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BarCampWashingtonDC

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Event Info

What:

The unconference BarCamp is coming to Washington, DC. It is a gathering of smart and passionate professionals who work on the World Wide Web.

 

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/211115/

 

Schedule:

  • Friday, August 3rd at 8pm - Opening Night Party
  • Saturday, August 4th; from 9:30am to whenever - Conference Sessions

 

Where:

Will be announced soon

 

Cost:

FREE

 

Sponsors

Overview

BarCamp is way more fun with appropriate amenities. We'd like to provide prizes, free food, wifi, and t-shirts. The catch is these cost money. We need some friends to help sponsor BarCamp in order to make it a success.

 

Want to sponsor BarCampWashingtonDC? Email me(jthorp AT gmail DOT com) or any of the organizers. You could also put your company name and contact information on the wiki page BarCampWashingtonDCSponsors

 

Current Sponsors

 

 

Organizers

Wanna help make BarCampWashingtonDC happen? We'd love to have your help in organizing the event. Add your name to the list and join the Google Group.

http://groups.google.com/group/barcampwashingtondc-organizers

 

Participants

Interested in attending? Please add your name, email address, and blog (if you have one) to the list...

  1. Jesse Thomas - jessesaves@gmail.com http://www.jess3.com
  2. Kevin Lawver - lawver AT gmail.com - http://lawver.net
  3. Kelly Gifford - kelly.gifford AT gmail.com
  4. Martin Ringlein - martin AT marylandmedia.com - http://marylandmedia.com
  5. Bill Kocik - bkocik AT gmail.com - http://bkocik.net
  6. Holly Samee - holly AT culturecaptioning.com - http://culturecaptioning.com, http://holly.tumblr.com
  7. Samantha Warren - Samantha AT badassideas.com - http://www.badassideas.com
  8. Porter Glendinning - porterg AT gmail DOT com - http://g9g.org
  9. Clay Johnson - clayjohnson at gmail dot com - http://www.clayjohnson.org
  10. James Williams - James dot L dot williams at gmail dot com
  11. Nick O'Neill - nick at thewebpreneur dot com - http://www.thewebpreneur.com , http://www.allfacebook.com
  12. Ross M Karchner- rosskarchner at gmail - http://rossnotes.com http://dctechevents.com
  13. Andrew C 0 andrew at chronolink DOT net - http://pharmcountry.net/
  14. Greg Palmer - jgpalmer at gmail - http://www.jgregorypalmer.com
  15. David Russell - david at davidrussell dot org - http://davidrussell.org
  16. Paul Kittredge - barcamp at asarya dot com
  17. Jeremy Carbaugh - jcarbaugh AT gmail - http://carbauja.com
  18. Melissa Brewer - yourfreelanceneeds at gmail - http://capitalcreative.blogspot.com/
  19. JIyan Wei - jwei AT vocus dot com - http://www.etherbreather.com
  20. Russell Heimlich - kingkool68 at gmail - http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/
  21. Robert Gonia - rgonia at yahoo dot com
  22. Peter Corbett - corbett3000 at gmail.com - http://www.blattnerbrunner.com http://www.advercation.com http://www.allfacebook.com
  23. Bartosz Solowiej - bart at capital-b dot com - http://traincheck.com
  24. Doug March - dougmarch at gmail dot com - www.doug-march.com
  25. Alisa Schadt - alisa dot schadt at corp dot aol dot com - http://design.aim.com
  26. Thanny Le - thanny AT viget dot com - http://teamviget.com http://viget.com
  27. Faz Besharatian - faz.besharatian at gmail dot com
  28. Brian Williams - brian at viget dot com - http://www.viget.com http://blog.viget.com
  29. Shawn Carnell - ShawnCarnell at gmail dot com - http://aimpages.com/shawncarnell
  30. John Tarcza - jtarcza at world dot oberlin dot edu
  31. Michael Haggerty - mhaggerty at trellon dot com - http://www.trellon.com
  32. David Ramos - web07@davidramos.org - http://davidramos.org
  33. Matt Bradley - mbradley at gmail dot com
  34. Michael DelNegro - mdelnegro at yahoo
  35. Barbara Morris - barb at barbwired dot net -http://www.barbwired.net
  36. David Brunton - dbrunton at gmail - http://davidbrunton.com
  37. Adrienne Royer--aroyer at gmail-http://www.girlfromthesouth.com
  38. Rachel Steinberg-resteinberg at gmail dot com -http://www.yellowisthecolor.wordpress.com (raee)
  39. Charlie Park - charlie at pearbudget dot com - http://pearbudget.com
  40. Patrick Reagan - patrick at viget dot com - http://blog.viget.com http://www.sneaq.net
  41. Scott Wells - boyinthebands at gmail dot com - http://www.boyinthebands.com
  42. Elizabeth Brown - elizabethnolanbrown at gmail dot com
  43. Robert Neelbauer - email at jobmatchbox dot com - http://www.jobmatchbox.com http://www.mydcnet.com
  44. Matthew Mansfield - mmansfield1 at gmail dot com
  45. Joe Dzikiewicz - email at jdzik@aol.com - http://drdzoe.wordpress.com
  46. John Athayde - jmpa at meticulous d com - http://www.boboroshi.com http://www.meticulous.com
  47. Amy Hoy - amy at slash7 d com - http://www.slash7.com
  48. Andrew Wilson - awd@andrewwilsondesign.com http://www.andrewwilsondesign.com
  49. John F Croston III - jacobboomer at msn dot com http://www.armyg1.army.mil
  50. Joseph Price - jmp at jmprice dot net
  51. Rich Leung - kleung dot hkg at gmail dot com | http://richleung.blogspot.com/
  52. Matt Briney - matthew at emotivellc dot com http://www.emotivellc.com/
  53. Nima Dilmaghani nimadi at gmail dot com nimad.wordpress.com
  54. Randy Boland - rboland at gmail dot com - http://www.brockli.com
  55. Kristen Taylor - mktaylor at pbs dot org | http://kthread.com

