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BarCampJohannesburg

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BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering ("unconference") 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.

 

Registration, admission and participation will cost you zip, zero and absolutely nothing.

If you're going to attend, add your name under Participants!!!

 

Join the organising groups and lend a hand right over here.

 

Event tag: BarCampJohannesburg

 

It’s time to get creative with the unconventional, unconference - BarCamp being held in Jozi. Design a FAB logo for this year’s BarCamp and win R 300 Kalahari gift vouchers.

The winner will be announced at BarCamp and the winning design will be printed on the limited edition BarCamp JHB t-shirt - It’s all about culture, technology and media so get cracking!

 

Competition Details

Format requirements of entries: Freehand illustrator & low res jpeg.

Competition Closes: 7th of September at 16:00

Send all logo designs to: jaco@quirk.biz

 

 

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.
  • WebPR, online reputation management (ORM) and the effect of social networks, and user generated content.

Technology

  • OpenLab break the beta session. OpenLab the only 100% South-African developed Linux distribution will release version 4.1Beta just prior the BarCamp. This could be a great opportunity to put it through it's paces, basically trying to break it, and report the bugs discovered so they can be fixed for the final release. What better than a bunch of geeks to find out exactly where things need work.
  • 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

  • Sifiso Motha - javasifiso(at)studentvillage(dot)co(dot)za
  • Peter le Roux - peterleroux(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Roger Saner - roger(at)tomorrowdesign(dot)biz
  • Matthew Buckland - matthewb01(at)mg(dot)co(za)
  • Angela Lang - anj(at)icon(dot)co(dot)za
  • Stuart Murray – ideanation(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Dino Minuzzo – dino(at)hybridevolution(dot)com
  • Christof Appel - AppelC(at)bdfm(dot)co(dot)za
  • Dinesh Cooper - dinesh(at)devkungfoo(dot)com
  • Thea Burger - thea(at)dotnet(dot)org(dot)za
  • Kevin Trethewey - kevint(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Carl Spies - sygenos(at)gmail(dot)com
  • André Ellis - mordrack(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Adrian Rossouw
  • AJ Venter
  • Edmond Sebetseba - eskills(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Edward Maluleka - edward(dot)maluleka(at)accenture(dot)com
  • Sicelo Magagula - smagagula(at)nwpg(dot)gov(dot)za
  • Warren Moss - warrenmoss(at)hotmail(dot)com - CANCELED///i wont be able to make it
  • Guy Taylor - guy(dot)taylor(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Dave Clark - dave(dot)wondermonkey(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Anton de Wet - ascii(at)barcamp(dot)phun(dot)net
  • Stefan Lesicnik - stefan(dot)lsd(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Danie Roux danie(dot)roux(at)acolyte(dot)co(dot)za
  • Donovan van Wyk - donovan(dot)vanwyk(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Neil White - me(at)righteousjester(dot)co(dot)za
  • Nico Olwagen - tincan(at)telkomsa(dot)net
  • Chris Spring - chris(dot)spring(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Bretton Vine - bretton(at)hivemind(dot)net (depending on how well iWeek goes, would love to talk about the hivemind network and changes we've made) PS: contacted Arthur and notified him of the event
  • Denis Brandjes - denis(at)getopenlab(dot)com
  • Jared Brandjes - jared(at)brandjes(dot)org
  • Gertrude Masipa - GMasipa(at)multichoice(dot)co(dot)za
  • Marzanne Francis - mwilken@absamail(dot)co(dot)za
  • Jacques Williams - charc-tech@webmail(dot)co(dot)za
  • Vanessa De Sousa - vanessad(at)digitalplanet(dot)co(dot)za
  • Nick de Klerk - nfdeklerk(at)gmail(dot)com
  • Mark Marais - mvmarais(at)gmail(dot)com

 

 

 

 

TODO's

  • Contact Geek Freedom League (Eric Andrews?)
  • Several guys have volunteered connectivity equipment. Thanks!
  • Any GLUG members coming?

 

Sponsors

 

Task List

 

  • Arrange Freedom Toaster if possible

 

Equipment required:

  • Audio - PA system, music,
  • Visual - projectors, screens
  • Computer workstations
  • Network infrastructure

 

Services required:

  • Bandwidth
  • Security?

 

Sponsors:

  • Bandwidth
  • Design services
  • Venue
  • T-shirts - Quirk
  • Refreshments
  • Food
  • Workstations
  • Audio Visual

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