BarCamp Houston 3
Digital Photography Session
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I attended the BarCamp Houston 3 on Saturday at the Houston Technology Center.
Most people assumed this meant I was going on some kind of pub crawl, but the term bar is actually a computer science term, and as such you should guess that this “unconference”, as it terms itself, has a high geek factor.
Anyone, who wants to present on a topic (and you are encouraged to do so) can have a 30 minute block of time. Everyone proclaims their intentions on a white board at the beginning of the day, and the lectures, panels, and discussions begin.
I enjoyed the following topics:
- Mobil (WAP) Best Practices (slides) - David - which included a lot of insightful statistics and experience from the chron.com
- Mobil Development: Web v Native - Nathan - some experiences from a small team delivering iPhone web apps
- Next Generation Biofuels: Global Markets and Trends - Will - a very interesting and informative talk - “algae”
- Lunch - catered BBQ, and an interesting 1:1 talk with Kenneth tying to get Python development onto the iPhone, and doing some interesting Python work off of the iPhone
- Financing Your Startup - Josh - was the most interesting thing available at the time - been there, don’t want to do that
- Tools for Virtual Teams - Wynn - an overview of free(ish) tools for collaborating over a distance
- Strategic PR with Social Media (slides) - Ed - nicely presented overview of public relations and how to involve social media in a company’s strategy
- Digital Photography and Social Media - Tracy - light and humorous overview of Flickr and how to get the most out of it
- Drupal Demo - Katherine - most useful was the overview of some of the design terminology, sites that use it: LinuxJournal.com, PopSugar.com, TheOnion.com
I was a little brain fried after that and took off. I saw some people I’ve meet recently, met more new and interesting people, and I’m sure I missed meeting even more.
from my barely intelligible notes:
- Natuba - iPhone photo sharing, being developed in Houston
- Trac - for project management
- Git and GitHub - version control
- DropBox - consolidating your mail boxes
- BlogPulse.com - Nielsen for the blogosphere
- badging! - make it easy for customers to talk about you
- iamstillrich.com - mocking the IAmRich iPhone app
- PhoneGap.com - the most useful app at iPhone DevCamp II
Best exchange …
Me: I used to do NeXTStep Objective-C programming …
Kenneth: Really?! I was like, … three.
3 Comments
Hey Bill, it was good seeing you at BarCamp. I had a blast too and felt like my brain was sizzling by the end.
My best exchange was between the beef brisket and my mouth.
Mmmm, BBQ.
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Glad you made it out to BarCamp an enjoyed the Digital Photography session, I was supposed to help Tracy with. Fun was had by all and we learned a thing or two as well