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Event tag: BarCampJohannesburg
BarCamp Johannesburg Event Details
Date: 9, 10 September 2006
Venue: SciBono Centre, Newtown.
Flier:
PNG and PDF
Getting There:
Themes (vision): Technology / New Media / Progressive Culture.
Possible topics (Please add suggestions):
New Media
- The traditional marketing agency vs. the modern digital agency.
- Grassroots journalism, social media, citizen media?
- How blogging is changing journalism - possibly get Professor Anton Harber to talk? Or Matthew Buckland?
- Elephant's Dream. Open-source and open-content short film- all material is available under a creative-commons license. I have a copy of the film with all the content material- we could watch the film and talk about the implications of this way of producing work.
Technology
- Can someone do a session on Asterisk?
- The Identity Metasystem - "An interoperable architecture for digital identity" (Related to this will be interesting to discuss the different options available in this space, ie. Microsoft's Cardspace [http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/infocard/default.aspx], The Higgins Trust Framework [http://swik.net/higgins], The Liberty Alliance Project [http://www.projectliberty.org/]
- Mono - A viable alternative for rapid cross-platform development. [http://www.mono-project.org]
- Open Source Software. Tech vs Non-Tech definition and usage of OSS in business.
- Eye Candy - Compiz/XGL vs Vista's Aero. What's with the Wobbly Windows?
- LINQ - Language Integrated Query & C# 3.0. (.NET specific for now)
- Under-exploited possibilities for web2.0 and social software in South Africa- where are the teachers writing open-source textbooks on wikis, where are the humanitarian workers blogging from the KZN midlands?
- Being a geek in a country where it's expensive: who of us can afford to upgrade laptops/iPods/in-car GPS at the same frequency that people do in the developed world? What do you do when the cost of most of our toys is so high?
- Unlocking the SAT3 South African bandwidth monopoly - possibly get Rudolph Muller to talk?
- Favourite Toys: open session: everyone spends 2 minutes introducing their gadget of the moment- cellphones,cordless bluetooth coffee warmers etc.
- Extreme Programming - Would be nice to get the guys from the XP Forum to lead the discussion. (PS. How about some Red-Green-Refactor T-Shirt's for the developers attending ;-)) Spread the TDD love.
Progressive Culture
- Wisdom of Crowds
- GTD
- Long tail - particularly, how social software opens up communication in obscure fields of interest.
- The changing face of the South African Internet user - possibly get Arthur Goldstuck of World Wide Worx to speak?
Bring n' Swap
Bring all those tech bits and bobs you have laying around, taking up space, and swap
for something you may actually use. Gadgets, hardware, software, books, etc, bring it all :)
Get involved.
If you want to get involved (planning and or attending], pop your name on the wiki [http://barcamp.org/BarCampJohannesburg ] or if 'wiki' sounds a bit like a four letter swear word, send an email to Mike - mstopforth@gmail.com and give him your details (he'll add you to the wiki).
Organizers
Participants
Sponsors
Task List
- Arrange Freedom Toaster if possible
Equipment required:
- Audio - PA system, music,
- Visual - projectors, screens
- Computer workstations
- Network infrastructure
Services required:
Sponsors:
- Bandwidth
- Design services
- Venue
- T-shirts - Quirk
- Refreshments
- Food
- Workstations
- Audio Visual
