beCamp 2008
Update! I've confirmed with CBIC that we can use their offices Friday and Saturday, and they have wifi, ethernet, and kitchen - EricPugh
beCamp May 2nd-3rd 2008 @ Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC), 501 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA (on Downtown Mall)
If you're a geek in or around the Charlottesville metroplex or even if you're merely tech-curious, this is the event you don't want to miss. beCamp is Charlottesville's version of the BarCamp unconference phenomenon—organized on the fly by attendees, for attendees. Realizing that the most energizing parts of any tech conference are the ad hoc conversations that take place in the hallways between the sessions, beCamp facilitates these types of interactions for an entire event.
This year we are using CBIC's offices, on the downtown mall, underneath the parking garage. We'll have a large room that can hold all 100 of us, as well as 4 or 5 break out rooms for the individual sessions.
We provide the venues, the wireless, the projectors, the food, da beer—you show up to teach, learn, and participate.
Each attendee should talk about something or volunteer (registration, set-up, teardown, etc.). We will suggest and pick the sessions which will be picked by the attendees Friday evening. For example, if lots of people want to hear about Google's OpenSocial, then that will be on the agenda. If no one wants to hear about HTML5, then it won't be on the agenda.
Think of it as an open-source geek gathering where you get to decide what goes into and what comes out of the event. It's 2 days of creating, collaborating, and conversing with people just as juiced excited about technology as you are.
Register Here!
Use this wiki to officially register as a camper and, better yet, help enroll sponsors, propose sessions, etc.
By the way, did we mention beCamp is FREE!?
Meals may cost, unless we can get y'all to help us with sponsors for those as well! ;-)
Share the News!
Use the becamp tag for your blog posts and photos (see who's already blogging).
Download these stinkin' badges to advertise beCamp on your site:
...or take our logo and have your way with it (create more badges, flyers, etc.): becamp-2008.ai
Event Details
When
Where
Bring
- Brain
- Laptop
- Reference books
- Games—cards, board games, Legos, video (bring a monitor as well)
- Snacks, beverages
- Camera (Flickr tags: beCamp, beCamp2008, BarCamp)
- Business cards
Organizers
Hosts
Charlottesville Business Innovation Council
Sponsors
Sponsor beCamp 2008 (sponsorship opportunities are available!)
Needs (prioritized)
- (4) projectors
- (4) projector screens (the bigger, the better)
- wireless repeaters to boost open public signal throughout library 3rd floor
- power strips and extension cords
- PA system with speakers
- network printer + paper
- dry erase boards + pens
- wireless routers
- duct tape
Organizers
Volunteers
Campers
We are limited to 100 people attending this event, so please only signup if you can make both Friday and Saturday
(please add yourself along with your email/website to the bottom of this list)
(FORMAT: name+email {t-shirt size} website - comments)
- Steve Stedman {L} http://stedmandesign.com
- Eric Pugh {L} http://www.opensourceconnections.com
- Jim Bain {L} http://www.FlyingDogMedia.com (I get the bronze)
- RJ Bruneel {XL} http://www.opensourceconnections.com
- Mel Riffe {XL} http://melriffe.wordpress.com
- Ray Nedzel {XL} ran2n:UVa with the School of Medicine
- Jonelle Kinback {L} Web Communications
- Doug Chestnut {L} UVa Library
- Roland Osborne {M} Nethernet.com
- Jon Maddox {M} Mustacheinc.com
- Nick Skriloff {L} Darden Solutions
- Siddharth Dalal {M} Internet Book Database, Procurement
- Wendy Repass {S} U.Va. Arts & Sciences
- Ashish Tonse {L} Blog
- Mark Outten {XL} Madison County Public Schools, Webologie.com and morcast.tv
- Taylor Davidson {M} http://www.taylordavidson.com & http://www.unstructuredventures.com
- Caleb Doise {L} QuoteBlizzard
- Jeremy Boggs {XXL} ClioWeb, Center for History and New Media
- Bess Sadler {L} Solvitur Ambulando, UVa Scholars' Lab
- Chris Hapgood {L} ChrisCruft
- Arin Sime {2XL} http://www.opensourceconnections.com
- Nick Laiacona {L} Performant Software Solutions LLC
- Erik Hatcher {L} http://code4lib.org/erikhatcher
- Alan Rimm-Kaufman {XL} http://www.rimmkaufman.com
- Baron Schwartz {L} http://www.xaprb.com
- John Miller {L} http://www.rimmkaufman.com
- Attila Szabo {L} http://www.rimmkaufman.com
- Thomas Steffes {L} http://www.avirsensors.com
Regrets
(can't make it, but will be there in spirit)
Schedule
Schedule (proposed)
Friday, May 2nd
| 5:00-6:00 | Happy Hour |
| 6:00-6:30 | Everyone gather for brief (3-word or haiku!) intros |
| 6:30-7:30 | Propose session topics |
| 7:30-9:30 | Eat / Drink / Be Merry / Vote for session topics |
| 9:30-??? | Socializing at South Street |
Saturday, May 3rd
| 9:00-10:00 | Breakfast and Session Scheduling |
| ROOM-> | BIG 1 | BIG 2 | SMALL 1 | SMALL 2 |
| 10:00-10:50 | | | | |
| 10:50-11:40 | | | | |
| 11:40-12:20 | | | | |
| 12:20-1:50 | Lunch |
| 1:50-2:40 | | | | |
| 2:40-3:30 | | | | |
| 3:30-4:20 | | | | |
| 4:20-5:00 | Wrap Up + Cleanup |
| 5:00-??? | South Street Brewery? |
Topics I'd Like to Hear About
- Yahoo Pipes
- Trust on the Internet
- Web 3.0? What will it be
- iPhone stuff!
- Facebook App Development, Open Social, General Social Networking Development
- Citizen Journalism in our community
Proposed Sessions
- Ashish - I can talk about developing Facebook apps and also BUG (buglabs.net)
- Caleb - strategies and tips for writing and/or debugging multithreaded rich client applications in C#
- Caleb - QuoteBlizzard - an open-source C#-based stock/forex trading simulator
- Mark O. - Live Audio and Video production using ustream.tv or mogulus.tv (or others); need someone with video cam on their cell phone to help me with Qik.com
- Bess - Internet Archive and Open Library Web Services
- Erik - Solr/Lucene/Search
- Erik's kids - OLPC (one laptop per child) XO station. Bring your XO's, let's mesh!
Whiteboard Suggestions at beCamp
Coverage
Media Coverage
beCamp is newsworthy. The following media organizations may be interested, if they only knew. If you have connections, let them know about us. (please add more if we missed)
- cVillain has kindly agreed to run a banner ad for us!
Blog Coverage
If you're blogging about beCamp, add your blog below:
Solvitur Ambulando
Diversions
- Thinking about doing a "mini science fair".. Last year we had examples of a mini mill in action, anything you want to show.. Robot cars, MythTV etc...
