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
BarCamp Orlando One Week Away!
Posted by derekbender | Filed under Announcements, News
BarCamp is set to take over Wall St. in downtown Orlando next weekend. This time the community tech event will be spaced out over 2 days: April 5th, Dev Day and April 6th Media Day.
BarCampOrlando is a community building event which happens twice a year to brings together people from different backgrounds to share and learn from each other. There will be people who know Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, and other technologies coming together for Dev Day, and there will be people who know film, music, photography, graphic design, podcasting, and even other new Media coming together for Media Day
I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’ll be attending both days where I’m sure I’ll hear some great talks. My company, NFi Studios, will be sponsoring the event along with the community’s top technology businesses. Check out the BarCamp Orlando website for more info.
Tags: BarCamp, barcamp orlando, event, Orlando, Technology
BarCamp and FOWA in Miami
Posted by derekbender | Filed under Announcements, Technology
Yes I’ll be attending BarCamp Miami and the Future of Web Apps Conference in Miami this weekend. I’m really excited to be going! I’ve never been to Miami before so I’m kinda expecting something along the lines of Vice City and Scarface. But since I’ll be at a tech conference, instead of Al Pacino holding a machine gun, he’ll be holding an iPhone or talking on a bluetooth headset. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: BarCamp, FOWA, Future of Web Apps, Miami, networking
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