September 29th, 2009, 2 Comments »
This Saturday is Vancouver’s fourth annual BarCamp. A bit like Northern Voice, the event has doubled in scope over that time. The first one, back in 2006, had 120 people (as many as would fit in Workspace). This one apparently has 299 people coming.
Boris the BarCamp Organizer (unofficial title) hooked me up with some information about this year’s registrants. For 122 attendees, this will be their first BarCamp, which is always good news. About 20% requested women’s t-shirts, so we’re assuming that they’re either women or very svelte men.
Speaking of t-shirts, I stuck the aggregate requests for t-shirt sizes into Wordle, and produced this little tag cloud:
I’m looking forward to attending and not actually speaking. I mean, in front of people. More than three people at a time. You get the idea. That said, I will be playing the role of Room Selection Bad Cop (unofficial title) during the scheduling jam.
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September 23rd, 2008, 1 Comment »
This weekend is the third annual version of the now legendary Vancouver BarCamp. There will be over 300 people this time around, and we’re taking over Granville Island with three different venues. The long term forecast looks okay, but it’s too soon to tell, weather-wise.
I wanted to post a quick run-down of the BarCamp stuff that I’m involved in. Descriptions are lifted from the BarCamp topics list:
- How to Be a Laptop Bedouin or ‘Hobo 2.0′ - Julie and Darren are going to start a conversation about living where your work isn’t, and what tools and techniques you need to live in Africa and work in Yaletown.
- ShortTermOlympicVancouver2010RentalsForBigBucks.com - Todd and Darren want to lead a talk about building a short-term apartment rental site for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. The conversation will cover feasibility of the idea, requirements, business model and so forth. If participants think it’s a good idea, we’ll form an ad hoc group to build the site.
- Don’t forget the post-BarCamp hockey pool at the Backstage Lounge. We’re going to try to occupy their big back room, and there’s dinner to be had if you’re feeling peckish. We’ve got 9 or 10 participants thus far, and we’ve got space for 15. You’re welcome to join even if you’re not coming for BarCamp.
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July 12th, 2007, 1 Comment »
Because I have an unhealthy need to make order from chaos wherever I go, my Maltese colleague Alex and I are kicking around running a BarCamp Malta some time in the next few months. The BarCamp wiki seems to be down, so here’s the Wikipedia entry.
Frankly, we’re not sure how much interest we’ll be able to draw, both from Malta and the surrounding region. So, we created a quick and dirty six-question survey. If you’re a Maltese blogger or geek, or one who might consider coming to Malta from elsewhere, please take 36 seconds and complete our survey.
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