New Illustration
Posted by derekbender | Filed under Design
New illustration. Red theme. Available in 2 convenient desktop sizes. Let me know what you think in the comments!
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BarCampOrlando Recap
Posted by derekbender | Filed under News, Technology, Web
Wow. What a weekend. Tech, geeks, alcohol and conversation mixed this weekend in an awesome event called BarCamp. If you don’t already know what its about, find out here.
The weekend started a lot earlier than normal for me. I usually roll out of bed about 1pm on Saturday so I had to get up a bit earlier than usually to get there but the registration time of 10am. And I had a talk so I wanted to get there even earlier. I headed to our (NFi’s) office to prep my note cards (which I didn’t even use) for my 11.30am talk time. I caught a couple talks then I was up. I thought it went well. Altogether, a good time. Here’s my presentation.
A lot of good talks. To mention just a few that stood out: Dan Kinchen on Creating a Central Florida Tech Association, Erik Hersman on Using Social Media in a Time of Crisis, Gregg Pollack’s Rant on the Community and Greg Rollett’s Music, Media, & Money.
The Izea after party on Dev Day was also a blast. Open bar, music and enough video games to keep someone busy for days. I met a lot of great people and had a great time.
Media Day was also just as fun as the first day, although it had a smaller turnout. Many of the presentations centered around social media, blogging and new media. I also did an impromptu talk on my blog, Helpmepaymyloans.com.
Big thanks to everyone of who helped put on BarCamp and all the sponsors (including NFi). It was a great time and I will definitely be attending the next.
Tags: BarCamp, barcamp orlando, event, orlando, tech
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