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Why WordPress?

A young gentleman Terri and I have had the good fortune of getting to know wrote some very kind words in a recent email. I’d like to share them here because this is why Terri and I work with WordPress and why we are involved in the WordPress communities both local and abroad:

I also just wanted to thank you for giving me the idea of doing this presentation. You and Terri have been my inspiration into recently starting my own Web and IT Company, which I hope will be good to go soon. With the combination of both your knowledge and insight, I realized that anything is possible with WordPress, and that I’m only scratching the surface and need to dig deeper. (I feel like there is gold inside.) Anyways, I’ll just sum this up and say thanks for all of your help, and for everything you and Terri do not only for myself, but for the WordPress Community.
Nelson Steffens

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WordPress GTA

There’s a new Meetup group in town … the WordPress Greater Toronto Area Meetup group, or WPGTA for short. I have been considering starting a Meetup group focused more on WordPress design and development for the last several months but I have also felt there was never enough time to devote to organizing it.

Now, although I have not magically added more time to the day, I also feel if I do not simply get started the ideals I have envisioned for this group will never see the light.

Ideally this Meetup group will also serve as a complimentary one to the growing number of WordPress related ones in the area. The Greater Toronto Area, or GTA, itself holds a large percentage of the population and spreads over a very wide geographic region(1).

Although there is no established agenda, or a first meeting scheduled yet (keep an eye on the calendar one will be announced soon), I look forward to being able to share my experiences and knowledge; especially that gained working with the WordPress Theme Review Team as well as the knowledge I have gained creating and releasing WordPress Themes and WordPress Plugins into the WordPress Extend repositories.

Also, look forward to the WPGTA Meetups to take place in the Mississauga and/or Oakville area. One, I live in the area; and two, to be quite honest, I’m not a fan of driving “into the city” … and hopefully this will allow others interested in attending a WordPress Meetup group easier access.

We will probably start out meeting in coffee shops or other WiFi hotspot locations(2); moving into a community center, library meeting room, or other larger venue is well within possibilities as the group grows.

… and remember to bring your “tools of the trade”(3)

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Footnotes:
(1) 2006 Census data as noted on Wikipedia
(2) Starbucks comes to mind first but there are other eateries and venues that may work well for small gatherings.
(3) Bringing a laptop is probably a good idea … you can write good code anywhere but not if you don’t have the tools to do it.