9seeds, LLC

9seeds travels to Miami

john — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:18:39 +0000

If you are going to be in Miami, FL on February 20th, you should head over to the University of Miami School of Communication to take part in WordCamp Miami 2010. Your $30 ticket will get you a t-shirt, lunch, swag bag, oh yeah, and a jam-packed day of sessions covering anything and everything WordPress.

The list of speakers for WordCamp Miami is an impressive one including developers, designers and even some staffers from Automattic. We are very excited to send Shayne Sanderson to represent 9seeds. Shayne will be giving a presentation on using WordPress and eCommerce.

For a complete list of speakers and list of sessions, head over to WordCampMia.com.

If you can’t make it to Miami, follow along on Twitter using hashtag: #wcmia

9seeds in Boston

shayne — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:53:07 +0000

Well, it’s that time again…9seeds will be in Boston for WordCamp Boston 2010 on January 23rd!

As you all know, we love attending WordCamps. It’s a great way to meet new people, from end users to other developers and everyone in between. We will also be sponsoring this event as well as having Shayne there presenting. Shayne’s topic will be “WordPress, PHP and CSS, Oh My!”, where he will explain that without formal training and education, you can edit and modify your own WordPress theme and/or plugins. Shayne is self-taught and is going to show how he learned how to do what it is he does…and show everyone else how to as well!

As we mentioned, we’re sponsoring the event…but it doesn’t stop there. We have a few surprises up our sleeve, but you’ll have to attend to find out what they are and at this point, the event is completely sold out! So we hope you have your tickets ready, because this is shaping up to be a incredible WordCamp and good times and lots of learning to be had by all.

All of the sessions will be recorded and placed on WordPress.tv for later viewing in case you can’t make it, or you can follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #wcbos

I can has plugin?

john — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:25:00 +0000

Last month at Blog World Expo I ran in to Ben Huh. For those who may not know, Ben is the CEO of Pet Holdings, Inc., the company behind the wildly popular blogs I Can Has Cheezeburger?, Fail Blog and dozens more. I told Ben about our new WordPress plugin development company and he said, “We need a WordPress Plugin!” How great is our timing?

I present to you, LOLPress!

LOLPress is a free WordPress plugin that adds a tooltip pop-up to images in your WordPress blog pages and posts giving you the option to add a caption to the photo and submit it to the cheezburger network. You can also click to see previous captions created by others using the same photo.

You can see a demo of the plugin in action on 606diaries.com

Download the plugin and let us know what you think!

Happy LOLing!

9seeds in Phoenix and New York

john — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:03:55 +0000

One of the things we enjoying doing most is traveling to WordCamp events, doing presentations and meeting the amazing group of WordPress users, designers and developers that come out for a great day of learning and networking! November brings us two opportunities and we’re hoping you can join us!

November 13 – WordCamp Phoenix
We are proud to be sending John Hawkins to Phoenix where he’ll give a presentation on creating a WordPress plugin. The team at GoDaddy is sponsoring the event and they are definitely doing it up right! They will be live streaming the sessions so you can catch the sessions even if you aren’t able to make it out to the event. You can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag: #PhxWC

(Note: If you plan on being at the show and want to talk about a WordPress project with John, please catch him in the morning as he’ll be heading to the airport shortly after his presentation.)

November 14 – WordCamp New York
We were very excited to receive an invite to speak at what is shaping up to be one of the largest WordCamp events of the year. With 50 speakers and 8 session tracks, this is going to be an amazing 2 days in the Big Apple! Be sure to get there early as John Hawkins will first on stage in the beginning developer track where he’ll give a presentation on creating your first WordPress plugin. Shayne Sanderson will also be on hand to answer questions you have about your WordPress site. Follow along on twitter with the hashtag: #wcnyc

We hope to see you at one (or both) of these events!

The launch of 9seeds

john — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:12:41 +0000

It’s been said that anything worth doing is worth doing right. Sometimes that means you need to put projects on hold because you don’t have proper people ready, willing and able to join forces to make that project a success. But when you finally find the right people, doing it right seems to happen with very little effort.

A bit of history

A few months ago I was approached with an opportunity to work on a project that I immediately realized as something I wanted to be a part of. Unfortunately, by myself, I just didn’t have the time or skills to complete the project in the way I know it needs to be done in order to be a success. So I shelved it.

Fast forward a few weeks. I took a trip to Los Angeles to take part in WordCamp L.A. While there I had a meeting with Shayne and Todd and gave them an overview of the project. They, too, were both immediately excited. Having known Todd for several years and having worked closely with Shayne on projects over the last couple months, I knew that I had found the missing pieces.

Thus, 9seeds was born!

Our project is underway and we expect to launch in the next 4-6 weeks. It will be the first in a series of custom WordPress plugins. Until then, if you need a custom WordPress plugin, a unique theme for your business, or if you just need some help with your existing website, give us a call. We’ll be happy to help.

Cheers,

John