BarCamp Calgary

Time flies.. And DemoCampCalgary 7 is quickly rounding the corner. This time around however we’re trying to give everyone a lot more notice. Along with that notice we’re now asking people to register to attend as our venues have limited capacity.

Please take a moment to register for DC7

We’ll be posting more about the presenters here in the near future, so stay tuned.

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March 11, 2008 6:30–10pm – DemoCamp 7– at Vicious Circle, Calgary, AB

DemoCampCalgary Round 7, we are going less formal - now the whole thing includes beer!

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Thanks to everyone that partook at DemoCamp 6 at Critical Mass!

For those that may have missed it, there are a few photos of the evening posted on flickr.

See you at DC7!

Just wanted to let everyone know that if you are driving down tonight you will be able to park in the Critical Mass parking lot. It’s gated, but someone should be around to let you in.

Please try and make sure to show up around 6pm; you’ll have to sign in and head up to the 4th floor to catch the Demos.

See you then!

We’ve just got confirmation that DemoCampCalgary will be held at Critical Mass on Feb 12th at 6:30pm at 402 11th Ave SE. As people will need to get buzzed in, please show up in between 6:00pm and 6:30pm. CM was kind enough to offer up a space for us and the more convienient location should be easier for everyone. Having said that, the room holds 50 people, so get there on time!

It should be a great evening with 5 scheduled demos and 2 Ignite presentations. This can be a BYOB event, or we can head down the street after and try and make our way through the martini list at Vicious Circle (does anyone have a preference on going somewhere else? let me know).

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Patrick and I went to Critical Mass on Friday to see how they run their BeerCamp. I was really impressed with the turnout! Super happy to see that many people on a Friday afternoon (they run a BeerCamp on the first Friday of every month).

They ran three tracks, with a schedule posted on each door. I started my afternoon off by listening/watching a Critical Mass group of Rock Band. They rocked a couple of tunes on HARD, which was pretty impressive. I gotta say though, that was the tamest Rock Band Session I’ve ever seen…

Second session, I went to an overview on Amazon Web Services given by Devlin Dunsmore and Mike Tighe. We’re so Web2.0 focused in my office, it was interesting to hear an explanation on EC2 and S3 for people who don’t sleep with their laptops. Devlin and Mike did a great job.

I then went to listen to Christian Idicula, a regular DemoCamp/BarCamp attendee. He talked about the website he made for Don Iveson. He explained the thought process behind creating the website and the different tools they used during Don Iveson’s campaign.

The last session I attended was Mike Tighe, again, talking about Keywords (yay!), while Patrick gave a talk about his experiences in another session.

One thing I really liked about about the set up at Critical Mass was the wide variety of topics. I would love for all of us to keep that in mind for the next BarCamp. Anything you want to give a talk on, throw it out there! I’d way rather hear something new and interesting over yet-another-talk on How to Network. BeerCamp has definitely inspired me to invite anyone interesting that I know and not just limit myself to the Tech community.

Thanks again to Critical Mass for inviting us to join you!