Wow! That was amazing! Thanks to our brilliant, creative, and collaborative campers and to our awesome sponsors, beCamp 2007 far exceeded everyone's expectations. This HAS to happen again!
| location | event date | organization | schedule | diversions | food | presentations | registration | internet | comments | improvements |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | Air conditioning please. Overall very fun and good. | Better WiFi/power plugs, more flashy demos, maybe fireworks and swordfights. |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Do it again! | We'd like to sponsor! |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | | | 5 | 5 | | 3 | cross noise, one participant to another & from nearby chats | provide a separate chat area & encourage its use; better separate meeting areas; power strips |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Awesome! Geek nirvana! Do it again soon! | More of everything, it will improve as a local culture for it develops. |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | have a volunteer organizer--someone who organizes the volunteers | promote at local technical companies: SNL, BRI, … |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | | Encourage more people to camp! |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Great event | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | Lunch was awesome! | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | Lunch was yummy! | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Lunch was great, dinner was not | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Advertise more | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Great event! Keep doing it. | More music! Need wireless :-) |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Try to promote this to the tech depts. Of the major C'ville employers (Sperry, Northrup, SAIC, PRA,…) | Take pictures of registrants, make a private contact page so conversations can continue. Turn acquaintances into collaborations. |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | More demos, maybe kiosk-like stations. |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Wonderful event! Let's have another soon! | More veggie options, please! Make some more organized events (e.g. games) early in the night for the introverts. |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Great first start! Really appreciate the effort behind-the-scenes to get this running. | More people, more formal seminars |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 3 | {virtual attendee} …the online coverage was great. I could see the excitement build as the date approached. This was a marvelous event. | |
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| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | | |
In the meantime, let's try to recapture a bit of the magic that happened at Fry's Spring for posterity and to keep the conversations rolling:
Friday
5:00-8:00
Happy Hour / BeBQ Dinner (Pig Daddy BBQ + beers/ciders > thanks OpenSource Connections!)
8:00-8:30
Everyone gather for brief (3-word or haiku!) intros
Memorable 3-word'ers or haiku's
8:30-9:00
Organize the evening and next day on whiteboard / drink / eat / beMerry
9:00-9:45
Blacklight and Collex presentation/conversation/demos
9:45-1:30
Live music by The Indeterminants (The Finest in Appalachian Surf!) + Wendy and the Wii
Saturday
8:00-9:30
Breakfast (Bodos and Starbucks > thanks ALTERthought!) and Networking
9:30-10:20
Session pitches, choose, organize sessions
10:30-11:20
Ruby on Rails
- SUMMARY:
- LINKS:
- COMMENTS:
Managing CSS/JS on Large Sites
- SUMMARY: Modularize your code, include only what is necessary, overspecify rather than underspecify your CSS. Separate typography, colors, structure, forms, and utility classes.
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Indi Game Development
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Functional vs. Procedural Languages
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- COMMENTS:
11:30-12:20
Amazon Web Services, Facebook Platform, REST/APIs
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- COMMENTS:
How We Understand What to Build
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JS Library Smackdown
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Subversion Release Management
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12:30-1:50
Lunch (Sticks Kabob Shop > thanks Intalgent!)
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Future of C'ville Tech Community
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2:00-2:50
Amazon Web Services, Facebook Platform, REST/APIs (continued)
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Animation
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Flex/Action Script
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Reputation on the Net
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3:00-3:50
Scaling Rails
Web Standards/Accessibility
SMS Gateways
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- COMMENTS:
Agile Methods...
4:00-4:50
JRuby
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- COMMENTS:
How to Screen Scrape
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Google Maps/Earth API
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CSS Ninja
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- COMMENTS:
5:00-5:50
Building Online Community
- SUMMARY: Don't ban! Contact trouble-makers personally and kindly -- use "bozo filters" if necessary. Allowing comments on a blog means you are already running a community. Churn is good. Communities have a natural lifespan, and so does a single user's involvement. Reward good behavior.
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Grails
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Web Design for the Design Challenged
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What's after Ajax
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6:00-6:30
Wrap-up
Clean Up
Ideas for Next beCamp
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Comments and/or Quotes to Help Promote Next beCamp
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