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BarCampAustin

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BarCampAustin II will be held at Bourbon Rocks on March 9th & 10th!

BarCampAustin II will be on March 9th and 10th at Bourbon Rocks. whurley is currently looking for sponsors. If you know any individuals/projects/companies that would be interested in helping support this event, please send contact info to vision@whurley.com

 

Updates !

  • A map is now available (see below), but hey it's 2 blocks away from SXSWi and only 1 block from the dorkbot event so we're sure you can find it ;)
  • We need to collect donations. Anything helps, so please contact whurley (512-484-2550) for details on how you can help
  • New BarCampAustin II flickr group now available
  • Once again Duncan Hopkins of iTaggit has come through with flying colors on this years BarCampAustin II logo.

 

BarCampAustin II Map

 

 

Corporations and Organizations contributing $ to BarCampAustin II

 

Individuals contributing $ to BarCampAustin II

  • whurleygrrl
  • Jay Edwards
  • Brian Oberkirch
  • Eric Skiff (Glitchcast)

 

 

Schedule of Events

Friday

4:30pm - Refresh meetup

6:30pm - BarCampAustin meetup

8:00pm - BarCampAustin welcome party

2:00am - the bar will close ;)

 

Saturday

8:00am - Setup

9:00am - BarCampAustin opens

10:00am - presentations start

12:00pm - Lunch (Mangia's Pizza)

1:00pm - presentations continue

6:00pm - 1st Battlebot demonstration of the evening

6:30pm - Dinner (Wahoo's Fish Tacos)

8:00pm - dorkbot Austin / BarCampAustin mashup

8:00pm - presentations continue

8:30pm - 2nd Battlebot demonstration of the evening

9:00pm - BarCampAustin review

9:30pm - Final Battlebot demonstration of the evening

10:00pm - BarCampAustin / dorkbot Austin after party with very special guest Soulhat!!! (this is a must see)

2:00am - Ok, seriously, you have to leave now ;)

 

 

 

List your blog postings here:

 

 

 

 

Sign up for BarCampAustin II

 

Organizers

 

 

Attendees

 

 

Proposed Sessions

 

Attendees will vote on sessions in the AM, sessions with the most votes will be held later in the evening when SXSW folks can join in.

 

  • What the ****? You work where? (whurley)
  • Talk about Open Source Business Model, and BarCamp Shanghai II (scales)
  • The Sellery as an application of unit-based work, and a starting point for a new open-door, trust-based employment economy.
  • An Inconvenient Blog - Learn from The Climate Project trainees who studied under Al Gore how to make your website/blog/development tool/multimedia project part of the solution to the Global Climate Crisis, through energy efficiency, carbon offsets, community-buildling and education.
  • Real-world community talking circle - Online communities are great. But there's much to learn from how people interact in person and how well-designed architecture and urban planning can influence the nature and frequency of that interaction -- how can this be reflected in Second Life
  • Aging In Community - How can we support the aging process and welcome age diversity (both young, old, and inbetween) in our design process and implementation?
  • You do what and how? - A round table discussion of the websites, services, and technology you use on a daily basis to manage all the information out there.
  • Drupal Courses: Tentative crash courses: 1. Basics - Introduction to the CMS. 2. Theming - manipulating templates with PHP and CSS.
  • Beyond the Web: Internet 2.0 with NewI\O (Chris Nystrom)
  • "Mashup is a stupid word, or, the importance of webservices." R. Tyler Ballance
  • MeetGroup.org - A tool for finding, starting and organizing groups. Ian Muir
  • Combat Robotics: http://www.teamxd.com SHW BattleBot "Steel Reign" Presentation, Event Videos, Open Discussion, Demonstration.
  • Antarctica.uab.edu -- Penguins, Educational Outreach, Social Networks, and Technology (DimitriGlazkov)
  • A parent's howto for raising/protecting "tweens" on the web. (Cris_DeWitt)
  • OpenSolaris - What it is, Why you should use it (Jay Edwards)
  • Ad-hoc screen printing for BarCampAustin (Jed Taylor)

 

 

Previous Barcamps in Austin

 

 

 

Also in Austin:

 

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