To Northern Ontario Developers:

I am trying to do something a bit different in Sudbury this August. BarcampSudbury will be the ultimate unconference. What is an unconference you ask? Well first of all ….I don’t want your money. I know what you are thinking: a conference that I don’t have to pay for? …yeah …hence the un in unconference.

BarCamp: What’s this all about?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees.

Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers.
When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS

Attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one, or otherwise volunteer / contribute in some way to support the event. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a slot on the wall. The people present at the event will select the demos or presentations they want to see.

Presenters are responsible for making sure that notes/slides/audio/video of their presentations are published on the web for the benefit of all and those who can’t be present.

Collectively there is a sense of isolation living here and being a developer in Sudbury and surrounding areas. We live in a constant state of closed doors and hush hush secrecy. While there has to be a bit of secrecy in the development world …there has to be a lot of sharing. It is my goal to create a sense of community within Northern Ontario development community.

If you are interested here is what would really help.
• Sign up on the Barcamp wiki BarcampSudbury
• Tell your development friends. Share the information, since there is no real budget for marketing we need your help
• Sudbury is also going to be playing a big part in the BarcampEarth so please get involved BarCampEarth
• If you have assets please let me know (we need projectors etc.)
• If you want to sponsor ….please let me know (meal, drinks, etc )
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me

Cheers

Scott Brooks
BarcampSudbury

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So things have been fast and furious for us for the last month or so. We were in Toronto for the BarcampTdot. Got to meet some great folks! We were really overwhelmed by the spirit of the Barcamp thing. It is weird how a dusty open space turns into a hub of activity for the weekend. Full on wireless and top quality sessions. I think that everyone who presented a session did a great job.

this has spawned a number of great things. http://barcamp.org/BarCampEarth

Next was Mesh ….wow those guys put on a first rate conference. There we made some new freinds and things got even crazier ……

I came away with an overwhelming feeling that we are on the right track. We are not alone in this. We met other entrepreneurs who we could relate with and discuss what has and hasn’t worked. We couldn’t have been happier with the few days in TO.
So much more to tell ….

cheers

Scott

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ConceptShare was born from our needs as visual communicators. It is a revolutionary new way to share and manage ideas visually. ConceptShare fills a void for anyone who needs to communicate design concepts visually and receive effective feedback.

We are very excited about letting CS loose on the world. Right now we are still tinkering to ensure that your experience is going to be great. Thanks to all those who have signed up for the beta and we haven’t forgotten about you.

Cheers

Scott

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