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Here's my not so world-changing idea (i have other ideas that I'll talk about the day of!) for a fun session at BarCamp Vancouver 2009 (see you there):

Social Ice Cream - Easy, peasy 1,2,3 :

1. pedal/ride/board to Mario's Gelato @ 88 East 1st Avenue, it's a 5 min bicycle ride away from BarCamp! 
2. Eat Ice cream ($4 including tax and up, lactose free yummy alternatives also available!) and create something related and put it on the web tag it #socialicecream
   
3. Share it with somebody at BarCamp you don't know

Karen and Paul organized Transport Hero Camp today; a BarCamp for public and the youth delegates from the Youth Summit on Sustainabile Urban Transportation / CUTA / ACTU .

Random observations (some of which you can see in image format above):

• As a national event, it would have been great to have simultaneous English/French translation.
• Paul and Karen did a great thing (they made the difficult look impossible); this was an excellent gathering with savvy youth!
• I am still energized by Gil Penalosa's presentation last Wed (my 10 minute N95 video which is embedded below) to go beyond baby steps in bicycling. How's this for a non-baby step? Bike sharing and secure bike parking at every major transit node in every metropolitan city in Canada (Metro Vancouver, Calgary, Monrtreal, Toronto, Ottwaw, Hamliton, etc!
• Can I vote for Paul! Oops I can't because he is running in Surrey!
• Open Source Bike Sharing?!? why does it have to be monolithic? why does it have to be funded by ads?

10 minutes of Gil Peñalosa's presentation

See you at BarCamp!

FROM BarCamp / BarCampVancouver2007Attendees:

QUOTE

Important Update Thursday, August 16th 2007

At the last BarCamp Vancouver organizers meeting, we counted our budget, checked Workspace's fire regulations, mixed our metaphors, crossed our ayes and dotted our teas.

The good news is that we can fit everyone for Saturday - including people who were on the waiting list as of 17:00 PDT on Thursday, August 16th.

If Workspace gets too full, then we can borrow some space from Bryght (who has their office right next to Workspace)

Note that we still only have 120 T-shirts and might run out of food (in which case, we will run out to get more.)

END QUOTE

BarCampers: see you at The Alibi Room 6:30p.m. and then the PhotoWalk at 11p.m. on Friday August 17th and PhotoCamp at BarCamp Vancouver on Saturday August 18th

FROM PhotoWalk and PhotoCamp @ BarCamp Vancouver | Bryght:

QUOTE

This weekend is BarCamp Vancouver and I'll be heading up a PhotoWalk on Friday night and a PhotoCamp on Saturday.

Here's some shots from last years late night photowalk at BarCamp.

If you're interested in photography, cameras, or just want to take a walk around east Van with us... it would be great to see lots of you out there. Here's the details. Get in touch with me if you have any questions. :)

PhotoWalk - signup on FaceBook - meet at WorkSpace - 11pm, Friday August 17th

PhotoCamp - signup on the Wiki - @ Workspace during BarCamp Vancouver - TBD, Saturday August 18th

END QUOTE

I didn't attend the first BarCamp in Palo Alto in 2005. But being a friend of Chris Messina, Andy Smith and a lover of participatory things, BarCamp seemed like a great idea. Thus in October 2005 when Boris suggested that I help with BarCamp Amsterdam, one of the first BarCamps after the original and the first in Europe, I didn't hesitate to help out.

The rest is history. We had a great BarCamp in Amsterdam. Mies (and a friend whose name escapes me) and I had lots of fun buying a whole taxi full of groceries with sponsorship money from Chris Pirillo (thanks Chris!!!) and the other sponsors and doing the customs dance to get the tshirts designed by Eris Stassi and Chris Messina , Mies found us space at Mediamatic; Wilhelm of Mediamatic kicked in killer espresso and beer, Boris cooked breakfast and supper and we all enjoyed a fun Indian late night meal and met many European Open Source and other hackers. Not to mention learning lots at both the sessions and in the hallway and next to the espresso machine.

