Author Archives: Randy Hicks

About Randy Hicks

From Auburn, CA to Arcata, CA then Portland, OR to Nashville, TN. I'm big on community and big on WordPress so I'm pretty excited to be doing both at the same time! Part time adventurer and hunter of Illithid, patron of the libraries of Xandrios and expert goblin smasher. Master of the Federation of Sol and seeker of the Talisman which grant passage to the Crown of Command. Lest I roll a 4, I'll see you at WCUS17!

Looking for WordCamp Nashville 2013?

March 27, 2013 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on Looking for WordCamp Nashville 2013?

WordCamp Nashville 2013 » Go

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A short WordCamp Recap

May 8, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on A short WordCamp Recap

It’s been almost two weeks since WordCamp and the dust of catching up is finally starting to settle. A huge thanks goes out to all of you attendees that came out! Check out some of the resources below that we’ve … Continue reading A short WordCamp Recap →

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WEBDEVSTUDIOS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT CREATING ‘PLUGGABLE’ OBJECTS WITH FLEXIBILITY FOR REUSE

April 17, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on WEBDEVSTUDIOS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT CREATING ‘PLUGGABLE’ OBJECTS WITH FLEXIBILITY FOR REUSE

Mike Toppa of WebDevStudios, a website development company specializing in WordPress and related open source platforms, talked clean code at WordCamp Philly in 2011. He’s joining us Saturday in Nashville to talk about dependency injection for object-oriented programming on the … Continue reading WEBDEVSTUDIOS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT CREATING ‘PLUGGABLE’ OBJECTS WITH FLEXIBILITY FOR REUSE →

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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: BraveNewCode

April 16, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: BraveNewCode

BraveNewCode Inc. has built its business around WordPress. The Canadian company launched in 2008 but its founders started working with WordPress when WP itself started, in 2003. Today, BraveNewCode is a respected, well-known WordPress plugin shop best known for its … Continue reading SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: BraveNewCode →

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Vandy Cancer Center Web Coordinator to Cover SEO Fundamentals

April 12, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on Vandy Cancer Center Web Coordinator to Cover SEO Fundamentals

Take a look at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center website. It is clean, easy to navigate and delivers important information to those who need it without fuss. It also rocks on Search Engine Optimization. Anna Belle Leiserson, VICC’s web coordinator, will … Continue reading Vandy Cancer Center Web Coordinator to Cover SEO Fundamentals →

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Speaker Line-up Includes Managing Editor of The Next Web

April 10, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on Speaker Line-up Includes Managing Editor of The Next Web

The Next Web is an international technology blog with 5 million unique visitors each month and 10 million monthly page views. Brad McCarty, the blog’s managing editor and a professional blogger, lives right here in Middle Tennessee and he’s a … Continue reading Speaker Line-up Includes Managing Editor of The Next Web →

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Planners & Volunteers Meetup

February 12, 2012 by Randy Hicks • Comments Off on Planners & Volunteers Meetup

This month we are having an official WordCamp planning meeting and volunteer signup. We were approved Friday (02-10) by WordCamp official, and we are now on the move. We will be spending this months meetup walking you through the current … Continue reading Planners & Volunteers Meetup →

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