What is this BarCamp thing all about, I wondered? I looked through the brief description on the Facebook event page, checked out their event website, and even did a bit of wikiing, but frankly, I went to this event not really knowing what to expect. In the end, however, I came away with many new friends and learned quite a lot. Though I mostly sat back and watched the presentations and festivities, I felt for the first time like I was part of the community of “tech” people.
I thoroughly recommend that everyone interested in new technology and digital media development attend any or all upcoming events of this nature. Not only are they a lot of fun, but they are also very enlightening, allowing you to meet people who are smart, forward-thinkers.
Unlike other conferences and networking events I’d been to previously, BarCamp was much more relaxed and the topics were far less “engineered” and “sales pitch-like”. I think it’s great that we have events that are motivated by the desire to promote innovation, collaboration, and the sharing of knowledge, rather then by unadulterated greed, greed, and more greed.
I hope that at next year’s BarCamp I’ll have something to share.
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