Paul Holmes spoke about domain name acqusition. There are some links, details and a video of his presentation on his personal blog at WordCamp Victoria 2009 – Domain Name Acqusition.
2009 Speaker’s Notes: Paul Holmes
2009 Speaker’s Notes: Jodie Gastel
First, for those in my class who couldn’t see it because it was blocked by the school’s Parental Controls…
I was demo-ing how taking a theme that doesn’t look anything like you want, but it has a LAYOUT you like and turning it into something custom. The theme I started with was Connexion…
… and very quickly changed it into the BabesGoBare site:
Also… I didn’t get to extend the offer in class as we were zooming until the end… but I wanted to extend an offer to yyjWordCamp attendees only – those who would like a copy of my book that takes them through the setting up process in a less rushed way, I’ll offer my book at $25 until Wednesday morning.
2009 Speaker’s Notes: Robin Heppell
Robin Heppell’s WordPress as a CMS:
Here is the video of Robin’s presentation, too:
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Quadra Village, Lunch and Refreshments…
The event includes Level Ground coffee, tea, and Mount Doug Springs water.
Ambrosia Catering will be bringing in an array of sandwiches and dessert squares for lunch. A special thanks to our lunch sponsors, Sneakers Computers and Dial A Geek Consulting!
You may bring your own food, snacks, lunch, etc.
Quadra Village
If you’d prefer to have lunch out, or want to grab a late day snack, Quadra Village is your answer.
University Canada West is located in the heart of Quadra Village, and there are some great restaurants right in the area.
Right across the street from UCW is Caffe Fantastico, open 8am to 5pm. They serve specialty coffees, pastries and snack items.
Cafe Marrakech serves authentic Moroccan cuisine, and is open from 11am to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm.
Naanwich is like Indian fast food, only it’s delicious and nutritious. It’s open from 7:30am to 9pm.
Caribbean Village has some amazing smells! There is limited casual seating, and it is open from 7am to 6:30pm.
Young’s Restaurant serves Chinese food from 4pm to 10pm.
San Remo’s Deli is open from 10am to 5pm, and the restaurant is open from 11am to 10pm.
Fifth Street Bar and Grill, where I will be having dinner, has a restaurant open from 11am to 11pm, and the pub closes a little later (usually around midnight).
Pazetti’s Pizza and Pizza All Nite are in the area. I don’t know the hours, and there is very limited casual seating in both.
Taco Time is close by, serving Mexican fast food.
Fairway Market has a deli, and Mac’s is open 24 hours.