[lug] BarCampDenver and/or Boulder Aug 26-28?

[Evelyn Mitchell]

* On 2006-07-14 14:03 Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
>   A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to
>   share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with
>   discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
> 
> Much like the BazCamps and Hacking Society meetings that Jafo and
> friends have organized, a separate thread of interest has cropped up
> in having a local "BarCamp" to coincide with BarCampEarth days, August
> 26th to 28th, 2006
> 
>  http://barcamp.org/BarCampEarth
> 
> Listen to the mp3 Joe did below, or visit
> 
>  http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampDenver
> and
>  http://barcamp.org/

And to followup, Sean and I went both days. 

Even though this was my first Unconference, I was not surprised at the
wide variety of topics discussed. 

These included:
   the future of Libraries
   new types of Wikis designed to combat wikispam
   Location Based Stuff/Mobile computing (will WiFi/WiMAX remove the need
      for an open source or community based Competitive Local Exchange
      Carrier? Will LBS just enable local spam?)
   Technology as prosthetics (With technology becoming ever more intimate
      with our lives through the amount of attention we give to it are
      there questions which arise out of this? Does technology create
      anxiety or relieve it? When we think of experience as mediated by
      technology what do we actually mean by 'mediation' in this context?)
   Using small films as viral marketing carriers
   A programming language for logical statements 
   Greenprint.org and using Drupal for community eco activism in Denver
   Startup ideas roundtable

There were about 50 people in attendance, with most people showing up
Saturday afternoon. It was never dull. The conversation was smart, friendly
and open.

A wonderful experience, which I hope to be able to repeat at the next
BarCamp to be held in Boulder in late March.

Evelyn


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
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> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Joe Pezzillo
> 
> From: Joe Pezzillo
> Subject: [Infotech] BarCampDenver
> 
> I thought some of the folks on this list might be interested in this:
> 
> http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampDenver
> 
> For more background, the interview with Chris Messina was on the  
> Western Front a couple weeks back:
> 
> http://www.musicforcubicles.com/podcasts/oti/20060614_KGNU_OTI_BarCamp.mp3
> 
> [ alt url: http://tinyurl.com/jz4xg ]
> 
> It would be great if we could put something together for the end of  
> August to coincide with the BarCampEarth days, August 26th to 28th.
> 
> http://barcamp.org/BarCampEarth
> 
> ...
> 
> Joe
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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