 

We are using a Google Group to keep all participants informed of any BarCampWashingtonDC announcements.

http://groups.google.com/group/barcampwashingtondc-participants

 

Sessions

Everyone at BarCamp participates. What are you going to talk about?

  • WCAG 2.0 Will Make Your Life Easier - JustinThorp
  • Microformats as APIs - JasonGarber
  • Ruby on Rails - Bill Kocik (Anyone want something more specific? Email me)
  • Home-brew Mobile Apps with Django - Bartosz Solowiej
  • APIs as Apps: Designing User Segmented Interactions - Bartosz Solowiej (Optional talk given by show of interest)
  • Community Building in Drupal - Michael Haggerty
  • CRM Systems Integration in Drupal - Michael Haggerty
  • Using Social Media to Connect Brands and Audiences Online - Peter Corbett www.advercation.com
  • Blog design - Jesse Thomas www.jess3.com
  • Ethics and Word of Mouth Marketing in the 2.0 World - Holly Samee
  • Design Offline: developing strategies and images away from the computer - David Ramos
  • Open Democracy -- (tentative) A review & discussion: What this means, Existing Tools & Services, What else there is to do. (I use tools like this, and used their predecessors as a journalist and then as a campaign staffer before becoming a full time web developer. I'm responding to the general request for someone to speak on this topic: Happy to work with anyone out there involved in things they consider explicitly apart of this movement/application space -- maybe we can get a panel, pipe up here and contact me.)- Matt Bradley
  • Using Firebug: Web Development Inside the Browser - Russell Heimlich http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/
  • Cellular Automata for Hackers - David Brunton - Loosely based on http://www.davidbrunton.com/2007/05/deus-ex-automatis-exploration-of-even.html
  • Test-Driven / Behavior-Driven Development - Patrick Reagan
  • Let's not use icons everywhere mmm'k - Alisa Schadt
  • Trace-Driven Design: How an Architecture Practice Makes Web Application Design Better - John Athayde

 

How you can help

We've had a number of people ask how they can help. Here are some ways.

 

Blogging

Please blog about BarCamp before, during, and after the event. Just make sure that you tag it with "barcampwashingtondc".

 

Take Photos

Take photos before, during, and after the event.

 

Topic Ideas

What would you like to hear about?

  • Community Building and Management
  • DOM Scripting (how can I be amazing, fast?)
  • Identity 2.0 (OpenID vs. CardSpace)
  • Metrics
  • Mobile Web
    • W3C Mobile Web Best Practices
    • Mobile Content Adaptation
  • OpenID
  • Programming Geekery
    • Ruby On Rails
    • .Net
  • Second Life
  • Social Media
  • Web Accessibility
    • WCAG 2.0
  • Web Services
  • Open Democracy (using to web for congressional transparency)
  • Iconography Design/Use
  • Monetizing a site that doesn't have text content (stuff adsense wouldn't be that great for)

 

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