{"id":2798,"date":"2017-07-06T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2017-07-06T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:11:21","slug":"should-i-bring-my-laptop-to-wordcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/should-i-bring-my-laptop-to-wordcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Bring My Laptop to WordCamp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2250\" src=\"http:\/\/2017.fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770-442x300.jpg 442w, https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the photo above, the venue for WordCamp Fayetteville is very laptop-friendly. There&#8217;s space, there are electric outlets, and wifi access is easy.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of people bring their laptops. Here are some questions that might help you decide whether you should bring yours:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are your laptop tools the easiest way for you to take notes?<\/li>\n<li>Are you planning on live-tweeting enough that the extra speed will be helpful?<\/li>\n<li>Will your laptop&#8217;s presence encourage you to work or play video games when you could be learning or networking?<\/li>\n<li>Will you get sick of carrying it around?<\/li>\n<li>Are you hoping to get some help with your website? Maybe help that will require you to log in quickly and show someone the admin area?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even if you bring your laptop, think about also having a paper and writing utensil handy. Recent research suggests that the brain-to-hand connection forged by taking notes on paper helps you remember better.<\/p>\n<p>What else should you bring to WordCamp?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water. There will be water available, but you&#8217;ll be glad you have a refillable bottle.<\/li>\n<li>A jacket. Outdoor temperatures will be hot, but indoor temperatures can be unpredictable on the U of A campus.<\/li>\n<li>Business cards. There are situations in which you won&#8217;t be able to connect via phone but where you could still hand someone a card.<\/li>\n<li>Your phone. You&#8217;ll want to tweet, take pictures, and swap email addresses.<\/li>\n<li>A positive attitude. You might end up in a session that&#8217;s not right for you (you can switch to another session if that happens, by the way). You might disagree with somebody. Maybe life isn&#8217;t sweet for you on this particular day. But WordCamp is always fun and informative, so come with the intention of getting the most out of the weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh, and be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/2017.fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">register<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you can see in the photo above, the venue for WordCamp Fayetteville is very laptop-friendly. There&#8217;s space, there are electric outlets, and wifi access is easy. Lots of people bring their laptops. Here are some questions that might help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/should-i-bring-my-laptop-to-wordcamp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Should I Bring My Laptop to WordCamp?<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6426651,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[515338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wcfay-info-and-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_2770.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7M7p9-J8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6426651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}