{"id":5920,"date":"2014-05-10T20:16:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2014-05-10T21:49:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T19:49:57","slug":"links-and-ideas-from-last-weeks-wordcamp-in-zurich-wcch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/links-and-ideas-from-last-weeks-wordcamp-in-zurich-wcch\/","title":{"rendered":"Links and ideas from last week&#8217;s WordCamp in Z\u00fcrich #wcch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attended the WordCamp in Zurich last Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I attended a similar geek event and I enjoyed listening to others.<\/p>\n<p>It was encouraging to hear about WordPress. I&#8217;ve used WordPress since <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/\" title=\"Chiperoni.ch in September 2004\">September 2004<\/a>. And it&#8217;s truly a great sign of continuity that WordPress is still here. Not only that, but there&#8217;s a thriving community and a company that want to keep it that way as well. <\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it was encouraging to hear from other bloggers and web developers.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick run through my Twitter notes and faves (like a Storify summary of Tatort on Spiegel.de ;-)).<\/p>\n<p><strong>First talk<\/strong> I listened to was on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosso\/status\/462563451215572992\">trends in enterprise blogs<\/a>. I found this talk useful for my day job. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Content must be easy to share, e.g excerpts and images<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462496197841018880\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Comments are being disabled on Enterprise WordPress sites <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462497482766045184\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Large, enterprise blogs have switched off commenting and are experimenting with new forms of integrating user interaction, e.g. by using annotations, or by asking specific questions, or moving comments entirely to Facebook. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Quartz experimenting with new kinds of comments: annotations<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462497808332111872\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>NYT integrates reader comments or they ask specific questions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462498107235000320\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Techcrunch moved comments to Facebook, away from wordpress <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462498620613623808\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>What <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qz\">@qz<\/a> observes in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23longform&amp;src=hash\">#longform<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosso\">@rosso<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EvlD8jGrQf\">pic.twitter.com\/EvlD8jGrQf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christoph Hess (@christophhess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christophhess\/statuses\/462493796656500736\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Regarding content length, short texts and long analysis articles (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/longreads.com\/\">Longreads<\/a>) work best. It&#8217;s the mid-length texts between 500 and 800 words that are read least frequently. <\/p>\n<p>And many of the enterprise sites use extensive email marketing to bring readers to their site. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whenihavetime.com\/2014\/05\/03\/trends-in-enterprise-wordpress-content\/\" title=\"Sara Rosso at #wcch\">The slides are here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next talk that inspired me was by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evrenkiefer.com\/2014\/05\/03\/notes-from-vitaly-friedman-delightful-ux-little-details-matter\/\" title=\"Evren Kiefer's notes\">Vitaly Friedman<\/a>. He had a fun starting point by looking at typewriter art in the late 19th century, which led to ASCI art and teletext. <\/p>\n<p>If the Internet hadn&#8217;t appeared, we would all be teletext designers and developers. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Vitaly Friedman: we are Teletext Designers 2.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462578178184458240\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ll print this tweet on dead wood and post it on my office door:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Delightful ux + value &gt; value &gt; pain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462585690266800128\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vitaly had some excellent UX examples. His message: details matter for usability.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&quot;URLs are the most valuable currency we have on the web&quot; &#8211; Vitaly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashingmag\">@smashingmag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zrFo4wyg08\">pic.twitter.com\/zrFo4wyg08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sara Rosso (@rosso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosso\/statuses\/462578739445268480\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another very enjoyable talk was by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/p3ob7o\">Paolo<\/a> on virtual offices and distributed teams. First thing to note it&#8217;s not only about tools. The tools should not be the first thing you try to solve when setting up a distributed team. Three common mistakes are <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Trying to mimic a local office setup<\/li>\n<li>Measuring work based on the wrong metrics<\/li>\n<li>Suffering instead of embracing change<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Common mistakes: 1 mimic local setup, 2 wrong metrics, 3 suffer instead of embracing change<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462591911786979328\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Recruiting is a very important part of distributed teams. And because your team is in different places and different timezones, managers need to empower their team members. Managers must trust team members to perform and deliver their work packages in time, in high quality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mayor advantage with distributed teams: reducing interruptions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/p3ob7o\">@p3ob7o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Herb (@michael_herb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_herb\/statuses\/462593600409587713\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Managers: Give up being a proxy. Give them power to make decisions and enable direct communication. think peer-to-peer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/p3ob7o\">@p3ob7o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Achim Heger (@schlauberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schlauberg\/statuses\/462593907683897345\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Distributed teams: don&#39;t start with tools but they are part of it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462595709645365248\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next talk:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Successful blogging? Learn how to become yourself. This guy is funny and to the point, so read his blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/WbuadIBMYp\">http:\/\/t.co\/WbuadIBMYp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juliette Fong (@Jufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jufo\/statuses\/462571352768413696\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I liked <a href=\"http:\/\/leumund.ch\/\">Christian Leu&#8217;s humorous talk<\/a> about how to become a successful blogger. His point was there are tonnes of articles on successful blogging. There&#8217;s no point in repeating this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Reasons why less traffic: writing less; many bloggers moved to Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcch&amp;src=hash\">#wcch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462572070065688576\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many long-term bloggers have moved to Twitter and are blogging less. Main reason given by many is lack of time. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leumund\">@leumund<\/a> presented 10 simple tips to find more time for blogging. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to stay true to yourself.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Tip 1 &#8211; Be yourself<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462567287128875008\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leumund\">@leumund<\/a> : Blogging on your own domain is getting more difficult<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/statuses\/462570791759278080\">May 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In summary, it was an enjoyable day. <\/p>\n<p>Videos of the talks will be published WordPress.tv at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Observation:<br \/>\nThere were several talks on maintaining multilingual sites with WordPress. For me this is a sign, that WordPress is used increasingly in a Swiss business environment. Many Swiss websites (even for SMEs) need to display in German, French, Italian and English. <strong>My humble tip:<\/strong> Consider using Drupal instead of WordPress for multilingual sites. Maintaining multi-language sites is part of the Drupal core. <\/p>\n<p>While listening to others present, I thought of two WordPress presentations which I could present to share some of my more recent learnings and experience:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Idea no. 1: POSSE and IndieWeb plugins for WordPress &#8211; Using Webmention plugin, an URL shortener and Jetpack&#8217;s Publicize (<a href=\"http:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/changing-chiperoni-chwordpress-into-a-tweet-machine\/\" title=\"POSSE and IndieWeb plugins at Chiperoni.ch\">see corresponding entry<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Idea no.2: Security for non-techies &#8211; Make your WordPress site less vulnerable, even if you&#8217;re a non-developer; about WordPress resources, plugins, advice, where to get help<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Further links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/micheleaggiato\/learnings-from-my-first-wordcamp?utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&#038;utm_content=storify-pingback&#038;utm_campaign=&#038;awesm=sfy.co_ghmT&#038;utm_source=t.co\">Storify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhm.li\/2014\/05\/blogging-in-an-imperfectly-multilingual-world\/\">Blogging in an imperfectly multilingual world<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evrenkiefer.com\/tag\/wcch2014\/\">Live blogging notes by Evren Kiefer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paolobelcastro.com\/2014\/05\/02\/on-communication-within-a-distributed-team\/\">On communication within a distributed team<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paolobelcastro.com\/2014\/05\/01\/the-end-of-time\/\">The end of time<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended the WordCamp in Zurich last Saturday. 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