BarCamp Vancouver 2006 took place in August 2006 thanks to the incredible Crystal Williams (come back to Vancouver!) who went above and beyond the call of volunteer-dom and of course the rest of the great organizers (Darren, Kris, Robert et al and thanks to WorkSpace for donating the venue!). And it was magic too. Nothing like great people and great learning in a conference organized together in our own city!

BarCamp Vancouver 2007 (thanks to the other 2007 organizers: Zak, Kris, Robert, Megan, Jordan, Ianiv, Aaron) will happen in 2007 on Friday August 17 and Saturday August 18 (just like BarCamp Block back where it all began in Palo Alto at Socialtext) like the hundreds of other BarCamps (shout out to BarCamp Shanghai and Beijing which will be held soon afterwards with Kris and Robert being two of the organizers). It's gonna be a blast and I look forward to attending and organizing many more BarCamps (and maybe someday I'll make it to one of those BarCamps in China!).

Shamelessly quoting the entire post from fellow BarCamp Vancouver 2007 organizer, Jordan Behan. Go BarCampers go! Present! Lead a session (no experience required, just knowledge and passsion, great way to gel some ideas for sessions at "real" conferences, my argument would be that BarCamp is a lot "realer" than most conferences)! Get your active participation hat on! See you Friday at The Alibi Room and Saturday at 8:30a.m. ish at WorkSpace!

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Barcamp Vancouver, the 2007 edition is fast approaching, so get ready to get your Barcamp on. Unless of course you’re not already signed up, because the pattern is full, Ghost Rider. The pattern is full.

This year’s Vancouver event is already well over-booked, with a waiting list of over 70 people! So this post is more for the folks who are already signed up to attend.

Those of you not in Vancouver are encouraged to search Barcamp.org for your local event, or find details at that same site about how you can organize and host your own. Take a cue from the likes of Kris Krug and Robert Scales, Vancouver’s own adopted sons, who are teaming up to plan Barcamp Shanghai and Barcamp Beijing. Leave it to them to return to the land of the Great Wall with their free-spirited, open-sourcedness to host an unconference in a place where free speech doesn’t even exist.

Kris also wants to remind folks that he’ll once again be hosting Photocamp at the Vancouver event, so bring yer cameras.

For a comprehensive “What is BarCamp” lesson, visit the BarCamp.org rules page, or the BarCamp wikipedia entry. In short:

BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference 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. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

When you come, be prepared to share with Barcampers. When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

After last year’s event, I was so amazed at the things I learned and the people I met that I wanted to help out anywhere I could this year. So I joined (invited myself onto) the organizing committee, and thus I feel it is my duty to share a bit of Barcamp How-to.

So here are some details and a bit of “what’s-what” for the local gang, as stolen from James’ info email that went out this morning:

• If you can’t make it, and you’re on the list, please give up your spot. Spread the word about this too, there’s still tons of cool folks waiting to be among the lucky few. If you can’t come, let somebody know and have yourself replaced on the wiki.
• T-shirts are always the hottest topic, and this year will be no exception. They are fuschia in color (I’m not making this up), and as last year will going for a suggested donation of $20 at the door.
• If you’re ready, go to the wiki and look for the “Topics” headline, and share a few words about your presentation. The more you share now, the better chance of being selected on the day, and likely a better turnout as well.
• Bring your tools: cameras, laptops, mobile devices and any other cool gadgetry as you deem fit. And while you’re at it, bring an open mind, and your best ideas. There is always something to be learned, and plenty to be blogged as well.

