WordCamp Europe happened last weekend. Time moves way too fast, when you enjoy something that much. Like last year I had an amazing time learning – and especially – connecting with people.
I can’t emphasize this strongly enough: If you work with WordPress in one way or another, you need to come to a WordCamp! And if you are in Europe, attending #wceu should definitely be on your calendar. You will meet likeminded people not only from Europe but from all over the world. I have not seen any statistics on how many nations where in attendance exactly, but on Monday evening’s unofficial after wceu dinner, on our small side table alone @glueckpress counted six nations (though I think there where technically seven :). Go figure.
The organizers did a terrific job – everyone was so helpful and friendly. And they put so much effort and time into making this a truly great event. Thank you!
Update: Here are some stats:
Random #WCEU '14 stats: We had speakers from 12 countries, volunteers from 20 and attendees from 51. Woot! pic.twitter.com/LdXRlHlLbY
Enjoy this year’s (small) selection of photos from #wceu.
1 Attendees collecting their badges at the first day of WordCamp Europe 2014.2 The National Palace of Culture (Национален дворец на културата) in Sofia, Bulgaria was the venue for WordCamp Europe 2014.3 Attendees climbing the steps to the main auditorum in the National Palace of Culture (Национален дворец на културата) in Sofia, Bulgaria.4 Kick-off for 2014’s WordCamp Europe by Remkus de Vries5Yana Petrova answering questions from the audience after her talk “Why sometimes happiness requires effort: depression in IT”.6Jenny Beaumont during her talk titled “How come every time I get stabbed in the back, my fingerprints are on the knife?”7Mark Jaquith during his talk about the next generation WordPress hosting stack.8Simon Wheatley says “hi!” at the beginning of his talk about running an open source business.9 View from the National Palace of Culture (Национален дворец на културата) over Sofia.10 View from the National Palace of Culture (Национален дворец на културата) over Sofia.11Mario Peshev enjoying a small break in the sun during WordCamp Europe 2014.12 Group photo of the Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian WordPress communities with Matt Mullenweg and Andrew Nacin.13Matt Mullenweg and Om Malik during the Q&A session at WordCamp Europe 2014.14 The final talk by Davide Casali titled “Gestalt Design Principles for Developers”.15 The audience at WordCamp 2014.16 A huge thank you to all the organizers and volunteers of WordCamp 2014.17Andrew Nacin giving an introduction about contributing to WordPress at the Contributer Day of WordCamp Europe 2014.
