BarCampSydney was a great success with over 120 attendees and a wide range of topics/discussions/arguements.
You can check all the action on the flickr stream.
BarCampSydney was a great success with over 120 attendees and a wide range of topics/discussions/arguements.
You can check all the action on the flickr stream.
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:22 am
BarCamp rocked (and the AIMIAs was ok too)…
Being the social butterfly that I am, I did two social events this weekend that contrasted significantly.
Friday night was the AIMIA awards - red carpets, cocktail dress and uppity trendy types. Very groovy and very not geek. None the less, it was a …
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Hats off to the un-organisers for a sterling event. More improvised and inspired geekery than you could poke a hot mapreduce at:
- Christy Dena
- Jason Yip
- Mick Liubinskas
- Rich Buggy
- Russ Weakley
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Hi… Thought that the day was fantastic. Went to a few sessions in the afternoon and they were all really informative. I also thought that it was interesting, in that if the presenter wasn’t on the top of their game, the crowd took control and the presentation morphed into a discussion. Great work, can’t wait for next year
March 4th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Thanks for organising the very first one! It was fascinating to see how they actually worked. What’s this I hear about another one in a couple of months?
March 4th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Hi Gavin, thanks for the kind words. You heard correctly. The plan is to put on another BarCampSydney sometime in June.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Thanks for the lovely time; definitely something that needs to be repeated on at least an annual basis.
Btw, managed to recollect my battery again — all is good.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
http://www.on10.net/Blogs/nhodge/the-geek-stories-barcampsydney/
March 6th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
More BarCampSydney stories: Tangler.com (hi Mick!) and Cylo.com (hi Cari & Laurence)
http://www.on10.net/Blogs/nhodge/the-geek-stories-barcampsydney-tangler-and-cylo/