Ian Landsman is Starting From Scratch, October 19, 2005:
BarCamp NYC!
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http://barcamp.org/index.cgi?BarCampNYC
BarCamp is (from the Wiki):
"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 are 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."
It's just getting rolling, so there's no set date yet but it will be before the new year. If you can please spread the word on your own blogs and let's show those Valley guys how we roll in the NYC
Amit Gupta is putting it together, you can see the post here: http://amitgupta.com/blog/shoebox/2005/10/19/barcamp-nyc/. He recently did some work with super hero Seth Godin on http://www.changethis.com/. Should be fun to chat with him about that.
UserScape (my company for all you new readers) is also on board to sponsor something or other. We'll get it figured out once we see how many folks are coming.
Discussion
Sadly.. nothing ever happens here in the midwest :
Created by Nola on 10.19.2005 10:10 pm
Yeah, I do get the impression that less tech stuff happens there than even here.
Created by Ian on 10.19.2005 10:10 pm
[...] Thanks to everyone who’s been blogging us: Ian Landsman, Paul Dix, Dave Morin (who’s also hooking us up with a Red Bull sponsorship. Thanks, Dave, I owe you one!), and Chris Messina. [...]
Created by BarCamp NYC - Day 1 Update at Amit Gupta’s B on 10.19.2005 10:10 pm
It's funny and yet somewhat sad. The whole point of Bar Camp is decentralization and local community empowerment. Don't wait for someone to bring the event to you, make the event yourself!
Bar Camp I (in Palo Alto) was staged in just 6 days and cost just around $1500 to pull off (not including the dinner sponsored by Technorati). That's less than the cost of attending Web2.0, let alone the usual transportation costs associated with such events.
The point is -- if nothing's doing in the midwest, you've got no excuses -- do something! We'll even help ya as best we can. 
Created by Chris Messina on 10.19.2005 10:10 pm
BarCamp NYC
A good friend of Seth, Amit Gupta, just invited me to an event he's organizing in NYC. I've never heard of barcamp before, but it looks fun. And to top it off, Squidoo is an official sponsor. Since I
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Created by Starting Over on 10.19.2005 10:10 pm