Have a look at a portion of Dave and Graham from Stormhoek in the shortest clip which was the only one small enough to jump the 100Mb filter .. (because he ran out of tape).

Stay tuned for an attempt at putting up to Google Video (*thumbs*)

Thanks Shane.

Oh and speak to Shane to get your hands on same Stormhoek wine goodness..

Please "gooi" them in this here Flickr group:

BarCamp Cape Town Flickr group thingie

Cheers!

For each and every one that attended and/or helped out in some way .. thank you.

I am humbled by the amount of incredible talent we have in this country and to have been associated with you all even if it is just for two days.

So whats next? I hope we can keep some of the momentum going and that we can get together on a more frequent basis, even if just for a chat over beer/coffee.

Planning a post BarCamp get together next week sometime, let me know if you are keen.

Quote of the event: "The geek shall inherit the earth" >> Max Kaizen

Here are some other great update posts:

http://www.rafiq.za.net/blog/2006/06/20/plug-and-go-barcamp-cape-town/

http://www.rafiq.za.net/blog/2006/06/19/barcamp-cape-town-blogged/

http://maxkaizen.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/barcamp-collaborative/

http://dewet.org/wordpress/archives/19

http://dewet.org/wordpress/archives/20

http://mithrandr.moria.org/blog/534.html

http://www.markforrester.co.za/barcamp-cape-town-reviewed.htm

Once again, the point of it all:

"We figured there was much more expertise in the audience than there possibly could be onstage," says BarCamp co-founder Ryan King. Unconferences break the barrier between the two. Attendees write topics they're interested in on boards, consolidate the topics, and then break into discussion groups. At traditional conferences, the most productive moments often occur in the corridor between meetings; at unconferences, attendees like to say, it's all corridor.

If you where still reserving your decision on attending, does this get your attention now? Any brave companies out there that would like to chime in?

See you there

1. Come up with a design incorporating the BarCamp Cape Town logo with a
witty tagline for front of shirt.
2. Max 3 color design to be printed on khaki / cream / white shirts
3. To be submitted in Vector format (illustrator or freehand)
4. Submission date: 12pm 1 June 2006
5. Submitted to sarahaatquirk.biz
6. Winner to be announced on the day
7. Prize: R300 Kalahari Voucher

Download high quality copies of the BarCamp Cape Town logo here.

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All you need is this friendly little acronym thought up by Rafiq:

TYFYC: Thank You For Your Comment

Spread the love and keep an eye out for the definition on google. How is that for local innovation?

Ah.. I love these kumbaja moments, for more of those, come to BarCamp Cape Town.

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Medium Please Conrad.

Got you down for a medium dude!
Notice the emailless blogosphere conversation that we are having in the open?
Oh and by the way .. they will be branded BarCamp Cape Town !

I have just read a piece on ZDNet on what a success the recent Internet Identity Workshop that just took place in MountainView was and the writers' excitement was quite tangible.

I heard some similar comments from others. The ability for people to create their own agenda is incredibly powerful. If we'd done this as a traditional conference, we would have nailed down the agenda and speakers two months ago. By the time we got to the event, everyone would have been interested in something else. The unconference format allowed us to nail the sweet spot of the conversation without even trying. The people who came to the workshop did that naturally as a matter or participating.

I hope that we can capture some of this at BarCamp and I will be very proud if we do, after all, if you take away the fun and the horseplay and the social aspects (which are a large part of the attraction) the end-goal should be enlightenment of the audience as a whole and we should leave as better versed and excited technologists when the curtains are drawn at the end of the event.

Don't know about BarCamp yet? Go over to Tectonic and have a read.

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Have you signed up yet? Visit http://barcamp.org/BarCampCapeTown/ today!

Big thanks to Damien and Mark for the effort, it looks awesome!

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The contrast between the two events was striking. SXSWi is impersonal, controlling, somewhat sterile by comparison with the energy of BarCamp. I can't help thinking that Unconference is the model more and more of us will adopt for the transfer of knowledge.

Yeah, and more fun and a heck of a lot cheaper! Don't miss out on BarCampCapeTown.

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