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Jeremy, thank you for all this hard work and well done for getting a
I share Rob's thoughts on the structure and support his suggestion - I
One other point - I saw on the wiki the statement that 20 minutes is a
I'm up for helping more practically, but I'm confused now as to where/
All the best
Lloyd
On 7 Jan, 11:23, "Rob ." <rob.02...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At all BarCamp events I've attended in the past, participants made a
> Some of the best presentations I've seen have been a synthesis of many
> My suggestion, for consideration by others, is that we drop the stream titles.
> Rob
> On Jan 6, 2008 11:02 PM, Jeremygould <jeremygo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fair points Richard. Its not meant to be prescriptive but more
> > All we are trying to do is stimulate some debate around the content
> > I still think there's plenty of space in the day for the kind of
> > Incidentally, I understand that there is a further event planned for
> > Jeremy
> > On 6 Jan 2008, at 22:19, memespring wrote:
> > > Great stuff!
> > > Sorry if this sounds a little negative, but the structure sounds a
> > > Unconference things like this Ive been to before have worked best when
> > > Great thats its up and running though :)
> > > Richard
> > > --
> > > Help map the world's online communities:www.groupsnearyou.com
venue (by far the most difficult bit of any undertaking like this)
know it may feel now like it's a big risk, but taking away the
structure and allowing those people who actually turn up on the day to
set the agenda, based on what they know and think and feel *on the
day* will make for a better outcome in my opinion and experience.
long time to talk about something. It's not. Especially when you
have several other knowledgeable, opinionated and articulate people in
the room with you. I'd also urge you to think about the turnaround
overhead - Google's offices are lovely (I went to barcamplondon3) but
they haven't perfected the jaunting technology to transport you
instantaneously to the next session :)
how to do that - do give me a shout.
> Great to see it all coming together!
> schedule on each day. This is part of the magic of the unconference:
> you give the participants freedom to express their ideas, and you
> maximize, not for structure, but for serendipity.
> ideas and defy categorization. It'd be a
> shame if we miss out on seeing such presentations due to perceived
> schedule category constraints. Also it'd be a shame if opportunities
> for cross fertilization are missed because all people who self
> identify themselves with one stream title don't see any people from
> the others.
> > encouraging for those who have informally expressed an interest but
> > have not signed up yet. In particular, this means those working on
> > web stuff inside government/public sector. There's a list of great
> > people signed up who have loads of expertise and experience to share.
> > But in my mind, if the people who actually do this stuff aren't there
> > then we are all missing a trick and an opportunity to create a common
> > vision about what we should be doing and how.
> > of the day in advance so that people have an idea about, 1. what to
> > expect and 2. where they might fit in. But it is all completely open
> > for debate, amendment and change depending on what the participants
> > want.
> > stuff you are interested in.
> > March which is much more focused on use of data, mash-ups, civic
> > hacking etc in particular rather than improving the way government
> > uses the web generally, but I am not involved in that one so can't
> > give you any more detail than that. Will ask around though and try
> > and update you.
> > > bit, um structured. Looking down the list of people wanting to talk on
> > > the wiki, they dont all seem to fit neatly into the categories below
> > > (mainly the civic hacking peeps). And it makes what the wiki promises
> > > to be a very interesting event an bit dry.
> > > this kind of thing is worked out on the day, or just a random
> > > allocation of slots/rooms.
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