Showing posts with label Barcamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barcamp. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Register now for UnConference Canberra (formerly BarCamp Canberra)

In a little over two weeks it'll be time again for UnConference Canberra, the renamed, brighter & shinier version of BarCamp Canberra.

Being held on Saturday 9 April at the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) on level 5 of 1 Moore Street, the event will feature the same great mix of people, presentations and cupcakes.

It will be free, as always, with lunch provided thanks to our great sponsors.

Come along and present your big idea, passion or problem, and interact with a fantastic group of creative and thoughtful people.

Details about unconference Canberra are at unconferencecanberra.org

To register visit eventbrite.com.au/e/unconference-canberra-2016-registration-22076928688

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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Learning how to crowd fund - and launch of Social Media Planner Kickstarter

This morning at BarCamp Canberra I gave the presentation below on how to setup a crowdfunding campaign, based on my personal experience setting up a Kickstarter for Social Media Planner.

For people interested in crowdfunding I've embedded my presentation below.

If you're interested in learning more about Social Media Planner, and potentially backing it, see: kickstarter.com/projects/socialmediaplanner/social-media-planner


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Friday, March 14, 2014

Launching my Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign at BarCamp Canberra

Tomorrow is BarCamp Canberra, a festival of ideas and experiences, where participants decide what to present and attend on the day.

While it is hard to predict what people will talk about, I expect topics will range from technology and design to open data and social change, with a seasoning of personal experiences and interactive workshops.

For my own contribution to BarCamp this year, I decided to talk about crowdfunding - but not just from the position of someone who has looked into it and spoken to people who have done it before.

What I have done is created my own crowdfunding initiative, around a card-based tool I designed and have been using in social media training and consulting for about eight years.

As a result my talk at BarCamp will share my experience in setting up this campaign, from concept through to launch.

In fact I will be pushing the button to launch the crowdfunding campaign at the end of my presentation, seeking to raise the funds required to commercialise my tool, Social Media Planner.

That will give attendees a chance to follow my crowdfunding experience through to success, or learning experience. There's also a few early bird specials which people at BarCamp will get access to before anyone else.

So if you're interested in learning more about the process of setting up a crowdfunding campaign, any of the other topics likely to be discussed at BarCamp Canberra, or simply want to hang out with interesting and thoughtful people, come along tomorrow.

BarCamp Canberra is being held at Gungahlin Library from 9am on Saturday 15 March.

It is being sponsored by Inspiring Australia, a joint initiative of the Commonwealth and ACT governments.

Register at: https://barcampcanberra2014.eventbrite.com.au

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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Save the date for BarCamp Canberra - 15 March 2014

The 7th annual BarCamp Canberra has just been announced and will be taking place on Saturday 15 March this year at the Gungahlin Library.

BarCamp is a free day-long event where several hundred people gather to share insights and ideas on a range of topics including design, IT, public service and more.

It's well worth attending and, if you're something you wish to say, presenting at as well.

The unorganisers (which includes me) are looking for people willing to help out on the day and we welcome sponsorship enquiries.

For more information on the event, what a BarCamp is and how to attend or help support BarCamp Canberra, visit barcampcanberra.org

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Monday, February 04, 2013

Register now for BarCamp Canberra

BarCamp Canberra is back, with the 6th annual event to take place on Saturday 16 March at the Inspire Centre.

The free event, which annually attracts 100-150 people, is a participation-based unconference, where every attendee is encouraged to actively participate in workshops, give a presentation on a favoured topic and to network with other attendees.

Given it is Canberra, alongside design, technology, data and similar topics, policy development and Government 2.0 are regularly subjects of discussion and presentations.

Note that third of tickets have already been booked for the event, so if you want to go, register now at: http://barcampcanberra2013.eventbrite.com

Full details are at the BarCamp Canberra website: http://barcampcanberra.org/

To learn more about BarCamps, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp

Caveat: I'm on the unorganising committee for BarCamp Canberra.


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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Global Data Science Hackthon - Canberra Event - 28 April 2012

I have just been alerted of the event below, well worth attending for any public service and data types. And there are prizes!

Are You a Smart Data Scientist? Participate in this Hackful Event. 24 Hours of Non-Stop, Fun Data Science Competition.

