whether you are having a problem with your WordPress theme or want to know the best place to find a new one, have a question about a plugin or two, or just want to know the best way to get started with WordPress – we are there to help! This year, I would like to put a special emphasis on WordPress upgrades.
Do you have a WordPress blog not running 2.8.5 and need help upgrading?
Come to the genius bar and let us help you! We will show you the best way to backup your blog, upload your files, and install the latest and greatest version of WordPress. If your blog is running a version older than 2.0 you get bonus points!
* If you do want us to help you upgrade your blog, you will need to know the username and password to access your hosting account via FTP, SFTP, control panel, or whatever you use to edit your website files, so please bring that information with you.
Providing all of this help isn’t easy, so we are putting out a call for volunteers! If you would like to help WordCampers with their WordPress blogs and are attending WordCamp NYC, please consider volunteering an hour or two to work at the genius bar. We already have a great group of folks who have volunteered, but are in need of more. If you are interested in volunteering at the genius bar, please contact me and let me know what time slot you are interested in, and I will put together a schedule later in the week.
Again, the genius bar will be open from 9AM to 5PM on Saturday only, but I’m sure there will be people around on Sunday as well to answer questions in an informal, ad-hoc manner.
You can put me down for an hour or two wherever you need it.
Throw my name in the bucket, too. I’ll be happy to sit in for an hour or two on Saturday.
Sent email in, but sign me up as well for Saturday….glad to help out!