Dec 13th, 2008 at the Cabin Inn at the City Museum in beautiful downtown St. Louis.
You gotta start somewhere, and that somewhere is here.
If you stumble upon this page, please do put your name/email up -- and contact Ryan Keeter at http://twitter.com/ryankeeter (ryan(dot)keeter(at)gmail)
You can also email Lori at lori(dot)e(dot)white(at)gmail(dot)com, or http://twitter.com/tojosan aka Todd. But maybe you should just email ryan, and he'll forward you to us.
BarCampSTL has an email address, too! barcampstl(at)gmail(dot)com
Or other people if they'll just add their emails!
Donations and Sponsorhip
We are accepting donations for this event via paypal. If you'd like to donate, email barcampstl)gmail(dot)com and we'll talk!
SPONSORS
Network Solutions, is a very generous sponsor for this event...they're based here in the Midwest (Belleville, IL to be exact!)
Location:
The Cabin Inn at the City Museum
http://www.citymuseum.org/cabininnrent.html
Time:
Dec 13th, 2008 10-5pm
-We are planning to hit lunch from noon till 1:30 (downtown STL is swamped with wonderful places to eat). This is a social event, we want to get people together, and facilitate some great ideas.
Social Networking
BarCampSTL Facebook Group
BarCampSTL Dec 2008 Event on FB
people (just add your twitter handle):
@matthomann
@mike_austin
@ryankeeter
@tojosan
@lolololori
@susanisk
@dtothek
@mikehyb
Ideas:
- I'd like to help the community somehow, and think mike glodeck http://glodeck.blogspot.com, proprietor of FOAM stl http://lofistl.ning.com/group/showmebeer/forum/topic/show?id=814862%3ATopic%3A40660 on Cherokee are a good place to start, because he could use the help. There are many like him, too. Lyndsey Scott's CAMP, the Urban Studio in New Old North? There are real community resources that don't have web minds at their disposal. We have web minds. Let's use'em for good.
Why not use barcamp as a way to make ourselves AND St. Louis even more awesome???? http://barcamp.org/barcampnola did something similar.
Here's a quote from their site : "I'd like to find a struggling small business we could help immediately with a new site or enhanced Web services. Spend a weekend cranking as a team and launch the thing at the end of the weekend. We can get help from our friends everywhere with regard to code, design, ideas. Brains, we have them at the ready."
Attending:
Ryan Keeter - ryan(dot)keeter(at)gmail , http://twitter.com/ryankeeter, [http://ikeeter.com]
Todd Jordan - tojosan(at)gmail(dot)com, http://twitter.com/tojosan, The Broad Brush
Mike Flynn - mike(at)hellyeahbitch(dot)com, http://hellyeahbitch.com, ToastedRav.com (Not 100%, but here's hoping!)
Mike Austin - mike.austin(at)shopr(dot)com, http://twitter.com/mike_austin
Robert Hanlon - robert.hanlon(at)shopr(dot)com
Susan - www.twitter.com/susanisk www.susanisk.com
Don K. - krutewicz(at)gmail(dot)com http://www.twitter.com/dtothek
I'd like to present:
Joe The Plumber - How the Internet is like a plumbing network
Cloud Computer, Windows Azure, and how it affects the future of our lil' Interweb
OAuth, What, Why, How? - Methodology for API authorization.
Social Media & Censorship
Mike Flynn - I'd love to help with anything: Intro to MVC programming, social networking/media with ToastedRav, XFN, APIs, pretty much anything anyone has a question about...let me know!
Blogging for good - actually contributing something by just being you is good blogging or maybe something around community/pinko marketing, writing for the web, social capital
Like it? Get the word out!
Blog about it, make commercials on vimeo, design a tshirt! Twitter about it, tell people you see in real life about it! Think of people who should know about it and tell them! You have email, it will be easy.
Blog Badges and Logos
Below are the logos and badges (and .psd's) that you can post on your blog (it would be awesome if we could get the word out!)
PSD's for the below items:
http://ikeeter.com/barcamp/barcamp.psd
http://ikeeter.com/barcamp/presentationbadge.psd
Presentation and Attending Badges (the dimensions are 240px by 315px, if you need them smaller, you can use the PSD above to do it in Photoshop, or email me at ryan(dot)keeter(at)gmail with what you need and I'll make it for ya)
300 px image
500 px image
650 px image
St. Louis Welcomes Technology “Un-Conference”
BarCamp St. Louis to be Held December 13
(ST. LOUIS – Nov. 11, 2008) St. Louisians interested in the ever-evolving world of technology and social media will have the opportunity to soon learn and share knowledge locally.
BarCamp St. Louis will be held on Saturday, December 13 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the City Museum, located at 701 North 15th St. in Downtown St. Louis, Mo.
BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. The December event will mark the first BarCamp to be held in the St. Louis area.
"The advantage of BarCamp setting is that anyone can present; participants are not only encouraged, but expected to share their knowledge through social interaction and group communication rather than formal, individual presentations," said BarCamp St. Louis Organizer Ryan Keeter. “While topics typically cover the technology and social media spectrum, the ‘un-conference’ format allows attendees to move the conversation.”
BarCamp St. Louis is free and open to the public, bur registration is requested. For more information, visit: http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampSTL. Interested sponsors are encouraged to contact BarCamp St. Louis Organizer Ryan Keeter.
