For those of you who regularly combine lawn bowls with geek pursuits, the first New Zealand conference of the WordPress community is taking place at the Bowling Club in Pirie Street on the 8th and 9th of August. According to organisers:

WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other. WordCamps are open to WordPress.com and WordPress.org users alike.

The event has an excellent line-up of speakers, some heavyweight sponsors, and promises to be a seminal event for the WordPress community. And for those not in the know - such as the people who might be more attuned to the lawn bowls end of the event - WordPress is one of the pre-eminent blogging platforms on the Internet. Around 15 million site depend on WordPress technology, and chances are you regularly frequent a site powered by WordPress (Although not this one - we're a Drupal shop!)

So a big welcome to all the geeks and geek-esses for Wordcamp. Of course, if a couple of days talking CSS is not your thing, there are alternatives.