The other day, I happen to purchase a ticket to WordCamp Dallas. The ticket cost me $20 and the event will mark the first conference I have ever been able to attend. The event is being organized by Charles Stricklin, host of the WordPress Podcast. If you want to know more about what WordCamp is, check out the post I wrote for WeblogToolsCollection.com called What Is WordCamp?

The event will be featured by some interesting speakers/speeches such as:

• Matt Mullenweg on WordPress 2.5 and Beyond
• 45 Ways To Power Up Your Blog by John Pozadzides
• How to prevent, detect and stop content theft by Jonathan Bailey
• Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell
• C’mon, Let’s Talk! Building influence and interaction with blogging by Liz Strauss
• WordPress Power Tips by Lorelle Van Fossen
• SEO For Bloggers by Chris Smith
• Aaron Brazell
• A panel of people to discuss the business of blogging: Mark Ghosh, Liz Strauss, and Aaron Brazell
• Testing With WordPress by Jacob Santos

I’m pretty stoked about going to an event where people want to meet me and vice versa. I’ll be able to meet Ronald Huereca in person as well as, Charles Stricklin, Mark Ghosh, Lorelle Van Fossen, Matt Mullenweg and others. I plan on taking quite a few photos along with some video clips of the event. If I can manage to get a voice recorder, I also plan on getting a couple of interviews completed and then turning that into a WordPress Weekly episode.

If you are attending the event, let me know.