We got to talk about WordCampNZ with Glenn so along I went. It’s all one take and no script plus Glenn live mixes website shots and streams the show on ustream.

There is a tiny video camera somewhere near the microphone but Glenn is over to the left and so the challenge is to talk directly to him and try not to think about the camera.

P.S. Jayson Bryant of  WineVaultTV and Vaughn Davis are regular guests and have both been to WordCampNZ where Jayson presented last time.

“The countdown is on ’til WordCamp 2010, the user-created conference devoted to all things WordPress from August 78. With just two weeks to go, now’s the time to book your t-shirts and tickets. book your t-shirts and tickets

Richard Hollingum, local organiser for TEDx Auckland, has just been confirmed as a speaker, joining an already stellar lineup for the event (and if you’d like to volunteer to speak, flick an email to the organisers).

WordCamp is also one of the first events to use the recently launched Be In The Room, an innovative way for organisers and attendees to follow the latest developments all in one place.”

We should also mention again that Idealog was our Media Partner for WordCampNZ in ’09 and is again this year.

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Kemp says getting 100 people to give up a fine weekend to discuss a piece of software shows New Zealanders have taken WordPress to heart.

The organisers identified at least 500 New Zealand sites using the platform, including everything from the Stock Exchange to the AUT and Whitereia journalism schools to the Grey Lynn Community Centre and the Topp Twins.

The State Service’s Commission’s e-government site and the Te Ara Signposts site which points to the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand also use WordPress tools.

Kemp says people can’t just rely on one tool and effective campaigns are likely to employ a number of channels as they attempt to get the kind of viral lift-off that is possible in an internet-connected world.

“One interesting thing at the event itself was a guy volunteered to tweet live, and ended up doing 700 tweets over the weekend.

“We also had people with video cameras, so some of the presentations went up in various locations. We had live streaming, and at one point we had more than 100 people watching.”

Wordcampers keep up to date (as a single page)

Very special thanks again to everyone who made this possible especially Dan, Anthony, the sponsors, Xero, MagnumMac, nzwireless, CoffeeSupreme, Concept to Reality, Idealog magazine, Eziweb, MyHost, the Victoria Bowling Club and all of the individual helpers.

Brett Taylor @glutnix was the main tweeter for the two days and deserves a medal.

And special shout-outs to speakers who came from all over NZ, Australia and the U.S. (Matt and Janetti) for WordcampNZ. We’ve already had some incredible feedback from many of you.

Stay in touch with fellow campers and and the local WordPress community.

Organising activities for 100+ people is a lot of work, so thanks again to all the helpers and volunteers who made it all flow just that much easier.

We also have the twitter stream, video and a number of other sources to sort through along with slideshows and other presentation content.

Leave a comment or trackback to this post so we can tie the content together.

Here are a few we found so far.

Podcasts from Saturday Morning show are here.

Update: Matts podcast is here .mp3 file

8:35 Matt Mullenweg Photographer, jazz musician and entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the popular open-source blogging software and hosting service title=”WordPress, which runs millions of weblogs around the world.

Matt is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. He blogs at ma.tt, and is visiting Wellington for WordCamp New Zealand, an “unconference” for WordPress users (8-9 August).”

So what is Kim Hill, unquestionably one of New Zealand’s finest current affairs interviewers, really like?

The answer, if you listen to her programme long enough, turns out to have been obvious all along. I think I’m just like the way I am on the radio. I mean, you haven’t got time to put on a face, you haven’t got time to pretend to be anything other than you are – otherwise, you’d drive yourself bonkers!

So, in essence, what you hear on the radio is what you get in real life? Yeah, yeah. With a few expletives deleted.

Read more about Kim Hill. The Saturday show is Produced by Mark Cubey.

You can also follow Radio NZ – Saturday Morning show on  @RNZ_SatMorning on Twitter.

“Matt as founder and lead developer of the WordPress publishing platform, explains how Wordcamp events bring the WordPress community together all around the world on the same model as the software itself.”

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Are you a media person interested in WordCampNZ? The very short clip above is by amicalmant (Christian Aubry) who was at WordCamp Montreal. Thanks for the videos Christian. 

Matt Mullenweg – Open source as a philosophy

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