Author: unsharpme

जगभरात सर्वात जास्त लोकप्रिय असलेले CMS म्हणजे WordPress आणि त्याचा वापर करणारी मंडळी म्हणजे WordPress Community चा सर्वात मोठा सण WordCamp पुणे परत आपल्या स्वागतास सज्ज आहे. WordCamp पुणे २०१५ च्या भरमसाठ यशा नंतर संजोयक Pune WordPress Knowledge Exchange (Wordex) यांनी या वेळी मागचे अनुभव व आलेल्या लोकांच्या प्रतिक्रिया लक्षात ठेवत WordCamp पुणे २०१७ भव्य, दिव्य आणि अविस्मरणीय करण्याचे योजिले आहे.

सर्व सहभागींना उपयोगी अश्या कार्यक्रमाचे नियोजन व प्रयत्न केले गेले आहेत. पंधरा जानेवारी रोजी हा दिवस भराचा कार्यक्रम नेस वाडिया वाणिज्य महाविद्यालय येथे संपन्न होणार आहे. दिवसभरात चार वेगवेगळ्या Tracks मध्ये एकूण २१ सत्र यापैकी १९ Talks व २ Panel Discussions अशी या कार्यक्रमाची रूपरेषा आहे. विशेष म्हणजे या वेळी सुध्या आमच्या कडे ५ सत्र मराठी किंवा अर्ध-मराठीत होणार आहेत.

या मराठी सत्राची माहीती साठी : ~

•  वर्डप्रेस आणि रिमोट काम (WordPress and Remote Work) – अवधूत कुलकर्णी
• Contributing WordPress translation into Marathi language – मकरंद माने
• Introduction WordPress Coding Standards and automating them – स्वप्नील पाटील
•  Adding starter content to themes with WordPress 4.7 – जितेश पाटील
•  WordPress compatibility and cultivating community development – हर्षद माने

प्रत्येक सहभागीला आमच्या व प्रायोजकां कडून खूप सारा swag ही मिळणार आहे ज्यात T-shirt, sipper, badges आदी चा समावेश आहे. इतकच नव्हे तर मागच्या वेळेची परंपरा कायम ठेवत After-Party सुद्धा आयोजित करण्यात आली आहे…

२०१७ च्या संपुर्ण जगभरातील पहिल्याच WordCamp ला नक्कीच यायला लागतय !

Everyone loves SWAG !

With this universal truth in mind, we set out to find that amazingly mind-blowing swag for the attendees at WCPune. We wanted to give something the people will love and like. With the adoration Wappu gets all over the world we had lots of deliberations and discussions about what should we give. Some ideas were great but not practical, while others were easy but not that “Cool”.

In comes my friend, Shweta Khandelwal with a unique gift. She gave me a handmade terracotta house. Which was both special and cost effective. I asked her whether the potter who had made it can make some other items. She showed me some more items, Ganesh Idols especially.

So that gave us an idea of creating a Handmade Terracotta WAPPU ! I know even the thought of having a clay wappu gives you tingles…

So here is the design brief we gave to the potter (why I keep referring him as potter and not artist you will find out soon).

To which he submitted his first draft :

This was not even close to Wappu. There was some play clay laying around and yours truly thought of trying some hand at the long forgotten art of Clay Modelling. I made this imperfect yet good looking wappu and gave it to the potter.

And after this inspiration, this is what he came up with :

I said “Bhai we don’t want a mouse, kaan toh dekh (see the ears)”. He replied with this :

Then, I said check out the style of nose and smile :

Which he incorporated like this :

Our patience and creativity was running on fumes. We did some digital editing and sent him an image to change the face of idol :

Here is what he gave as his final attempt:

We love it ! Well at least I do. But since this was not close to what we imagined when we started, we had to drop the idea all together. After spending almost 15 days with the potter who makes amazing idols of Ganesh, makes many other items beautifully I realised that not everybody is an artist. We are still in love with the idea of a handmade Wappu, and some day we will make it take shape (literally). Till then enjoy the Badges and T-Shirts and Sippers at WordCamp Pune.

p.s. if any of you want to take it further with shweta, she can be reached at  9096314545