A BarCamp 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 participants. Check out the TheRulesOfBarCamp to learn what to expect.
A MobileCamp is a mobile technology themed BarCamp. They aim to bring together mobile enthusiasts, explorers and professionals to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobility. A MobileCamp hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a truly digital life. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile gaming, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, mobile storytelling, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, linux based devices, and mobility on other continents.
In May 2007, the first such event, MobileCampNYC was held in New York City.
MobileCampLA was the first MobileCamp to be held in the Los Angeles metro area. The logistics were as follows:
When
Sunday, 28th of October, 9:00 - 18:00 PST
Where
Culver Events Center
11934 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Some sessions held at MobileCampLA are listed below. Feel free to add your session if we don't have it listed!
- Developments in wearable computing - Ross Bochnek
- One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. Claim Your Piece. - David Harper
- halfbaked.com - Entrepreneurial Improv - Alexis Rondeau
- MegaPhone Demo and discussion - Dan Albritton
- Red Badger Project A workshop on building a community wireless network in Los Angeles
- Presence and status in a mobile world: Or “why don’t I just turn my phone off when I am busy” - Discussion session lead by Ed Simnett focused on presence in an almost always on world. How do IM style presence Twitter and Facebook style status, text messaging and mobile email combine (oh yeah, I forgot- making phone calls)? Is lowest common denominator interoperability enough to manage the high value situations? Are we destined to have identity defined by phone numbers, or will IP-based identity break that linkage? How useful is a combined PC and mobile solution? What are some obvious technical barriers to delivering always-on mobile presence? What are the most valuable dimensions in which to extend presence (where, when, what)?
- Mobile phones are changing the face of news and redefining the meaning of 'newsworthy' events. Any person holding a phone anywhere in the world is a potential reporter. Lets imagine the impact of a global, grass-roots AP, constantly feeding live, real-world data from local people. gilad :: indigi-net.org
Blogs
Check out these links to some of the blog coverage of the event!
Organizers
MobileCampLA was organized by Indira, Ritwik, Andy and Alexis. Please feel free to join the Google Group for ongoing discussions, questions and feedback.
Sponsors
Nokia Nseries
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag MobileCampLA for content related to this event.
- Flickr photos Please make sure you release your photos under a suitable license such as creative commons.
Mobile Site
We have setup a mobile site which you can use to check on details and updates on the fly:
Type in http://winksite.com/mobilecamp/LA in your mobile browser or use this QR Code to access it directly
