Author Archives: Andy McIlwain

About Andy McIlwain

Andy wrangles content at GoDaddy and co-organizes WordPress meetups & WordCamps in Toronto. Find him on Twitter and his personal site.

Featured Speaker: Aaron D. Campbell

Aaron has over fifteen years of web development experience. He has been a regular contributor to WordPress for the last eight years, and even co-lead the WordPress 3.6 release.

He’s committed to writing quality code that is both fast and scalable, and has a knack for translating ideas and goals into functional sites.

Aaron has worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. He’s been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but considers both to be compliments.

When not buried in code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, attending or hosting beer tastings, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books. Continue reading →

Featured Speaker: Seth Alling

Seth Alling is a Detroit-based developer turned designer turned developer, who has been working with WordPress since 2009.

Currently he works remotely as the Lead Developer for Ranch House Designs, a small agency located in Wharton, Texas, where he is primarily responsible for developing custom WordPress websites and plugins.

When he’s not developing (or designing), you can find him running, playing soccer or spending time with his wife and two sons. Continue reading →

Downtown Afterparty & Nuit Blanche

Afterparty + Nuit Blanche

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is taking place on October 3-4, the same weekend as WordCamp Toronto. And this year our afterparty, held at the Duke of Devon (near Union Station in downtown Toronto), is right in the heart of it.

So, if you want to be a hardcore WordCamper and pull an all-nighter, have fun. We won’t blame you. There’s a lot of cool stuff to see.

Location & Time Details

WordCamp Toronto Afterparty
Saturday, October 3rd @ 8:00pm

Duke of Devon
Toronto-Dominion Centre
66 Wellington St W
Toronto, ON M5K 1H1

(View it on Google Maps)

What’s the best way to get to the afterparty/downtown?

Driving/carpooling, calling a cab, or using Uber is the fastest route.

If you’re comfortable with transit, the 501 Queen Eastbound streetcar will get you close (Queen Street & Bay Street, then walk south), albeit the ride is long with many stops.

You can also head to Kipling Station, take the subway eastbound to Bloor-Yonge, and then head south on Line 1 (Yonge/University/Spadina) to Union Station.

Lastly, you can take GO Transit‘s Lakeshore West train from Longbranch Station or Mimico Station to Union Station.

Find more details on our Location page.

Featured Speaker: tracy apps

“Hi, my name is tracy (or some people call me tapps). I’m a graphic designer, front-end developer, photographer, drummer, crossfitter and a lifelong Milwaukean.

I started creating for the web in 1996, and started developing with WordPress before it was WordPress (my first blog was created with b2). I have been working independently for my own company, tracy apps design, for over 6 years now and I just love solving client puzzles of all sizes.

I’ve been doing custom WordPress sites for over 10 years and it has become my number one go-to tool for my client work. I’m a big fan of breaking things to see what cool things can come out of that. I also could probably deadlift you.” Continue reading →

Featured Speaker: Jeremy Pound

Jeremy is the co-founder and CEO of Juicy Results, “the Internet marketing agency for the Fortune Five Million”. In the last decade Jeremy has helped craft and implement online marketing strategies for countless companies, ranging in size from the smallest of businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Today, he works closely with sales teams to generate ready-to-buy leads using an array of Internet marketing strategies.

He writes and speaks regularly on how businesses can best take advantage of the web on the Juicy Results blog and the author of The Bootstrapper’s Guide to SEO. Jeremy is currently in the middle of a 365 day commitment to release one marketing video per day as part of the Juicy Bits series. Continue reading →

Our First Wave of Sessions

Confirmed Sessions

We’re very happy to finally unveil our first wave of confirmed sessions for WordCamp Toronto 2015! In no particular order, we have:

** Keep in mind that these sessions may change over the next couple of weeks, depending on speakers’ availability suddenly changing at the last minute. (It’s happened before!) **

There’s a lot of content this year, so the actual schedule (times, tracks, and whatnot) is still being finagled. More updates to come this week!