Friday, August 17: food and drink at the Alibi Room

• Appetizers all evening
• Drinks starting at 6:30 pm
• We’re in the private area downstairs
• The Alibi Room, 157 Alexander Street @ Main (map)
• Sleepover at Workspace, 21 Water Street, Suite 400

Saturday, August 18: conference day all day

• Start at 8:30 AM with day organization
• Pastries and coffees available
• Pizza lunch to be delivered at noonish (special diet grub is also available. Yes, your special diet. Zak thinks he has them all covered)
• Workspace, Suite 400 - 21 Water Street (map)
• End at 5:30 PM

If you have any questions that aren’t answered here, feel free to leave it in a comment below, or ask an organizer:

* KrisKrug - www.kriskrug.com * RolandTanglao - www.rolandtanglao.com * RobertScales - www.robertscales.com

* ZakGreant - www.zak.greant.com * JamesSherrett - www.adhack.com * IanivSchweber - www.blogaholics.ca * MeganCole - www.megancole.org * JordanBehan - www.telltenfriends.com * AaronGladders - www.2paths.com

I for one am eagerly looking forward to it. If you happen to bump into me this weekend, please say hello. Whether we’ve already been acquainted or if we’ve never had the pleasure of meeting, I’m always in the mood to say hi and have a conversation. See you then!

END QUOTE

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 Crystal (again!)

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)

• What Boris said (especially about Workspace, Identity, and the great Vancouver tech community!)
• Where were the local Vancouver videobloggers? I'll try to do more outreach next time to get 'em in?
• I want more mobile sessions! Ah well, ok, I'll do one myself next time.
• AdHack looks cool (user generated positive and negative ads that are also rated by the community!). Random ad related sidenote: Can somebody create localized RSS feeds of ads for things I want to buy and/or track like Canon Digital SLRs, lenses, point and shoot cameras with high ISOs like the Fuji F30 and great controls like the Casio ones?
• Scott Laird is cool and so is his Nokia E61. If it had a camera and its software bugs were fixed, it would be the ideal mobile all in one gadget for me!
• My videos' (e.g. the Sutori session) sound quality from the Canon Elura still sucks! I guess I need to bite the bullet and buy a real microphone.
• Bryan Zug is cool and so are Bryan's BarCamp Vancouver videos. It's only a matter of time before somebody gets Drupal running on EC2 and storing videos on S3. Your own personal Drupal YouTube on S3 and EC2 will be available real soon now. Go LazyWeb!

BarCamp Vancouver opening Video shot by Bryan Zug using JVC and iMovie stored on S3

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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!):

• Uniserve
• Business Objects
• Belkin
• Nitobi
• Elastic Path Software
• Bryght
• Raincity Studios
• EQO Communications
• WorkSpace
• Capulet Communications
• Midnight Kitchen
• AdHack
• Sxip
• Jones Sodas
• T-shirt.ca
• Social Signal

After a long and taxing  process on the BarCamp Vancouver mailing list, we've decided to increase the number of allowed participants to 120. Again, if you can't make it, please remove your name from the BarCamp Vancouver Registry.  I am blown away by the breadth and depth of the topics and people who have signed up. See you Friday August 25th at 1 Alexander at the new Bryght office.

As of today the following 120 have signed up (we'll send an email next week reminding people about BarCamp, some ground rules and reminding them to remove themselves if they can't make it and an update to the folks on the waiting list):

