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title: 'WordCamp Portland 2009 announces initial speakers'
date: '2009-06-15T09:12:47-07:00'
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# WordCamp Portland 2009 announces initial speakers

Without a doubt, one of Portland’s favorite blogging platforms is [WordPress](http://wordpress.org "WordPress"). And why wouldn’t it be? It’s open source. It’s easy to tweak and extend. And it’s got a great developer community both here in town and throughout the world.

And there’s no better place to learn about using, manipulating, and generally mucking with WordPress than [WordCamp Portland](http://www.wordcampportland.org/ "WordCamp Portland"). Don’t believe me? Well check out the speakers they just announced.

- [Micah Baldwin](http://twitter.com/micah "Micah Baldwin"), Chief Evangelist at [Lijit](http://www.lijit.com "Lijit"), search tools created specifically for bloggers
- [Scott Porad](http://scottporad.com/ "Scott Porad"), CTO of Pet Holdings, makers of [I Can Has Cheezburger](http://icanhascheezburger.com/ "I can has Cheezburger"), [FAIL Blog](http://failblog.org/ "FAIL blog"), et al., aka the company that stresses WordPress capabilities more than any other)
- [Duane Storey](http://twitter.com/duanestorey "Duane Storey"), creator of [WPtouch](http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch/ "WPTouch"), the WordPress plugin that transforms your site into a beautiful iPhone experience
- [Tyler Sticka](http://twitter.com/tylersticka "Tyler Sticka"), a designer at [McAfee Design Studio](http://www.mcafee.com/design) and [much, much more](http://tylersticka.com/about/)
- [Jason Grigsby](http://twitter.com/grigs "Jason Grigsby"), Vice President, Mobile and Web Strategist at [Cloud Four](http://www.cloudfour.com/ "Cloud Four")

For more information, see the [WordCamp Portland announcement on the speakers](http://www.wordcampportland.org/2009/06/announcing-the-first-wordcamp-2009-speakers/ "Announcing the first WordCamp 2009 Speakers"). To stay up-to-date on the latest and greatest, visit [WordCamp Portland](http://www.wordcampportland.org/ "WordCamp Portland") or follow [@wordcampdx on Twitter](http://twitter.com/wordcampdx "WordCamp Portland on Twitter").

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