January 23, 2010 — jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript framework that’s extremely popular with Web designers and developers. Jim Doran presents an overview of jQuery and how to start using it, including a case study that uses jQuery with a new, homemade WP theme and layout techniques, animation effects, DOM manipulation and AJAX/JSON.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

January 23, 2010 — Daniel Jalkut presents a high-level overview of the two major APIs that WordPress supports for remote integration: XML-RPC and AtomPub. He discusses a variety uses for these APIs ranging from desktop apps to cross-site integration to specialized iPhone clients. This talk is aimed at designers and plugin developers who might get use out of the API, or whose knowledge of it might help them make better implementation choices.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

January 23, 2010 — The magic behind WordPress is how it processes queries and gives you the results via “The Loop.” The Loop can be hijacked for a variety of custom uses and these techniques can quickly expand the capacity of WordPress to present information in different ways. Mitcho covers The Loop, as well as PHP tips which help introspect WordPress during lower-level development.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

December 21, 2009 — A new global “Trash” feature, built-in image editing, better plugin updating and compatibility checking, and easier embed support make up the latest release of WordPress.org, revealed for you in this introduction.

December 18, 2009 — Josh Grenon of Inspirageek sits down with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Birmingham to discuss development of WordPress 2.9, VideoPress, tips for entrepreneurs, recommended reading, and iPhone applications.

December 14, 2009 — Scott Ellis teaches an effective way to organize the myriad of content that will make up your website and keep things logically organized, consistent and on message.

November 29, 2009 — User Jesse P. Luna demonstrates the Geotagging feature of WordPress.com, including how to activate the feature, configure it for your location, and work with it when creating a blog post.

November 15, 2009 — Lin Chen gives a five-minute overview of the WordPress-based Harvard Gazette Web site.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

November 15, 2009 — Daisy Olsen demonstrates how to edit a single file to create a child theme for an existing theme, requiring no alterations to the original theme itself.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

November 15, 2009 — Ted Mann from Gannett talks about using WordPress for “hyperlocal” journalism using injersey.com as an example.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.