Spread Bar Camp!

Bar Camp Austin Lotus

As Bar Camp spreads across India, we’re gearing up for a local event that promises to become the premiere tech event in Austin.

Well, maybe eventually (I mean, there’s no point using hyperbole when the event itself will prove its awesomeness) but it’s going to be one helluva time regardless — organized by local folks, for local folks and welcoming all the out of towners who are arriving for SXSW.

Looking forward to seeing y’all there tonight and tomorrow! Come ready to pitch in to make this the camp the one that really sets the bar for all subsequent camps!

Flock ETech presentation available

Flock eTech 2006 slides available

I exported a Quicktime movie of my slides from ETECH (click to advance each slide). I’ll be doing a vidcast of the presentation in a week or two so you can get the full effect (and hopefully I’ll be able to share it in multiple formats).

For the two Demo Time slides, here’re the scripts I would have used if the network would have been less flaky:

Demo One

  1. on a friend’s page, hit the star
  2. rss reading
  3. topic aggregation (om and techcrunch)
  4. now click through to a one of the pages
  5. open the technorati topbar to see what’s going on

Demo Two

  1. open photo browser — look for etech
  2. photo uploading — ok i want to upload my own photos
  3. history search (to find something to blog — like the techcrunch page we saw before)
  4. blogging workflow (of page found through history and then drag in uploaded photo)

Leave me comments if you have any questions.

Update: By request from the management, I decided to remove 3 slides at the end of the presentation about “getting laid” since without context from the in-person presentation, it may seem a bit more lewd than intended.

Bar Campfire blog, Bar Camp Austin, ETech

Bar Camp ETechHeya Matt, here’s another one to add to your list: the Bar Campfire blog is now on WordPress.com.

And don’t forget, tonight is the kickoff for Bar Camp Austin! Blog it, share it, spread it — it’s going to be a crazy time. I mean, we’ve got a press release — how easy can it be?

Before leaving ETech today, I stopped by set up at the last minute… dude.

CampCamp BOF tonight @ 8pm at ETech

So I decided last minute to stage a “metacamp” (maybe Andy’s right but the party goes on). Basically a bunch of us are going to meet up down the hall from the mini Maker Faire at 8pm in the Elizabeth Ballroom area (@ ETech) and talk Bar. Maybe even some Foo. Heh.

Anyway, topics I’d like to hit on: The State of the Bar, Lessons learned thus far, tactics for Spreading Bar Camp, and maybe even get in a little Coworking talk.

Right after that, we’re all gunna head over to Caskhacks to continue the discussion… and get the party going (though of course it’s not quite a party unless Miss Rogue is there… which she will be for this Friday’s Bar Camp Austin!).

FontShop on Web 2.0 type trends

Web 2.0 Typography

Type aficionados will appreciate this. FontShop has put together a summary of trends in Web 2.0 company typography derived from Ludwig Gatzke‘s compilation of nearly 400 Web 2.0 logos:

There is no official standard for what makes something “Web 2.0”, but there certainly are a few tell-tale signs. These new sites usually feature modern web technologies like Ajax and often have something to do with building online communities. But even more characteristic among these brands is their appearance. Web 2.0 sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small chunks of large type. The colors are bright and cheery — lots of blue, orange, and what we jokingly call the official color of Web 2.0: lime green.

Need more bandwidth for Bar Camp LA!

Hi ChisSo go figure, CocoaDevHouse is streaming video and we’re having a hard time just watching it in real time owing to our meager 384Kbps connection at Bar Camp LA.

Fortunately we’re still a few hours off from the main event, but we’d love a hookup like we got from Etheric Networks at the last minute at the original Bar Camp.

Obviously if you’re able to help out — say, with an 80MBit directional wifi drop or some kind of new wave mesh network — we’d be eternally indebted to you. And yes, we’d probably blog about it a lot.

A lot.

So — if you know anyone, or know anyone who knows someone who once dated someone who ran over someone and lives in LA and has some sweet bandwidth to send our way, do let us know! Or at least blog this bad boy and get the word out. Let’s see if the internets really can connect ppl!