BarCampBirmingham is a user generated conference created around an open, participatory workshop-event, with content provided by participants. Those participating choose the session topics for the day and then present to each other. It's free. It's fun. It's a great way to meet the local technology community.
Dates: April 12, 2008
Locations and times:
- BarCampBirmingham Friday night party / dinner / drinks mixer
- April 11th, 8 to 11 PM
- Jim 'N Nick's Barbecue, 1908 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL / Google Maps (we have reserved their back room)
- BarCampBirmingham main event
Our first BarCampBirmingham was a big success and now the second one is right around the corner. Keep an eye on this page for more information as it becomes available.
Here is some information for first-timers.
Get Involved
Proposed Sessions
Have a topic you would like to hear about? Add it below.
- Web 2.0/3.0
- Communication
- Usability
- Collaboration in Social Networking
- Social Responsibility and Ethics in the New Media Environment
- Collecting and Leveraging User Data
- Topics in Analog vs. Digital
- Information Thresholds of the Client, Customer, Community, Co-Worker, etc. (TMI?)
- Organizing User Generated Content
- Aggregated Content
- Teaching Others How to Check Their Email
- The Blog as a Medium
- Prediction Exchanges and the Wisdom of Crowds
- What To Do When the Server Goes Down
- Thought Leadership in the Digital Age
- rsnapshot, rsync, and other useful tools
- Ruby on Rails
- Google Analytics, Mint, and tracking visitors
- PHP MVC Frameworks (Cake, Symphony, Code Igniter, etc.)
- Flex
- RubyAMF, SWX Ruby, Flexible Rails, etc.
- Prototyping
- The evolution of traditional media companies
- Computational Journalism
- iPhone SDK
- iPhone Web Development
Have a topic you want to talk about? Add it below.
- Haml and Sass (JasonMcCay)
- Creating rubygems and a look at the ruby-flickr gem (BenWyrosdick)
- Interaction Design (Bill Abel)
Ubuntu Alabama LoCo (MichaelRamm & LoCo Team Members) (No support and I will be late to BCB due to son's teeball game)- Twitter: Fad or Phenom (MichaelRamm)
- Personal Productivity through GTD (MichaelRamm)
- How Modern Designers Are Taking Over The World, One Website At A Time (ChrisCollins)
- Documenting Design (Bill Abel)
- Interacting with Everyday Objects (Bill Abel)
- Mobile Device Emulation for Fun & Profit (Chris Rue)
- Introduction to Adobe Flex 3 and AIR (John Cook)
- Social Media Marketing (Jeff Keeton)
- To Be Determined (I'm flexible...) (Wade Kwon)
- Starting a Startup (CurtisPalmer)
- OLPC related talk (HenryMcBride)
- Git it while it's hot!! (AnthonyCrumley)
- Usability / interface design (Joel Calvin)
- Meta-programming; Ruby (Greg Houston)
Organizers
If you want to help with planning, add your name below.
Volunteers
We'll need people to run the board, announce sessions, and generally keep things moving along.
Planning on attending BarCampBirmingham2? Add your name below then join the BarCampBirmingham Google Group to keep up to date on the latest news. If you are going to attend only the event, add a + to the end of your name. If you are going attend only the mixer, add a % to the end of your name. If you are going to attend both the mixer and the event, add a +% to the end of your name.
T-shirts
If you are attending and want a t-shirt, fill out this form with your preferred size. We should have plenty for everyone. We just want to make sure we get enough of each size.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pRVtfZtqegZRBz8xdnNJ0Uw&email=true
Sponsors
Since BarCampBirmingham2 is a free event, we are looking for sponsors to help cover the cost of several things. If you know of a company or organization that would be interested in helping to sponsor our event, please let us know. There is a list of items available for sponsorship below.
Location (Thanks Innovation Depot!)- Security at location (required by Innovation Depot - $100 per day)
- WiFi Routers for additional connectivity (Curtis: I'll bring one, but I think ID is 'fixing' the problem)
- Breakfast on Saturday (pastries, juices, coffee, etc.)
- Lunch on Saturday
- Snacks and Beverages throughout the day
- T-shirts
Door Prizes (Wade on Birmingham will sponsor an assortment of prizes, including a gift card, cookbook and fancy space pen)- Media
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag BarCampBirmingham for content related to this event
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Blog Links
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