{"id":156,"date":"2009-03-20T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:46","slug":"sponsor-spotlight-for-dummies-wiley-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/sponsor-spotlight-for-dummies-wiley-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsor Spotlight: For Dummies (Wiley Publishing)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"For<\/a>Wiley Publishing<\/a> is the powerhouse publishing company behind the wildly popular “For Dummies<\/a>” series of books.\u00a0 Have you ever noticed that there is a “Dummies” book for almost every single thing?\u00a0 I was in the store the other day and saw a Dummies book for baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie<\/a>!\u00a0 Now THAT is a book I could have written – – just the testing and research alone would have make the effort completely worth it!<\/p>\n

The folks at Dummies.com, and Wiley Publishing, are one of our generous sponsors of WordCamp Chicago and I want ot take this opportunity to give them a big shout out and THANKS!\u00a0 The sponsors of WordCamp Chicago, including the “For Dummies” folks at Wiley Publishing, are the driving force behind organizing an event like this.\u00a0 Their generosity helps pay for things like the venue, equipment, catering, set up, name badges and any other cool stuff that we are able to feature at the WordCamp Chicago event.<\/p>\n

Wiley Publishing has recently, completely, revamped the Dummies.com website and you’ll want to check it out!\u00a0 Much like their “Dummies” books, their website is just full of helpful information and resources – everything from articles and videos about working with Microsoft Excel<\/a>, How to fix holes in your drywall<\/a>, Putting out kitchen fires <\/a>to all sorts of information regarding your time spent on the internet<\/a> – including some relevant information to WordCamp folks like:<\/p>\n