Barcamp Dallas Recap at Design Thinking Digest by Chris Bernard
QUESTIONS
Question: Is there a contingency plan in case Dallas ices over on Saturday?
Question: Will there be projectors for the presentations? - Ralph Green
Question(in 6 parts): Could you describe this 4th floor? Is is exposed to the outdoors? Is that why people would want tents? Would a sleeping bag suffice? Are there bathrooms, or is this some unfinished area? Is there power and light?
Answer: The tent is just for fun, it's indoors on a finished floor. Main discomfort factors are thin carpet and (I assume) a lack of showers.
BarCampDallasQuestionArchive
Topics - What would everyone like to see discussed?
* I'd like to see a discussion on creating CSS friendly web pages from different back end systems. (PHP, .NET, ColdFusion)
* GTD for the developer (or any other methodology for managing the madness and \"getting it done\")
* Developing (and testing) in a virtual environment
* State of Web 2.0 in Texas
* Startup Showcase/Demo's
* Mini DemoCampDallas (1 hour set aside for demo-camp style demoa) Contact ChristopherStJohn if you're interested, since the number of slots would necessarily be limited. Also note you can always sign up for a regular slot for your demo, I just though the DemoCamp format was fun.
* Half-Baked Dot Com Entrepreneurial Improv Theater (stolen from Amit's session at BarCampNYC2, which I think was stolen from someplace else :-) ) teams of 5 compete to come up with the best business plan (product, logo, marketing plan, revenue model, tagline) using a randomly chosen company name. Each team has 15 minutes, a panel of celebrity VC judges provides feedback. Need celebrity VC judges! (maybe Alex Muse + ???)
* I am considering a philosophical question, but I have not decided if it would be out of place. To wit: If a friend tells you they are having problems with a Windows XP system, is it ethical to help them use XP?
* What is so cool about Python?
* Retail experience and the subtle changes that make a difference
* The Digital Home .. is it really here yet?
* Drupal
* SWARC (SouthWest Association of Robotic Combat) will have their meeting at noon on Saturday. The meeting is open to the public, so it is a perfect forum for BarCamp. If you're not sure what robotic combat is think Battlebots or Robot Wars, which are subsets of this hobby/compitition.
* Integrating Flex with .NET/RoR/PHP. I'll be presenting a solution for integrating .NET, RoR or PHP applications with the Flex clients. Contact Mark Piller with any questions: mark AT themidnightcoders dot com
* Show Us Your Workflow! Coordinated shoulder-surfing MC'd by Adam Keys
* Developing (and testing) in a virtual environment -- Someone mentioned this, wasn't sure if this was a talk someone is actually giving, or just a topic someone would like to see covered. I will prepare a short talk on this topic (Todd M)
* Bonesaw: A case study in vulnerability discovery within open source software (Todd M)
* topic for SUN - plan next BarCamp event = [https://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampDallas-4?doneSave=1 BarCampDallas 4
