I'd love to do a 6-8 hour PhotoCamp (thinking out loud program: eat, photowalk, a few sessions, photowalk, a session or 2 and then go home?)! In the 1 hour PhotoCamp session at BarCamp, I learned a lot! Kris you in? Anybody else in ? Love to have VanDigiCam (and other Vancouver digital photography groups) co-organize this!
Thanks to Ianiv for settng up the WiFi and troubleshooting it and attending to lots of other details.
Thanks to Kris for taking care of the BBQ and Bryght space at 1 Alexander!
Thanks to Zak for the incredible dips and pizza!
Thanks to Kerry Anne for the Jones Soda connection. It was great and endless!
Thanks to James for the beer.
Thanks to Darren for being my schedule partner in crime!
Thanks to the other BarCamp Organizers (the details of the many cool things they did escape me now)! Let's do this again!
On behalf of the rest of the organizers of BarCamp Vancouver, I'd like to extend our eternal gratitude to Crystal! Without her Barcamp Vancouver would not have happened! Not only did she design and get the T shirts, she personally attended to the very many details that were required before during and after the event! Crystal rocks!
Some notes while still fresh (apologies to those who I forget to blog about)
BarCamp Vancouver is 2 days away and it's gonna be a blast! And, thanks to our sponsors it's dead cheap! For a suggested donation of $20, you get 24 hours of fun including meals and a Tshirt (while supplies last)!
Check out our Sponsors (without them the suggested donation would be much much higher and probably unaffordable for many!):
BarCamp Vancouver is officially full. If you have signed up and find out you can't go, then please remove your name from the BarCamp Vancouver attendee list.
If you are on the wait list, don't despair, being a free conference with a suggested $20 donation, there's always a few people who don't show up.
If you are on the fence, sign up on the wait list! Looks like there's going to be some great sessions about podcasting, Drupal, Rails, mobile phones and devices, a PhotoCamp led by Kris Krug to reprise his fantastic MooseCamp PhotoCamp (from NorthernVoice 2006), non profit technology and many other topics!
[Cross posted from my Bryght blog]
We need more space and more people so we are moving in September to 1 Alexander to a gorgeous very large space. More details later but even more importantly, BarCamp Vancouver will be held Fri August 25th 6p.m. to Sat August 26th p.m. at the new Bryght offices at 1 Alexander street in Gastown. Tech creatives, we want you!
From the BarCamp Vancouver Registry page where you can signup for BarCamp Vancouver yourself:
The Details
Who?
Tech creatives: Local technologists, geeks, innovators, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, tech writers, tech managers, bloggers, podcasters, video bloggers and hangers-on. We can only accept ninety people, so register early.
What?
A 24-hour ad-hoc, all-play unconference where everyone who attends participates by presenting or helping out.
Where?
Bryght Offices, 1 Alexander St. (suite TBD); Gastown, Vancouver: Map
When?
Friday, August 25, 6:00pm to Saturday, August 26, 6:00pm
Why?
Because it'll be a fun party and totally informative, all at the same time. Here's the full rundown:
https://barcamp.org/BarCampVancouverHow Much?
Technically speaking, it's free. We will be asking for a suggested donation of $20 from all participants to offset costs like food, drink and so forth.
Still early days and plenty of time! First priorities are: 1. a venue (for 50+ with fast Internet) and 2. organizers. If you can help with either, please edit the BarCampVancouver page, email me roland AT rolandtanglao.com or post something to the BarCamp mailing list.
FROM BarCamp / BarCampVancouver:
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BarCampVancouver will be part of BarCampEarth (check out the event listing on upcoming) August 25-27, 2006
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