Huzzah! The first of our fabulous and generous sponsors are Tangler and CodeGear. We’ve got a few more we should be announcing soon (tweaking the details) but these two sponsors get the award for being first for the second BCS.
The second BCS already has debate swirling cyberspace. In our survey, sent out to those who were on the announcement list, we asked some pretty important questions. One of them was whether you wanted Ninjas, giant robots, monkeys or any combination of these. Well, 41.3% of you voted for Ninja Monkeys. In the ‘other’ section we received some valuable feedback:
Lots of requests for “Pirate Monkeys” and “Robot Monkeys”
“Sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads”
“A to E only: Everyone knows Ninja Monkeys move with such stealth they can’t be seen!”
“Giant killer robots, as feared by Mick Keelty”
Eric Rice has offered his view: he think Ninjas beat Pirates hands down. It is these sort of hard-hitting questions that will be addressed (by you) at BCS2, along with other topics such as startups, Web2.0, open source technologies, RoR, video compression, podcasting, virtual worlds and citizen journalism.
So, if you’re not already churning over ideas in your head, get involved! To present/provoke a discussion on something that you’re passionate about (that is the prerequisite), sign up at the wiki, email us about being a sponsor or let us know if you want to be an on-the-day UnOrganiser.