The aim of the hackathon is to promote Data Science and show the world what is possible today combining Data Science with Open Source, Hadoop, Machine Learning, and Data Mining tools.

In addition, the event’s aim is also to promote the sense of community, team work, and free spirit competition for the sake of Data Science.

Who: Hackers, computer scientists, programmers, mathematicians, statisticians, econometricians, data miners, YOU!

What: Use your smarts to compete against teams from around the world and win the title of "Global Data Science Hackathon Winner 2012" as well as some great prizes!

When: The venue opens from 8.30 pm on Saturday 28 April, and the competition kicks off at 10pm Canberra time on Saturday 28 April. You then have 24 hours to hack the data and win! Throughout the competition, there will be a live leaderboard (the competition is hosted by kaggle.com)

Where: Register for the Canberra event http://meetup.com/DSCanberra/events/57837482/ (nb registration is required but free!)

Why: For fun - a chance to test your skills against the best and participate in a global event.

How: Register on the address above and get your laptop ready for some serious data science hacking!

We will provide the venue and internet access. You bring a laptop and your data science hacking smarts! During the competition, we will be running venue based mini-events, talks and competitions. And we will have a video-hookup with other venues around the world.

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Saturday, March 03, 2012

GovCamp Queensland 2012 liveblog

I am in Brisbane all day today at GovCamp Queensland with roughly 200 Queensland public servants and will be liveblogging the event as far as possible, plus capturing the twitter feed for the day (which uses #GovCampQld).

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

BarCamp lineup (at 10am)

Here's the current line-up for BarCamp Canberra presentations today.

LT1 - Big Theatre
9.30 How to deliver a kick ass presentation
9.50 Make Hack Void Community Update
10.10 Interact, robotics, wearable computing
10.30 Minecraft
10.50 Communication Science and Skepticism
11.10 E-Dialogue
11.30 Possible Skeptitechnical Improv
11.50 Enabling Digital Society - the gov part
12.10 Web apps enabling social inclusion
13.30 Web typograph or Jeckyl
13.50 Agile business management
14.10 Tweeting for your country
14.30 ABS, Open Standards, Metadata and how to win an iPad
14.50 Open Transit in the ACT
15.10 Zombie preparation for Disastro

TR06 - Tute room
9.30 Architecture for collaboration
9.50 Designing big complex things
10.10 Finding better ways to develop standards
10.30 Startups
10.50 Convergence TransMedia and the whole shebang
11.10 what do you do with a hole in the ground?
11.30 Video accessibility and HTML with JavaScript
11.50
12.10 Drupal - what would you like to know
13.30 Legal liability of open wireless for users and providers
13.50 SigInt
14.10 Open data - discussion of data.gov.au
14.30
14.50 Mapping a datavis
15.10 Gov 2.0 - where are we heading?

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Wednesday, March 02, 2011

It's time to register for BarCamp Canberra - coming on 19 March

On Saturday 19 March Canberra is hosting the 4th BarCamp Canberra, a free one-day user-generated not-for-profit 'unconference' covering topics ranging from social innovation, Gov 2.0, web, technical development, science communication, critical thinking, sustainability and the environment.


If you've attended previous BarCamps you'll know how exciting and fun they can be, packed full of interesting and unique presentations and sessions and a great opportunity to network. It's well worth giving up a day of your weekend to attend.

New to BarCamps?
If you've not been to a BarCamp before and are a little concerned about the lack of an agenda, free attendance, or the expectations that attendees all participate - don't be.

There have been over 800 BarCamps run in more than 350 cities around the world over the last five years. The format is well-tested and delivers consistent outcomes - good speakers on interesting topics and a very engaged group of attendees who benefit from each others' knowledge.

BarCamp Canberra is now in its 4th year and regularly attracts 100-150 attendees.

This year will be even more exciting as the event is being held in the ANU's brand new College of Business and Economics, which allows for more attendees and more simultaneous presentations.

How are speakers 'selected'?
As an unconference, BarCamp Canberra doesn't have set speakers or an agenda. On the morning of the event attendees nominate to speak and, usually, write their presentation and name on notes and stick them to a schedule on butcher's paper.

Others attendees can choose which presentations they attend.

This bottom-up approach is what makes BarCamps unique, as anyone can speak on any topic, allowing for wide-ranging discussions and unique presentations.

You don't have to speak and you don't have to come all day - and both attendance and lunch is free.

