by alec on April 16, 2008
I’m working on a new concept for the SquawkBox on Friday, modeled on BarCamp. The idea is pretty simple — we’ll hold a couple of BarCamp sessions (dubbed BarCamp Radio) in place of the regular SquawkBox. Like BarCamp, the only real rule is that there are no rules. Attendees need to lead a session, suggest a session, or participate. That’s all.
The Wiki is up at the BarCamp.org site, and the call is already booked on the iotum Free Conference Call service on Facebook.
AND… Jonathan Jensen has kindly offered to run a session on converged billing. Now I’m looking for one more leader.
See you Friday.
Want to get a new product seeded into the market? Discuss a cool idea? Get feedback from your peers?
Join me at BarCampRadio on the 18th of April.
This idea has been percolating in the back of my head for a few weeks now. It's pretty simple. BarCamp's are amazing events, where passionate and interesting people gather on a semi-regular basis to discuss stuff that they're passionate about. They just don't happen often enough.
Now, you can get your fill of BarCamp once a week. Today I've created BarCampRadio, which is a weekly call-in show in the mould of BarCamp. The Wiki is up. Feel free to go and add a topic that you'd like to host, or that you'd like someone else to host. We'll pick a couple, and discuss them each Friday at 11 AM eastern time.
Now, I want to emphasize that this is a BarCamp. I've chosen to host a 30 minute call on Friday at 11. There's nothing to say that if there's sufficient interest, another call could be hosted by someone else at the same time. Just like having two rooms. AND, although I've chosen to give a 30 minute slot for BarCamp Radio, there's nothing to say that others couldn't host calls before or after the slot that I've put on the Wiki.
In order for word to get out, I've scheduled the first for the 18th of April. After that, I'm hoping that there will be enough interest (after all, there are BarCamp's the world over every week!) to run a new BarCampRadio each week.
