BarCampDallas 4, a continuation on the great history of the first BarCamp held in Texas.
What
HitchhikersGuideToBarCampDallas
When
Based on holding a local barcamp twice a year (JAN + AUG), the next BarCampDallas 4 is proposed for August 2007.
Where
This barcamp will be held in Dallas, TX. Venue to be announced at a later date.
Host(s)
Host(s) needed
>>Perhaps UTD would be willing to host a camp... (I'll inquire - Cone)
>>Maybe other schools - Richland College, SMU or TCU
>>What about TI hosting or providing the venue
Interested in Attending
Tasks - to do
- confirm date of AUG 18. No conflict but is it too close to? iPhoneDevCampDallas
- set venue (with wifi, projector, white boards)
- multiple meeting rooms (multiple sessions)
- find hosts
- determine # of days, FRI+SAT; SAT only; FRI+SAT+SUN
- sponsors
- sponsors for food
- sponsors for drink
- other sponsorship opportunities
- get volunteers
- and other event planners
- other tech equipment if needed -- overhead, projector, video, audio, microphones
- public relations -- local papers, blogs, professional organizations
- spread the word via social networking -- twitter, pownce, ning, upcoming.org. etc.
- flickr tags
- nametags
- stickers
- t-shirts
- recommendations on presentations, presenters
- survey participants
- plan next BarCampDallas
Topics
Talk up next local BarCamp iPhoneDevCampDallas
Discussion or presentation on Adobe apps: Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), Flex3, ColdFusion8 download
And discuss from Microsoft: Silverlight download, Expression Web download, Photosynth labs.live.com
Can tags (user-generated taxonomies) replace a pre-defined taxonomy? (SIGCHI from CHI-WEB discussion, Hal Shubin)... (one) can use tags to do some searching, but it's a very simple search... (and) what about an advanced search with tags? Maybe multiple-term clouds.
Perhaps one day of the BCD4 (BarCampDallas4) could be devoted to a Design Crawl and Walking Camp like this one in SF: http://orange-sf.pbwiki.com/
