November 14, 2009 — Using WordPress MU, WNET partnered with Tierra to launch 50+ non-blog sites supporting WNET television programming, reducing costs, improving traffic and streamlining their production across multiple Thirteen and PBS teams. This session covers the business objectives for the project, why WNET selected WP, technical challenges in re-launching dozens of sites using one common platform, custom plugins and templates, and other issues.

Slides from this presentation are available here.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

November 14, 2009 — John Hawkins’ introduction to writing a plugin, with a real-world example showing how to create a plugin with an options page, shortcodes and a dashboard widget.

November 14, 2009 — Jane Wells and Steve Bruner welcome participants to WordCamp New York City 2009.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

November 13, 2009 — Clintus McGintus of I Do It Digital shares his experience in video blogging and marketing, giving tips, tricks, and recommendations for getting your start in using video to enhance your blog.

November 13, 2009 — Brent Spore of WHATABLOGGER teaches design fundamentals that can help you learn how to design effective WordPress sites.

November 13, 2009 — Merlin Mann of 43 Folders shares his opinion on the state of social media and social media tools.

November 13, 2009 — John Hawkins teaches the WordCamp Phoenix audience the basics of building a plugin in this short presentation.

November 13, 2009 — Jayson Cote of WPCoop.org discusses the potential of WordPress for your business and how WordPress is changing the world.

November 13, 2009 — Matt Mullenweg from Automattic, Chuck Reynolds from rYnoweb, and Joshua Strebel from Page.ly answer questions from the audience and talk about WordPress 2.9 in this roundtable discussion.

November 12, 2009 — Tom Johnson gives a brief introduction to and instructions for getting started with WampServer for Windows to run WordPress on your own computer. Running WordPress locally allows you to test setups, themes, plugins, and more without the need of an Internet connection or trouble of setting up a dedicated test installation.