Category Archives: 2007

Speaking of graphics…

here is the digital swag set (zipped set of PSD files, 408kb) from Steve Collins.
Steve has agreed to re-use under the BarCampLicense.
I’ll put some PNG versions up here and on http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustralia shortly.
 Cheers, Andrew

Artwork and t-shirts

Steve Collins, one of the unorganisers, has put some artwork together and modelled it on some t-shirts at CafePress.
The current plan is to get sponsorship for the first 30 t-shirts and order them soon, and latecomers/those that prefer hoodies/odd sizes can order their own.
We’re hoping to have the artwork and t-shirt order details available shortly. If you […]

Unconferences and Organiser Lite (TM)

YMMV, but I interpret the unconference concept as Organiser Lite… that is, the organisers aren’t really organisers in a traditional sense, more that they organise the sandbox for the unconference to self-organise within. If I have this wrong, tell me
So what sort of sandbox does BarCampCanberra 07 need? My guess is, at a minimum:

a venue;
a […]

So what is a BarCamp anyway?

Good question. I’ve never been to a BarCamp but I’ve read of them - and with all the buzz about, they must be cool!
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp:
BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and […]

Invitation to co-organise

Invitations have been sent out to representatives of a few organisations to co-organise BarCampCanberra 2007.
 They include:

Canberra Linux User Group
Web Standards Group
 port80

We’ll keep pushing gently.