BarCampDallas 4, a continuation on the great history of the first BarCamp held in Texas.
What
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
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 (please cross out when it's done)
- confirm date of AUG 18. No conflict but is it too close to? iPhoneDevCampDallas
- determine # of days, FRI+SAT; SAT only; FRI+SAT+SUN
- set venue (with wifi, projector, white boards)
- multiple meeting rooms (multiple sessions)
- establish hosts (people)
- establish hosts (company)
- sponsors
- sponsors for food
- sponsors for drink
- other sponsorship opportunities
- party before
- party after
- snag volunteers -- maybe students
- 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/
