If you want to come to Barcamp Vancouver it’s important that you go over there and register now. We only have 23 spots (of 90) left. These last spots will fill fast. Please don’t make me try to squeeze you in at the end ’cause you’re too busy to just go put your name on the damn wiki. Thx. 🙂
Here’s the deets…
The Details
Who?
Tech creatives: Local technologists, geeks, innovators, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, tech writers, tech managers, bloggers, podcasters, video bloggers and hangers-on.
What?
A 24-hour ad-hoc, all-play unconference where everyone who attends participates by presenting or helping out.
Where?
Bryght Offices, 1 Alexander St., Gastown, Vancouver
When?
Friday, August 25, 6:00pm to Saturday, August 26, 6:00pm
Why?
Because it’ll be a fun party and totally informative, all at the same time. Here’s the full rundown:
https://barcamp.org/BarCampVancouver
How Much?
Technically speaking, it’s free. We will be asking for a suggested donation of $20 from all participants to offset costs like food, drink and so forth.
And here’s who’s coming so far…
1. James Sherrett – james AT iworkindustries.com – www.iworkindustries.com – AdHack: a do-it-yourself (DIY) advertising community.
2. kk+ – Blog / Bryght – PhotoCamp
3. Roland Tanglao – roland AT rolandtanglao.com my blog – ShoZu vs. filemobile vs. AmbientVector, etc. for mobile phone photo and video sharing, low production value video of pictures taken by campers, like to participate in some of sort of Google Maps mashup and a Kris Krug PhotoCamp
4. Darren Barefoot – darrren AT darrenbarefoot DOT com – www.darrenbarefoot.com – Changing the World in 30 Minutes
5. Dale McGladdery – dale AT group42 DOT ca – www.group42.ca – Drupal lightning talk, maybe even throw in some thunder
6. Evan Robinson – evan AT enginesofmischief DOT com – Managing for Brains
7. Monique Trottier – monique AT somisguided DOT com – tbc
8. Dane Brown – dane AT abetterplacetowork DOT com – www.abetterplacetowork.com – WorkSpace
9. Nathaniel Brown – nshb@inimit.com – www.inimit.com – Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
10. Scott Laird – scott AT sigkill DOT org – scottstuff.net / Google
11. Mik Lernout – mik AT futurestreet DOT org – futurestreet.org / Make Technologies – tbd
12. Ianiv Schweber – ianiv@blogaholics.ca – Blogaholics – tbd
13. Arieanna Schweber (Foley) – arieanna@blogaholics.ca – Blogaholics – tbd
14. Yonas Jongkind – yonas DOT jongkind AT gmail[.]com – Make Technologies – tbd
15. Dustin Sacks – dustin AT sillysoft DOT com – Random Dude / Sillysoft Games – Self-publishing on the web, lighting talk + discussion
16. Alexandra Samuel – alex@socialsignal.com – Social Signal – tagging & RSS for a better world
17. Aaron Pettigrew – aaron@socialsignal.com – Social Signal – managing online communities for nonprofits
18. Rob Cottingham – rob@socialsignal.com – Social Signal – secrets of killer technology presentations
19. Kate Dugas – kate_dugas@vancity.com – Changing Everything
20. Simon Wex – simon.wex@teligence.net – Leveraging search tools to make the boring, unboring.
21. Travis Smith – nep@hopstudios.com – Hop Studios – Six ways to encourage better participation in your online community
22. Dmitry Nekrasovski – mail DOT dmitry AT gmail DOT com – enterprise social software
23. Brian LeRoux – brian@westcoastlogic.com – .net vs rails (maybe)
24. Joni Rustulka – jrustulka@habaneros.com – acronym elimination
25. Gillian Gunson – gunson@gmail.com – Blog – tbd, I have to make up some bs to talk about
26. Joy – joy DOT boyson AT gmail DOT com – ditto on the bs, tbd
27. Brian Aker – brian AT tangent DOT org – MySQL stuff
28. Alexandre Brabant – abrabant AT Gmail DOT com – Search Marketing stuff
29. Bruce Byfield – bbyfield AT axion DOT net – the free software media: its credo, how to get along with it, its relation to blogging — some or all of the above
30. Andre Charland – nitobi, Captain Ajax, DogLotion. AJAX, Usability, User Experience, Screen Casting, Design Patterns and Bidness.
31. John Grantham – NotionLab – Notion Lab – social software for everyone.
32. Lucian Savluc – luciansavluc AT gmail DOT com – cianblog.com – presenting the Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative (ROSI)
33. Markus Frind Mfrind at Plentyoffish . com
34. Crystal Williams – cleverclevergirl at gmail.com Raincity Studios – Copywriting hacks – Stronger writing in 30 minutes for proposals, websites, and profiles.
