Big thanks to the guys from WordCamp SA for organizing the event. Two of the heavy weights over at Automattic climbed on a plane and took the long journey down to South Africa to come meet the passionate WordPress users.

The event was filled with speakers talking about all thing WordPress, from making money with WordPress to how they have used WordPress in wonderful and imaginative ways. Among them was Adii (Woothemes.com ), Vincent Maher (M&G ) and Justin Hartman (The Times ).

Soon after Matt was talking about how WordPress.com has turned into a business and the ways they turn profit in an open source realm. After which I had to stand in somewhat of a que to share an audience with the man of the hour. Matt came across very humble and was eager to give advice to some burning questions. A true legend in my eyes.

Then I managed to squeeze some time in with Warwick Poole . We talked about the massive system he has to stay on top of at WordPress.com. We also talked about how the work flow works over at Automattic.

It ended up being a great day for meeting new people and finding out more about WordPress. Here are some pics of me and Matt and Warwick… proof I guess. Damn I look scruffy.

Matt and I

Warwick and I