How has Wordpress changed my life?

Lorelle on Wordpress is currently doing a “How has Wordpress changed your life” segment and has asked for readers to contribute a short story which she may or may not include in her presentation at the up and comign WordCamp Portland gathering where she is the keynote speaker.

How has Wordpress changed my life?

Here’s my contribution for what its worth…

Hi Lorelle,

I’m a list person so I’m going to draw one up and share with you the “10 ways that Wordpress has changed my life”…

1) It’s the last thing I think about before going to sleep and the 1st thing on my mind when I wake up of a morning.

2) My sleeping patterns (or non sleeping patterns) have changed drastically - I now have to force myself to go to bed of an evening (or early morning) but getting out of bed has never been easier! (See #1).

2) WP has given me the tools to extend and expand the way that I share my uniqueness as a human being and individuality with the world.

3) I have lost interest in going to the rugby on Sundays and would much rather stay home and “Wordpress”. (Papua New Rugby is a must by the way).

4) It’s the highest my ISP and phone bill have ever been. (In Papua New Guinea dialup and timed calls remain the primary means of connecting to the Internet.

5) Wordpress has allowed me to create websites using a blogging framework. (See website for Goroka General Hospital at http://www.ggh.org.pg).

6) Unfortunately, I have lost interest in sex. (My partner is starting to wander what the heck is going on and thinks I might be seeing another woman!).

7) I have started to learn CSS and PHP allowing me to further customise and enhance the experience of my reader.

8) I used to think that SEO was an acronym for a company executive.

9) It’s now only a matter of time before I develop my 1st WP plugin or WP theme (need to learn some more CSS and PHP first) and have started to question why we only have 24 hours in a day!

10) Have started to experience envy towards folks with easy access to WordCamp gatherings. I thought of perhaps organising a Papua New Guinea WordCamp but to the best of my knowledge there are no other self hosted Wordpress bloggers in this part of the Pacific.

Warmest regards all the way from Goroka in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

R

I have posted the above list on Lorelle’s blog and received the following response from Lorelle regarding point ‘10′…

Cute. That’s great. As for a WordCamp Papua New Guinea, there is no rule that says a WordCamp event must have hundreds of attendees. Some start with five or six. And WordPress.com bloggers are welcome as much as WordPress.org.

You never know. That might be a WordPress life-changing event. Find out who else is blogging with WordPress around you. I bet there are more than you think.