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BarCampBirmingham’s in Full Swing!

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I’m down here at the Innovation Depot in Birmingham, AL for BarCampBirmingham, and even though I was a little late I’m really digging what I’ve seen so far. There’s a really tech-savvy crowd here today, with a lot of really new and interesting topics (mobile web, twitter for business, and even some other WordPress developers). 

I didn’t get a good look at the session board (just saw this session I’m in right now) but I’m really looking forward to seeing what other people are speaking on.

I’ll be tweeting/blogging about it today (trying to get back into a blogging habit is hard, after all), but I hope to share some of the great things I learn, because I think it’s going to be quite a bit.

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