Author Archives: Heather Acton

About Heather Acton

WordPress engineer building custom themes and plugins for clients with purpose. Specialties include design (Figma/Sketch/Photoshop) to theme, admin usability, and WooCommerce / Woo Subscriptions performance and customization.

Video: Remembering 2009

It only took him (almost) a year – but our friend, Brian Artka, finally edited and published his video from the WordCamp Chicago event held in June 2009. Brian did such a fine job putting this video together that we … Continue reading Video: Remembering 2009

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WCChicago 2010 Venue Announcement

After much searching and, literally, walking the beat in downtown Chicago – we have a venue for our event in June! I will spare you all of the messy and confusing details that got us to this place, but I … Continue reading WCChicago 2010 Venue Announcement

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A Poll: User or Developer Track – or both?

Because we are planning for two different tracks of panels/presentations, we’d like to get a feel for which track you will most likely spend the most of your time at WordCamp Chicago: User Track: This track presents information useful for … Continue reading A Poll: User or Developer Track – or both?

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WordCamp Chicago is all over Twitter

For last year’s WordCamp Chicago – our Campers blew up the official hashtag for the event.  Don’t believe me – check out Adria’s twitter update from earlier this month about it: This year we expect it to be no different … Continue reading WordCamp Chicago is all over Twitter

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The gift of sponsorship – how you can help

Over the coming weeks and months, we will be posting all the information you need here for WordCamp Chicago.  We are getting really excited about the event  – planning it is not only hard work, but it is really a … Continue reading The gift of sponsorship – how you can help

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WordCamp Chicago 2010 Badges

You want badges – we’ve got badges! We’ve got large badges…we’ve got small badges. We’ve got badges for attendees, badges for speakers, badges for sponsors and even badges for those of you who (regrettably) cannot make it to WordCamp Chicago … Continue reading WordCamp Chicago 2010 Badges

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