It seems as if Ottawa is really ripe for a Barcamp. Over the last couple of days I’ve had coffee with several people, just out of the blue, talking about the mashup between Web 2.0 and communications. There’s been a lot of interest in the Barcamp concept. It also looks as if raising the small amount of funding we need for this project is going to be easy as well.
Stay tuned. And if you’re interested in volunteering some time to organize, or participate in the event itself, head over to the Barcamp Ottawa Wiki and sign up.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