1. James Sherrett - james AT iworkindustries.com - www.iworkindustries.com - AdHack: a do-it-yourself (DIY) advertising community.
2. kk+ - Blog / Bryght - PhotoCamp
3. Roland Tanglao - roland AT rolandtanglao.com my blog - ShoZu vs. filemobile vs. AmbientVector, etc. for mobile phone photo and video sharing, low production value video of pictures taken by campers, like to participate in some of sort of Google Maps mashup and a Kris Krug PhotoCamp
4. Darren Barefoot - darrren AT darrenbarefoot DOT com - www.darrenbarefoot.com - Changing the World in 30 Minutes
5. Dale McGladdery - dale AT group42 DOT ca - www.group42.ca - Drupal lightning talk, maybe even throw in some thunder
6. Robert Scales - Robert at raincitystudios dor com www.robertscales.org
7. Evan Robinson - evan AT enginesofmischief DOT com - Managing for Brains
8. Monique Trottier - monique AT somisguided DOT com - tbc
9. Dane Brown - dane AT abetterplacetowork DOT com - www.abetterplacetowork.com - WorkSpace
10. Nathaniel Brown - nshb@inimit.com - www.inimit.com - Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
11. Scott Laird - scott AT sigkill DOT org - scottstuff.net / Google
12. Jeremy Hubert - jeremy at raincitystudios dor com www.raincitystudios.com
13. Mik Lernout - mik AT futurestreet DOT org - futurestreet.org / Make Technologies - Source Code Forensics
14. Ianiv Schweber - ianiv@blogaholics.ca - Blogaholics - tbd
15. Arieanna Schweber (Foley) - arieanna@blogaholics.ca - Blogaholics - tbd
16. Yonas Jongkind - yonas DOT jongkind AT gmail[.]com - Make Technologies - tbd
17. Dustin Sacks - dustin AT sillysoft DOT net - Random Dude / Sillysoft Games - Self-publishing on the web, lighting talk + discussion
18. Alexandra Samuel - alex@socialsignal.com - Social Signal - tagging & RSS for a better world
19. Aaron Pettigrew - aaron@socialsignal.com - Social Signal - managing online communities for nonprofits
20. Rob Cottingham - rob@socialsignal.com - Social Signal - secrets of killer technology presentations
21. Kate Dugas - kate_dugas@vancity.com - Changing Everything
22. Simon Wex - simon.wex@teligence.net - Leveraging search tools to make the boring, unboring.
23. Travis Smith - nep@hopstudios.com - Hop Studios - Six ways to encourage better participation in your online community
24. Dmitry Nekrasovski - mail DOT dmitry AT gmail DOT com - enterprise social software
25. Brian LeRoux - brian@westcoastlogic.com - .net vs rails (maybe)
26. Joni Rustulka - jrustulka@habaneros.com - acronym elimination
27. Gillian Gunson - gunson@gmail.com - Blog - tbd, I have to make up some bs to talk about
28. Joy - joy DOT boyson AT gmail DOT com - ditto on the bs, tbd
29. Brian Aker - brian AT tangent DOT org - MySQL stuff
30. Alexandre Brabant - abrabant AT Gmail DOT com - Search Marketing stuff
31. Bruce Byfield - bbyfield AT axion DOT net - the free software media: its credo, how to get along with it, its relation to blogging -- some or all of the above
32. Andre Charland - nitobi, Captain Ajax, DogLotion. AJAX, Usability, User Experience, Screen Casting, Design Patterns and Bidness.
33. John Grantham - NotionLab - Notion Lab - social software for everyone.
34. Lucian Savluc – luciansavluc AT gmail DOT com – cianblog.com - presenting the Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative (ROSI)
35. Markus Frind Mfrind at Plentyoffish . com
36. Crystal Williams - cleverclevergirl at gmail.com Raincity Studios - Who am I kidding, I'll be conference wrangling. :-)
37. John Ounpuu – jounpuu AT gmail DOT com – obviousness.net (blog) sutori.com (project) - the social customer revolution
38. Dethe Elza - delza at livingcode dot org - [http://livingcode.org/] (blog/site) - Programming for the fun of it: OS X, Python, and Kids
39. James Cogan - james at dailypixel.ca - [http://www.dailypixel.ca/] (blog/site) - tbd, visiting from out of town, hoping to demo a new site we're working on
40. weston triemstra - sxip - why and how to implement identity on your site
41. Marius Scurtescu - marius at sxip dot com - sxip - tbd
42. Jonathan Lin - jhslin at gmail dot com - Working Title - Print publishing at the precipice of online tech
43. RichardEriksson Just a Gwai Lo Introverts and Social Software (or How I Learned To Love Large Social Gatherings)
44. Jordan Behan Telltenfriends.com I'm a total rookie, so maybe somebody would like to use me as a prop? Or collaborate? Email me and say hello: jordan@telltenfriends.com
45. Jeff LaPorte - jlaporte AT eqo.com - EQO Communications - tbd
46. Tim Germer - tgermer@gmail.com Northwest Noise - Vancouver is Portland^10