35. John Ounpuu – jounpuu AT gmail DOT com – obviousness.net (blog) sutori.com (project) – the social customer revolution and what it means to marketers
36. Dethe Elza – delza at livingcode dot org – [http://livingcode.org/] (blog/site) – Programming for the fun of it: OS X, Python, and Kids
37. James Cogan – james at dailypixel.ca – [http://www.dailypixel.ca/] (blog/site) – tbd, visiting from out of town, hoping to demo a new site we’re working on
38. weston triemstra – sxip – why and how to implement identity on your site
39. Marius Scurtescu – marius at sxip dot com – sxip – tbd
40. Jonathan Lin – jhslin at gmail dot com – Working Title – Print publishing at the precipice of online tech
41. RichardEriksson Just a Gwai Lo Introverts and Social Software (or How I Learned To Love Large Social Gatherings)
42. Jordan Behan Telltenfriends.com I’m a total rookie, so maybe somebody would like to use me as a prop? Or collaborate? Email me and say hello: jordan@telltenfriends.com
43. Jeff LaPorte – jlaporte AT eqo.com – EQO Communications – tbd
44. Tim Germer – tgermer@gmail.com Northwest Noise – Vancouver is Portland^10
45. Shannon Emmerson – semmerson@ea.com [http://www.ea.com] – Changing corporate culture blog by blog
46. Kate Milberry – mmilberr@sfu.ca – Geeks and global justice: how tech activists can change the world
47. Andy McKay – andy@clearwind.ca – Blog Plone – Plone, Python, OS X and lots of Ajax.
48. Robin Johnson – robbat2@gentoo.org – Blog My Job – isoHunt – tbd, maybe Rails related, maybe phpMyAdmin related
49. Gerald Bauer – gerald.bauer@thelevel.com – The Level – may talk on the future of the web or the Short Head & Long Tail and Web 2.0 Economics and Business Opportunities
50. Kerry Anne Holloway – msholloway@gmail.com – lipglossandlaptops.com – women in podcasting/blogging, really just into helping any way I can
51. Megan Cole – my blog / Raincity Studios – megan@raincitystudios.com – How To Be A Sponge… or… How to embrace this new, very public life… Considering my fellow comrades, I am but a wee rookie. I’ll be the one soaking up all I can and blogging and vlogging it all. Oo – I’ll show y’all how to put back 12 Guinness in a single sitting.
52. Gary Fung – gary@isohunt.com – aka. IH, www.isohunt.com is my blog. May talk on DRM, the long tail, media and the web. tbd
53. Dorian Taylor – dorian.taylor.lists@gmail.com – blog – perchance some rdf?
54. Matthew Trentacoste – barcamp@squarewithin.com – site – Discuss the high fidelity imaging and PhotoCamp with KK+.
55. Craig Riggs – craigriggs@shaw.ca – tbd
56. Cathy Wang – cathy@raincitystudios.com – blog
57. Stewart Marshall – righantler@gmail.com website / blog
58. Jessica Marshall – leftantler@gmail.com photoblog
59. Steffani Cameron – peripheries@shaw.ca CL, the last ditch | both are blogs ] With my (CL) blog in the top 9,000 in the world, it’s amazing how little tech know-how I have, and I am now being bankrolled to do a podcast but know absolutely jack about that, and I’m hoping this can not only help me learn more, but help me network with locals. I’d be happy to be a subject in a thingie, but doubt I know enough to lead anything.
60. Brent Van Wieringen – brentvanw@gmail.com flickrfolio – the ins and outs of mobile
61. Patricia Foster – bluegreenstone@shaw.ca /Career Blog/ Personal Reflection Blogfolio/ – Will Blog some of the discussions.
62. Peter Van Garderen – peter@artefactual.com (website / blog) – I can demo the open-source Symfony PHP5 MVC platform which I’m using to develop a web-app.
63. Dave Johnson – (nitobi/blog) ajax, fixies and politics. nuff said.
64. Chani – chanika at gmail – website – I’m a sponge too… although there might be things I didn’t know I knew.
65. Mark Thomson – mark at yotophoto dot com yotophoto – tbd
66. Dave Olson – dave at uncleweed dot net – podcast-laden webpage will only there friday ’til latenight – i would like to do some teaching on making quick and easy enhanced podcasts from scratch and publishing for the people (will need to borrow a mac laptop with new garage band), I then plan to spend rest of time practising stout drinking skills with Megan and learning how to bankroll a podcast from Steffani
67. Marcelo Barth marcelo.barth aht gmail dawt com