BarCamp...

[Colin McGregor]

For those who have not heard of BarCamp, this is a
variation/take off of the Foo camps that were/are run
by technical book publisher O'Reilly (with Foo-Bar
being a tongue-in-cheek take on FUBAR (F@#$%ed-Up
Beyond All Recognition) . Basiclly an intense sharing
of ideas, where EVERYONE attending is EXPECTED to make
a short 45 minute presentation on a computer
technology related topic (Internet related topics seem
to get the biggest crowds). Cost of the camp is
normally covered by one or more commercial sponsors. A
full look the rules of BarCamp can be seen here:

http://barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp

So, there are now two BarCamp type events over the
next month, the first one May 26 (but second one
announced) is here:

http://barcamp.org/BarCampTorontoTechWeek

As of this writing there are open spots for this
event, with registration here:

http://barcamp.org/BarCampToronto3Participants

(sorting through Wiki software being a filter
mechanism, if you can't sort through the software to
add your name to the registration list, you likely
don't belong at this event :-) ).

The other event is on June 2 and can be seen here:

http://barcamp.org/InteractionCampToronto

The problem with the above being that at present all
the available space is filled, and a waiting list has
been set-up.

So, if your interested in attending, talking, doing
personal networking at a technology oriented camp that
will largely be filled with 20-something folks, I can
can tell you from my experience last year should be
great fun.

Colin McGregor

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