To learn more about BarCamp Canberra, visit http://barcampcanberra.org/ and http://barcampcanberra.org/profile/

To register, go to http://bcc2011.eventbrite.com/

To learn more about the global BarCamp movement visit www.barcamp.org

Note: I am one of the 'unorganisers' for BarCamp Canberra.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

User experience design made simple

Ruth Ellison gave a fantastic talk at BarCamp Canberra looking at user experience design from the perspective of chef Gordon Ramsay's TV show, Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

Her presentation gave me a new way to look at the topic and a simple way to explain what it is and how it works for people unfamiliar with the approach.

Ruth blogged about the talk, but I've only found it today, Gordon Ramsay - a guerrilla UX consultant?

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The breakdown of the advertiser/consumer relationship and how to fix it - get inspired!

This is a great series of short videos exploring how communicators have lost their audiences because consumers have changed, but advertisers have not.

Does it apply to government?

Probably even more so...

Here's the first movie 'The Break Up'



And the sequel 'Inspiration Anyone'



More to come!

Visit their website at GetInspiredHere

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

BarCamp Canberra

FYI See the presentation I gave - Game Design (from the school of hard knocks)

A colleague alerted me to the upcoming Canberra BarCamp at the ANU the other week and it was fortunately on an otherwise free weekend.

While I wasn't quite sure what to expect, and my colleague fell sick at the last minute, I found it a thoroughly enjoyable day.

The event, in the style of other BarCamps around the world, was a spontaneously organised conference of online professionals using digital technologies to bring people together.

There are no pre-set speakers or timetables, talks are organised on a whiteboard during the day.

All talks are limited to 15 minutes and people flow freely between rooms to listen to those of interest to them, as you can see in the photos of the event.

In this spirit around half of the 60 or so people who attended took the opportunity to present on a topic as narrow or broad as they liked, generally to an audience of 10-30 people at a time.

I attended some interesting presentations ranging from web design principles to building a free wi-fi network to usability research techniques to open source and while the speaking skills varied, the passion and experience was always high.

WHile I had not come prepared to speak myself, given there was some demand for a presentation on game design from a couple of people I met at the event, I quickly whipped up a presentation based on my game design experience and attracted an audience of about 15 people looking to break into the industry.

While I'm not entirely satisfied with the depth of the presentation, given that it was pulled together in about 10 minutes, the responses were positive and I've loaded it to Slideshow entitled Game Design (from the school of hard knocks).

BarCamp Canberra was sponsored by Microsoft, Acidlabs (who helped organise the event) and Michael McGoogan of AussieHQ (who shouted drinks and dinner).

I've known of Michael for around three years, from when I was looking at the business case for ActewAGL entering the web hosting area. At the time I suggested that ActewAGL consider purchasing his business, which was growing rapidly. This suggestion wasn't pursued and Michael has used the last three years to grow his business enormously. He's one of the lesser known Canberra IT success stories, though, at the age of 21, he has plenty of time for people to become aware of his success.

One of the most interesting parts of the BarCamp experience for me was observing how people flowed natively between physical and online social interactions. At all times during the day, thanks to the free wi-fi network at the venue, people were interacting both with others in the room and with people around the world via Facebook, Linkedin, blogs, Twitter and other online tools.

At least three-quarters of the attendees had laptops with them, including a number of mini-laptops, and others had iPhones (at least five at the event) and other handheld internet connected devices.

I personally used the network to message friends who could not attend, to grab material for my presentation, and to ensure it was up on Slideshare before I gave it - so others could access it as needed. In fact I gave my presentation from Slideshare rather than using the copy on my harddrive.

The ability to participate both physically and digitally at the same time showed me an interesting and positive vision of where we're heading in our social and professional interactions.

Currently strict boundaries exist in many workplaces and conferences between physical and online socialisation. However the capacity with which people were able to multitask and engage in simultaneous social interactions across mediums demonstrated that the enforced boundaries can (and hopefully will) be deconstructed.

Given the widespread adoption and use of mobile phones and increasing penetration of small internet-connected devices, this is already beginning to occur.

As with many other changes, I expect this one will take more time and pain than already digitally connected people would like. Society's norms are hard to shift, particularly whilst power remains in the hands of a pre-digital generation.

But, as they say, the future is a new country...

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