47. Shannon Emmerson - semmerson@ea.com [http://www.ea.com] - Changing corporate culture blog by blog
48. Kate Milberry - mmilberr@sfu.ca - Geeks and global justice: how tech activists can change the world
49. Andy McKay - andy@clearwind.ca - Blog Plone - Plone, Python, OS X and lots of Ajax.
50. Robin Johnson - robbat2@gentoo.org - Blog My Job - isoHunt - tbd, maybe Rails related, maybe phpMyAdmin related
51. Gerald Bauer - gerald.bauer@thelevel.com - The Level - may talk on the future of the web or the Short Head & Long Tail and Web 2.0 Economics and Business Opportunities
52. Kerry Anne Holloway - msholloway@gmail.com - lipglossandlaptops.com - blogging it, podcasting it, Official SpongeClub member
53. Megan Cole - my blog / Raincity Studios - megan@raincitystudios.com - How To Be A Sponge... or... How to embrace this new, very public life... Considering my fellow comrades, I am but a wee rookie. I'll be the one soaking up all I can and blogging and vlogging it all. Oo - I'll show y'all how to put back 12 Guinness in a single sitting.
54. Gary Fung - gary@isohunt.com - aka. IH, www.isohunt.com is my blog. May talk on DRM, the long tail, media and the web. tbd
55. Dorian Taylor - dorian.taylor.lists@gmail.com - blog - perchance some rdf?
56. Matthew Trentacoste - barcamp@squarewithin.com - site - Discuss the high fidelity imaging and PhotoCamp with KK+.
57. Craig Riggs - craigriggs@shaw.ca - tbd
58. Cathy Wang - cathy@raincitystudios.com - blog
59. Stewart Marshall - righantler@gmail.com website / blog
60. Jessica Marshall - leftantler@gmail.com photoblog
61. Steffani Cameron - peripheries@shaw.ca CL, the last ditch | both are blogs ] With my (CL) blog in the top 9,000 in the world, it's amazing how little tech know-how I have, and I am now being bankrolled to do a podcast but know absolutely jack about that, and I'm hoping this can not only help me learn more, but help me network with locals. I'd be happy to be a subject in a thingie, but doubt I know enough to lead anything.
62. Brent Van Wieringen - brentvanw@gmail.com flickrfolio - the ins and outs of mobile
63. Patricia Foster - bluegreenstone@shaw.ca /Career Blog/ - Will Blog the discussions and help out where I can.
64. Peter Van Garderen - peter@artefactual.com (website / blog) - I can demo the open-source Symfony PHP5 MVC platform which I'm using to develop a web-app.
65. Dave Johnson - (nitobi/blog) ajax, fixies and politics. nuff said.
66. Chani - chanika at gmail - website - I'm a sponge too... although there might be things I didn't know I knew.
67. Mark Thomson - mark at yotophoto dot com yotophoto - tbd
68. Dave Olson - dave at uncleweed dot net - podcast-laden webpage will only there friday 'til latenight - i would like to do some teaching on making quick and easy enhanced podcasts from scratch and publishing for the people (will need to borrow a mac laptop with new garage band), I then plan to spend rest of time practising stout drinking skills with Megan and learning how to bankroll a podcast from Steffani
69. Marcelo Barth marcelo.barth aht gmail dawt com
70. Colin Chudyk - website - questions: how do others collaborate online with their team when they are spread out all over the country? what are the essential tools/sites/resources for independent professionals?
71. BorisMann - blog - I believe I'll be doubling as your BBQ chef for the event - (Boris, remember to cook them this time! ;-) phil)
72. Warwick Patterson - warwick@formulaphoto.com - website/blog - vlogging tips/production values for the future
73. JamesWalker - blog - drupal, jabber, identity oh my!
74. John Bollwitt - john AT audihertz DOT net - website - blogging, podcasting, recording on the cheap
75. Rebecca Bollwitt - miss604 AT miss604 DOT com - blog - blogging, podcasting
76. Dean Delandreville dean@awdd.ca - website - public 2.0 vs corporate 2.0
77. Daman Bahner damanbahner at zoomis dot com - website
78. Michael Stewart website - implementing identity
79. Colin Brumelle mixedcontent - Drupal, music2.0
80. Beau Hartshorne beau@hartshorne.ca - blog - Ajax, JavaScript
81. Greg Dingle - vlog - vlogging, video
82. Tarry Giannakos - blog - I'm new to this - so I can hold up the screen or bbq or talk about the domain space and domaining.
83. Bre Pettis - blog - I'll show off my new Kite Aerial Photography rig I just hacked together. Or I could teach how to make a duct tape wallet, or I could show how to make a pinhole camera, or I could blab on about video... How about all four?
84. Alex Williams - blog - Talk about events, music, indie culture.
