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BarCampJohannesburg

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BarCamp Johannesburg III 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.

Everyone is encouraged to present anything that they feel other geeks would find interesting. Have a look at past events for the the varied topics covered:

If you'd like to participate, please add your name to the list at the end of this page. Also feel free to update/edit the page where you see fit. (You only need to create an account for that)

Please use the tag #barcampjozi for content related to this event.

- Subscribe to BarCamp Johannesburg mailing list

- Twitter: @BarCampJozi

Event details

When

The official kick-off will be Saturday, 10am on the 10th October 2009 and it will continue on Sunday the 11th.

Where

We secured an awesome venue for BarCamp 2009 - Centre of Innovation and Learning in Midrand (http://www.cil.net/main.html).

The map: http://tinyurl.com/cil-centre

The directions from Johannesburg:

  • Olifantsfontein off-ramp, go east.
  • At the first traffic light, left into Old Johannesburg/Old Pretoria
  • At the first traffic light, right, under the Gautrain. Teal Road (Nyala Road on the left)
  • At the Stop turn right, into security area.
  • Number 21, King Willow

Sponsors

If you're able to help out here, please put your name down.

  • Snacks
  • T shirts
  • what you got?

Proposed Sessions

  • Add your session here, it can be as short as 5 minutes
  • Build a quick Twitter mashup using Django & Jquery in 30 mins
  • Guitar Hero multi-playa - just to unwind
  • OSSA - FLOSS Lobby Group
  • JavaFX

Topics you would like to hear about

  • Systems Thinking
  • Mentorship - how to guide non-geeks through the nirvana of pure software Development

Random Ideas

  • If its random, it belongs here

Unconference Unorganizers

Add your name here and instantly become an unorganizer too!

Task List

Using these 10 steps as a guideline.

(please cross out when it's done)

Tech

  • Wifi
  • Internet
  • Wii & Xbox

Non-tech

  • T-Shirts
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Coffee/Tea
  • Beer (only for later)

Who's blogging?

  • Add your blog entry when you blog about BarcampJozi '09

Participants

Since pbworks (these days) requires an account to edit pages, registration is now done this way:

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