A multi-camera shoot of something amazing produced / organized by BarCamp. Jan
On 2/1/07, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > As some of you may have read yesterday the reason for me > subscribing > > > to this group is that I'm on the organising commitee for > > > www.BarCampUSA.org which is a 'mega' barcamp being held in > Wisconsin > > > in August (23rd to 26th) later this year. > > > It is projected that over 5000+ people from around the world (I > have > > > friends/colleagues coming from as far as Australia, Singapore, > India) > > > are going to get together for 4 days straight 24 hours a day. > > > The reason for reaching out yesterday to this group was to make > video > > > bloggers aware of this event because we have had an overwhelming > > > response from the podcasting community (they already have about > 10 > > > different events scheduled over the course of the 4 days and > will be > > > organising a podshack etc as a communal point for all things > podcast). > > > Personally I wanted to see a lot more video related activities > so I > > > reached out yesterday to ask who wanted to take this project on, > not > > > important who but noteably it was the quiet achievers in the > group > > > who reached out and put their hand up to take on this project > (i'm > > > sure they are looking for more volunteers and creative ideas so > > > contact me if you think you have what it takes). > > > > here's the link to the Videoblogging section that Robyn started: > > http://www.barcampusa.org/wiki/index.php?title=Videoblogging > > > > Dean, what's the story behind the event? > > who are the organizers? > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > > Here I am.... > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > > Hi Jay, > > Same as any of the events started at http://BarCamp.org a few people > sitting around in New York or Sydney or Singapore and going....we > should organise a group of people to get together and talk about > whats important to us. > > The BarCampUSA guys are just the same, but they thought "lets see > what we can do with the barcamp pricinples but how can we make it > different". > > Note no one said 'Better'. > > I think there is a lot of different experiences to be gained by > dramatically increasing both the size and the globality (word?) of a > barcamp event. > > There is nothing wrong with a barcamp of 50 people in San Francisco > where you get to interact 1 on 1 with pretty much everyone in the > room. > > But there is also a lot of stuff to be gained by having an event with > 5000+ people and having discussions about video blogging with a guy > from Sydney or a girl from India. > > There is also a lot of scope for events just not possible at a > smaller barcamp (such as some of the after hours entertainment lined > up). > > Like I said before, I think an event like this deserves or warrants > us thinking outside of the box to see how we can really blow the roof > off this event. > > What do you want to do in the world of video blogging that was never > possible before today but you could implement at this event just > because of the scale (workshops on CC licenses and implementation of > machine readable license metadata for one would stop a lot of > bitching in this group :P - well here is your chance). > > The balls in your court. > > > Cheers, > Dean > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
