Matt Mullenweg of WordPress in Hawaii

Thanks to Ryan of the Hawaii Blog, I learned that WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg was going to be speaking at the Mac a’hiki TechFest. I normally don’t attend these tech sessions since free time is scarce, but I was intrigued by this Internet celebrity visiting Hawaii.

Running late, I made it to the conference, but Matt was on Hawaiian time so I didn’t miss out on anything. Matt’s talk centered around WordPress (surprise!), its origin, his philosophy, and more. For the crowd present, Matt did a good job showcasing WordPress and blogging in general and probably got a few WP converts and new users from this. Matt also showed off some upcoming work like the Monotone theme designed for photo bloggers. Nice!

What was most impressive wasn’t Matt’s MacBook Air or the fact that he used a Vista laptop for the presentation. It was Matt’s clarity and vision for someone so young. I’m sure by now, he’s done enough public speaking engagements that it’s no big deal, but you can still see and feel his passion for his work. That’s impressive.

Maybe impressive enough to move Pulpconnection on over to WordPress…

Oh yeah, just a few pictures.

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