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By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Same old faces - BarCamp Galway - Please change this

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:01:37 +0000

[...] I was considering going to BarCamp Galway on September 22nd but looking at the talks, of which there only seem to be 8 now and looking at the attendees it seems to have turned into the cliquey event I suggested it might after attending BarCamp Waterford. Most of the people going I seem to know already via blogs and Twitter. I don’t know can I be arsed spending hours in a car each way to see people I see in a virtual form on a daily basis anyway. Were I to go right now I’d honestly only be going to give support to John who has himself traveled all around the county many times to give his support to so many events and is without doubt one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. [...]

By: Naive by Design | Four Steps to Save Barcamp Dublin

Naive by Design | Four Steps to Save Barcamp Dublin — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:58:31 +0000

[...] BarCamp Dublin is on the way, followed closely by BarCamps in almost every parish in the country. The last two BarCamps held in Ireland were brilliant. I was at both and met a whole lot of great people, learned a whole lot of great things and drank a whole lot of great beer. But there was something slightly incestuous about them that I’m afraid BarCamp Dublin will inherit too if we’re not careful. Damien picked-up on this when he mentioned how it’s becoming too cliquey. Let’s save BarCamp Dublin from that by opening it up to a wider range of folks who can no doubt enlighten us in ways we can’t yet imagine. Here are four steps for saving Barcamp Dublin: [...]

By: Bernie Goldbach

Bernie Goldbach — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:36:14 +0000

Barcamps in Ireland are self-organising conferences. People start with questions–things they need to know–and post those questions on an online worksheet called a wiki. Anyone can post things on the wiki. After a few weeks, the facilitators lookat the questions posed and they try to encourage people to answer the prominent questions during a half-hour talk. Then someone offers a venue (hopefully one that serves soup and sandwiches) and around 80 people show up on the day. The ones in Ireland have tried to start at 10 AM and they’re normally finished with all the intense activities by 4 PM.

The Irish ones have been kinda geeky although Barcamps have revolved around food, gadgets and backpacking in some places.

By: kirstie

kirstie — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:00:52 +0000

Can someone please explain what barcamp actually is? I a bit in the dark. Ta!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:19:35 +0000

Barcamp Waterford was my first barcamp, and while I really did enjoy it, it was very hard to get to meet people as they did stick to groups they knew well. It only seemed to really take off regards getting to know one another at dinner time. All in all a great event though, and I look forward to going to the next one, or you can all go to my event at http://www.skycon.skynet.ie

By: Eoghan McCabe

Eoghan McCabe — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:43:36 +0000

Hi Damien,

I know what you mean re “too cliquey”. I really like catching up with people but it reduces the amount of new people you meet. I guess it all comes down to what you’re looking for in an event like this.

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:10:13 +0000

Lol Ina. There’s talk of another Cork one and also one in Dublin. I know other people want one in Carrick-on-Shannon. I’d love to see a Galway one just so I can get back to Galway. Anyone is free to organise a BarCamp. *hint* *hint*

By: Ina

Ina — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:19:56 +0000

Damien,where do you get all your energy from?
Where will the next Bar Camp be?
Galway? : )

Ina

By: keith bohanna

keith bohanna — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:51:54 +0000

Hi Damien

mindmaps are great for notes capture – first one I have seen in a while that was used “live” and fair play to Adrian.

The room noise thing is a valid point – I guess it comes down to the actual location you manage to secure. Building rooms without ceilings maybe “flexible” (and is probably cheaper I guess) – but otherwise they are just dumb. For anyone running future barcamps it is worth keeping in mind as you choose your venue – however not everyone will have a choice!

On getting to know new people I am in awe of your knowledge of the crowd . There were quite a few people there from the South-East and a lot for whom that was their first blogging/barcamp event.

Your talk went down well – thanks for that!

keith

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:27:46 +0000

The soup was great and the view was amazing! Pity about the wind!

In any case it was great meeting up with people again