85. David Gratton - Website - Talk about music self-publishing
86. Aaron Wheeler - aaron at raincitystudios.com Website - The virtues and limitless possibilities of the post card
87. Erik Hermans - erik at raincitystudios.com Website - the ultimate theme for themers... ??
88. Jason Billingsley - hotwheel AT gmail DOT com Elastic Path Software  - Marketing guy with just a hint of geek: search marketing and SEO tips.
89. Steve McKenzie - steve at raincitystudios.com Website - Drupal / JQuery
90. Kate Trgovac - Uniserve Communications Corp - Sr. Product Manager and My Name is Kate
91. Laurence Girard - website - me at laurencegirard dot com - Freelancer
92. Scott Hadfield - website - hadsie@gmail.com - A session on adding openid support to your webapp, if there's interest.
93. Sarah Pullman - my website  Yoga for Geeks website - I could lead a little Yoga for Geeks session, space permitting (doesn't have to be a full class, could be tips and tricks). I can also liveblog, and am interested in talking with other people who have an interest in the applications of technology for social change.
94. Tod Maffin (podcaster, CBC broadcaster, CBC blogger) - TodMaffin.com  CBC official blog 
95. Mike Cantelon - mcantelon AT gmail.com - Vancouver Open Business News - A presentation on Django: High-Performance Rapid Development of Web Applications
96. Adam Bouskila - website - abouskila At gmail Dot com - Freelancer, enthusiast. I could liveblog, and help out
97. Jason Chimney - jchimney At gmail Dot com - total noob, willing to help any other presenters... also willing to stick around for clean up :)
98. Will Pate
99. Gordon Withers - myfirstname At fathomconsulting dot c a - Communicate effectively with your clients (tbd)
100. Bryan Zug - bryanzug At gmail Dot com - http://elearningskinny.com
101. Troy Angrignon, troy at troyangrignon dot com, http://www.troyangrignon.com, interested in leading a session to map out current technology and business trends that the BarCamp crowd are familiar with...or just participating in the other sessions.
102. Steven Wittens - website - steven AT bryght dot com - Drupal / Bryght
103. Mark Yuasa - Website  - mark at raincitystudios.com, looking forward to my second Barcamp, first in my hometown
104. Thierry Guégan - thierry_guegan_dhaliwal AT yahoo.ca - www.arvoriad.com - drupal, open source, networking, tbc
105. Peter Gordon - site  pbg at superwebdeveloper dawt com - php developer. Ill write about this event on my blog...
106. Audrey Foo - website  audrey at foopicks point com - open source empowers people. I will gladly speak my mind and add my opinion to the fray.
107. Shane Korytko - shane at somatix dot net - drupal and grassroots organizing
108. Caryn Cameron - cgc at sfu dot cs students.sfu.ca willing to blog - cool thing, this
109. Lisa Mighton - Believing Impossible Things, active participant; willing to laugh at jokes and applaud when prompted
110. Scott - Overheard in Vancouver, There would have to be something to overhear in the discussions that I can add to the site.
111. Colin Chudyk - website - questions: how do others collaborate online with their team when they are spread out all over the co
112. John McDonald of Rampworth Capital Services – jmcdonald@rampworth.com ( www.rampworth.com ). I often conduct Podcast interviews with CEO’s and I’d love to facilitate a group (or panel) discussion about Podcasts impact communications and how they can be monetized (if there is an interest).
113. Sacha Peter - sacha.peter@gmail.com - doubleblind.ca - Possibly a brief on prediction markets, how social networks can be harnessed to make better decisions.
114. Ryan Cousineau Metroblogging Vancouver  and Wired Cola  - I'd like to talk about how everything is wrong. Blogging is overrated and misunderstood. Podcasting is hardly ever worthwhile. A local orientation is probably a mistake for "serious" bloggers. Flickr isn't too bad.... I promise to take on all comers with more or less skill.
115. Janice Denovan- jdenovan AT gmail DOT com - http://www.georeferenceonline.com - semantic web
116. Jason Barnes - jason@jayandsilentrob.com - http://www.jayandsilentrob.com - Dissecting the MySpace Juggernaut
117. Aaron Gladders - agladders AT 2Paths DOT com. 2Paths - XP in a custom software shop and using it with "bigger" clients
118. Nick Grabovac - ngrabovac AT 2Paths DOT com. 2Paths - RoR with POJO's (or, kicking RoR's ass with a little java)
119. Colin Quon - cquon@eqo.com - EQO Communications
120. Jeff Henshaw - jeff@xbox.com - Xbox 360 - integrating services with client software and device design

