I am sitting in the car outside Bitheads facility on Carling Avenue, waiting for the Ted to come and open the doors. In a little less than 45 minutes, we’re going to be underway. It’s been a lot of work for the last few weeks for David Keys, Ross McLeod, Craig Fitzpatrick, Peter Childs, and myself, but I think it’s going to be a great event.
Last night, over beers, Peter expressed the thought that Barcamp was a bit like open source. People come, expecting to share ideas, and contribute, without necessarily any expectation of getting anything but some new friends back. That’s a cool thought! That’s the Barcamp meme, in my opinion.
In that spirit, expect to see as many blog posts as I can manage throughout today. On Technorati, they’ll be tagged BarCamp Ottawa. I’ll also be encouraging other bloggers in the crowd to do the same.
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.
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alec,
glad to see barcamp is alive and well in ottawa. i'm hoping to swing by the one being run by tara hunt in toronto before mesh.
see ya,
mark
it's a great event mark! you should definitely go.
A