Barcamp Vancouver 2007 is set to kick off tomorrow night, August 17, at 6 pm. The monster that is Barcamp Vancouver 2007 then runs for 24 geek-packed hours, wrapping up Saturday, August 18 at 5:30. If you registered many weeks ago, all the details for the good, good...
As one of the organizers for BarCamp Vancouver 2007 I have a bit of an inside track on information. At least, I thought I did. Then I looked at the BarCamp Vancouver 2007 registry and (gulp!) we were almost halfway to capacity! That was late last week, so I registered...
BC Book and Magazine Week is running an online campaign to promote BC Book and Magazine Week, which is April 21 to 28. What are they doing that’s so great? 1. They have a fun blog with lots of great info about upcoming events. The blog uses photos to help...
Lorna, of Lornamatic, has posted some fantastic sketches she drew at the recent TED Conference she attended. I chose the one above because it’s of Michael Pollen who wrote one of my current favourite books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Why did Lorna draw the...
As Darren says on the Northern Voice website: This year Northern Voice is offering six travel bursaries of CAN $500 each. The organizing committee will be awarding these bursaries based on a number of criteria, including: The contributions you can make to the...
Did you know I’m helping to organize the Northern Voice conference this year? It’s true, I am. Did you also know that Northern Voice is the best darned conference value out there? It’s also true. For $50 you get two full days of the best...
Interpret this as you will: blind nepotism or an authetic endorsement. Northern Voice is on for 2007 and I’m excited about it. A bunch of good folks I know are organizing and I want to support them. I attended Northern Voice 2006 and Northern Voice 2005 and both...
The unconference I’m helping organize, BarCamp Vancouver, is set to run from 6 pm this Friday, August 25th, to 6 pm, this Saturday, August 26th. It’ll be 24 hours of full-on geeking out. We’ve capped attendance at 120, expanded from our original 90,...
As I mentioned before, I’m part of a motley crew organizing BarCamp Vancouver. (Here’s a quick overview of BarCamp Vancouver that I posted last week, with a bonus video from some key conspiritors in San Francisco.) Over the weekend, with a minimum of hand...
For the past few weeks I’ve been loosely involved in organizing an event called BarCamp Vancouver. Roland, Darren, Andre, Zak and I met up to get things started. We sat in the Bryght offices and had beer, pretzels and Pringles. Since then some other great people...