If you were having coffee with me I would say compliments of the season has the festive fever gripped you yet? In my neck of the woods, it’s been a bit low to start I guess the low disposable income and the crazy circus that is our economy doing a downward spiral which sounds like a fun ride at the amusement park, only that it isnt; it means we have to brace for a trying 2017.
If you were having coffee with me I would ask you if you sent any Christmas cards this year. I did not, so I guess I will not be waiting up on the postman to bring me anything, oh maybe someone can surprise me…. *hint hint*
If you were having coffee with me I would tell you how I attended my very first WordCamp which was also the first time such an event was hosted in Harare; Zimbabwe. The fourth to be held in Africa this year, others having been held in Nairobi, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.
If you were having coffee with me I would tell you if you ever have a chance to attend one of these, WordCamps, DO! There is something for all WordPress users from web developers, designers to even the occasional blogger. It’s quite the experience and you will absolutely not leave empty headed not to mention great networking and a chance to meet up with people whom you might already know but only digitally, and the after-party of course
If you were having coffee with me, I would tell you, how slightly apprehensive I was at going; thinking it might be all technical about code, command lines and java scripts and I would be out of my depth, drowning in open source lingo. I was greatly impressed by Sizo who did a presentation of how she built a Website in a little under 24 hours after she had, we wont say lied as such; lets just say maybe say exaggerated her Website building skills to her potential employer during an interview and when she got hired one of her first tasks was to create a website for the company, and she did….
If you were having coffee with me, I would ask you whether the abbreviation SEO means anything to you. I always thought it was fancy speak understood by only by tech gurus. I learnt during a presentation by Trust from Calmlock about Search Engine Optimizations; how if you have an online presence or website and Google cannot find you, you might as well as not exist, so you use SEO to maximise your visibility and he definitely knew what he was on about, because if you Google: SEO Zimbabwe, his company appears at 2nd position of Google search results.
Have you ever Googled your blog or website are you on the first page of Google? Fortunately if you blog on WordPress.com it does this for you and you get to focus on doing the things you like to do, I am guessing that’s writing.
I also met a Happiness Engineer from WordPress, these are those friendly almost imaginary people who give you help and support on WordPress forums. It seems like a fun place to work and I would not mind being one of those, not to mention I have always been unofficially been helping out my fellow bloggers with their WordPress features so yeah…. if anyone from Automattic is reading this *looks at you pointedly* does this count favourably towards my application?.
some pics from the day
Thanks for dropping by, and so come visit again
season’s greetings
~B
PS if you ever been to a WordCamp or meetup do share would love to here your stories and is there such a an event but strictly for the bloggosphere kinda like a meet-a-blogger bash or something …
Photocredits: Techzim Job Thomas
Becoming The Muse 
Hello, friend. *waving* There might be a Christmas greeting on its way to you…. have you been a good boy this year? 🙂
Happy to see you here during #WeekendCoffeeShare.
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Hi Tara ^_^
I was on my best behavior mostly except for the few times I wasnt hahahaha
Great to see you too…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
~B
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Hi ya chap. I would like to work for Automatic too… I’ve seen their benefits. Plus ur sounds cool. We have a bloggers bash in the uk. But its not a world thing although anyone from any place can come!
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and then someone asks you what do you do… and you say I am a happiness engineer hahahahahaha ^_^ I havent seen a cooler job title….
Thinking of starting up a local one (bloggers bash) for starters and figure out how to go global from there
~B
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That’s sounds cool. Let us know how you get on! ☺
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That sounds amazing! I need to go to a Word camp! Thank you for sharing.
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It was super great really 🙂
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By the way, I’m Pamela. I am now following your blog! Pleased to meet you through #weekendcoffeeshare.
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A pleasure Pamela and thank you
~B
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Have pleasant week.
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Thank you hope you, and compliments of the new year
~B
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I would love to be a happiness engineer! It sounds so positive. The wordcamp looks fun. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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It does dont it… the camp is lotsa fun ☻☺☻
thanks for dropping by
~B
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Hey there B! I actually am drinking coffee as I write this (Turkish style), so I feel like I am having coffee with you!
Anyway, I’m glad your had a good time at WordCamp. If I was a higher-up at WordPress, I’d definitely hire you as a Happiness Engineer. If any WordPress employees are reading this, consider it an endorsement for Beaton!
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It sounds very inspiring ! I wonder if this event would come to Denmark 🇩🇰?
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It Is quite the event really and the internetworking is that even a word?? well it should be ☺
well if it hasnt come there yet… well if you organise it, they will come
~B
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Thanks for dropping by! Enjoyed my cuppa with you, I have posted about the Wordcamp I attended at Sunshine Coast University. Agree they are great and the networking is the best!
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Cool beans ☺ wow will check out your post
thank you muchly
~B
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Hey, looks like good times, good for you. I googled my blog and it came up first, I don’t know… I guess that means the interweb sees me… Yikes!
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Aww I missed the Tshirts, ok meant the wordcamp and its freebies. So painful to read about it when I could have had a chance had I known. Obviously you enjoyed as much as I did (as I always do) reading about it on your blog
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Great pictures…full of energy.
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it was quite the fun event thanks
~B
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That was great day, great encounters and memories👌👌👌👌
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Thanks Jay ☺
~B
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It looks like you had a lot of fun there! I certainly wish i was there. **envying you**
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I need your address
Happiness engineer is the coolest ever
Power up
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