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/BarCampVancouver

How 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.

 

I'm at Vancouver waiting for my (delayed) flight to San Francisco for BloggerCon IV and BarCamp San Francisco and my sleep deprived brain is reflecting nostalgically on previous BloggerCons especially the first one back in October 2003 in Boston:

• 2003 seems so far away. Much has changed and much has stayed the same. But one thing seems to be constant. Almost everybody I met at BloggerCon I way back :-) in 2003 have profited in some way indirectly (not usually directly) from their blog.
• I remember being in a cab with Doc Searls, Britt Blaser and Dan Gillmor and speaking with the cabbie on why he was voting Republican. It was then (in a rare feat of prescience) that I knew that the 2004 election was lost for the Democrats.
• Speaking of Britt, I sure wish he could make it to BloggerCon IV. But I bet he's busy with Orgware and Podslam and his other ventures after an all too brief vacation in Ireland
• I remember meeting Joey (love to hear that accordion belting out Iko Iko Friday and Saturday but alas he's not coming) and Wendy (who did a stellar job of organizing the first BloggerCon) and sharing Indian food with them and Dave and many others and now they are married and live in Toronto.
• Had great conversations with Susan Mernit, Deeje Cooley and Scott Johnson over Indian food.
• Met the proud papa, wine lover med musings guy Enoch Choi who the kid, Barb and I had the pleasure of lunching with and his family at BloggerCon III.

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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Really enjoyed my chats with Miriam at the very productive :-) after DrupalCamp session at Tortilla Flats (our conversation about design, art, etc. was much better than the food!) and the dialogue and perspective that Miriam brought to the BlogHerCon and Designing for Novice Users sessions at BarCamp. Check out Miriam's notes on the 2 camps for something more insightful! See you in Vancouver, Miriam!

Despite his fondness for hanging with Boris until odd hours, it was great to meet BarCamp and DemoCamp organizer David Crow (I learned alot from him that we will apply to forthcoming BarCamp Vancouver which will be in August (got a space? let me know!) and Bar Camp Whistler in Winter 2007 which Andre Charland will be organizing and I'll be doing a wee bit of help) and even nicer to hear him come on board as Executive Director of the Innovation Commons. Go David go!

BarCamp Tdot was a blast. This is the 1st of a bunch of stream of consciousness raves (as opposed to rants) for the cool people I met.

Thank-you Jay for taking over the running of BarCamp Tdot from the partying and participating David Crow (I am sorry David that teh Boris forced you to stay up all hours :-) ! ) Great organization and great venue (well except for the noise from loud talkers like Boris and myself, next time we need a side track/loud talkers room!)