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Barcamp starts TODAY! (March 4th).

What is BarCamp

(As stolen from BarCampNYC, as copied from...) BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees.

All attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one. All presentions are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a slot on the wall.

Presenters are responsible for making sure that notes/slides/audio/video of their presentations are published on the web for the benefit of all and those who can’t be present.

Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

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NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS

When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers. When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

You can learn more about BarCamp here:

Hosts

Sean Bonner http://www.seanbonner.com
Kareem Mayan http://www.reemer.com | email: barcamp ~~ATSign~~ reemer.com
Jason Roberts http://www.codusoperandi.com
Ian Rogers http://360.yahoo.com/iancrogers, http://www.ymusicblog.com
Little Radio http://www.littleradio.com

Why

To learn, meet people who share different interests, contribute, and push yourself and your thinking.

When

The evening of *Saturday, March 4th, 2006*, and 9a-6p or so on *Sunday, March 5th, 2006*.

There will be dinner, drinks, and possibly demos on the 4th, and a full day of learning and sharing on the 5th.

It will be a good warm-up for ETech, just south of LA in San Diego on March 6-9 (take note SF people!), and SXSW Interactive in Austin on March 10-14.

Event Schedule

SATURDAY
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Check-In
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Announcements
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Introductions
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Dinner (Pizza)
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Lightning Demos
9:00 PM - 11:30 PM	Open

SUNDAY
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Breakfast (Muffins, Bagels, Juice & Coffee)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Introductions
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Morning Presentations
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch (Sandwiches)
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Afternoon Presentations

SUNDAY UPDATE! It's bloody cold in here. Dress warm.

Presentation Schedule

	Big	Small	Loft
10:30-11	Unconferences for Geeks	Live CDs OpenACS Toolkit	Podcasts: How to Get Paid
11-11:30	Microformats and SIP (Download - View)	Pro-Bono Web Dev (wiki)	Tagworld (login: barcamp/web20) and Slide Demos
11:30-12	Videoblogging, Cheap and Easy	Web 2.0 w/o The Web	Make Up for Freakz and Geekz
12:15-12:45	Ideas for Podcast-related Web Apps/Office 12	Fun With JXTA and Java 3D	First Grade Art Class!
12:45-1:15	Gridhead	Myspace	The Art of The Profile
2:15-2:45	Flock: Who Cares?	Intro to Sympony PHP5 Framework	Getting Things Done (GTD)!
2:45-3:15	Things Left Undone (TLI)	Bloggy Music	Macro Photography
3:15-3:45	Media Search/Reputation as Currency	Viral Marketing (Download / View)	Blogging for Good
4-4:30	Jason Calls Bullshit on.../Edge Competencies	Community Mapping	How To Get Free Shit...
4:30-5	Media 2.0 Physics	Indie IPTV	Syndication
5-5:30	eIron Chef
5:30-6	Clean up!

Where

Little Radio Warhouse 1218 Long Beach Ave Los Angeles, CA 90021 Google map, Yahoo! Map ; photos ; video

I want to help

Cool! Please get in touch (barcamp #at# reemer dot com). And, spread the word about BarCampLosAngeles!

Who's talking about BarCampLosAngeles

Boing Boing
Kareem Mayan
LAVoice.org liveblogging older coverage
http://www.technorati.com/tags/barcampla

LA Campers

Add yourself! Please be sure to include what you're presenting -- confirmed attendees should also give an idea of what they'd like to share with other campers.

BarCampLosAngeles OPML at http://www.opmlmanager.com The account was hijacked for several weeks, but I have control if it again. Let me know if you want to add/change/delete anything. nick at nsputnik dot com

Topics I'd like to hear about...

Scrum (1 person)
Media 2 economics (1 person)
Building Scalable Distributed Web Apps
Open Source Databases in the Real World
Getting Things Done (GTD)
How to Create a Professional Podcast (from Start to Finish)
Tutorial on Memcached
Ruby on Rails Compared to PHP and Python Frameworks
Where is mobile media heading
Location Based Services
Interactive TV, convergence of TV and Internet video

Confirmed participants and what they're presenting

Kareem Mayan - (Embracing the Edge) - http://www.reemer.com
Jason Roberts (Object Oriented Javascript, AJAX) - http://www.codusoperandi.com
Ian Rogers (Media 2.0 Economics or XIPF, Extensible Interactive Packaging Format) - http://360.yahoo.com/iancrogers, http://www.ymusicblog.com
Chris Holland - http://chrisholland.blogspot.com/ ( practical Microformat, semantic markup + unobtrusive scripting, vCard, practical SIP, Random stuff: Web Accelerators ) (Download - View)
Lucas Gonze (Clone Kit (template for PHP web apps)) - http://gonze.com/about
Heathervescent (From Idea to Code: Product Management Lite, pm for those who hate traditional paperwork)
Matt Sanchez (Scrum - Pragmatic Software Development)
Kent Nichols - Building a successful podcast using commodity video hardware, Creative Commons, and free net resources - http://askaninja.com
Eric Gradman - LTI (Leaving Things Incomplete): an RDF backed command line utility for disorganized, non-linear console monkeys who want to track things.
Steve Myers - Fun with JXTA and Java3D, A version 0.001 game that lets "players" all over the Internet moves little virtual men around a checker board, all P2P and 3D; two great technologies that taste great together. Demo and code review. http://trustedpeer.com/barcamp/FunWithJXTA-Java3D.pdf
Matthew Homann (blog) - UnConferencing for Normal People -- Taking the UnConference Mainstream.
Michael Goff Could do a) Bayosphere learnings. b) Building teams of tech/ent. folks, c) Chronic “what”cling the video explosion, d) My DIY video forays, e) Blog-instigate an “Upload Music Fest" for free expression, anti-censorship, fun and profit?. Any collaborators or topic preferences?
Carmen De Jesus - Each Day R/Evolution, Optimal Mindset - GearSwap/E-Iron Chef + GTD with Mistress Chi Chi!
Kenneth Wyrick - E-LANE. DOTLRN E-Learning LiveCD
Jillian Tate - personal blog - Viral Internet Campaigns - What They Are & How To Use Them
Henri Duong - 6 degrees of Cult Marketing & Branding- [henriduong@gmail.com] for a copy of my powerpoint.
Jon Bischke and Carmen De Jesus - GTD with Mistress Chi Chi! / GTD (Getting Things Done) Panel - (let us know if you'd also like to be on the panel) - An overview of the GTD system and our own personal implementations plus Q&A
Nick Dynice - reporting for the Web 2.0 Show, my presentation: Proposal for 2 podcast related open source web app projects
Nicole Simon - There is a world out there and we don't all speak english - why 'thinking global' belongs to the start of your project even if you don't think about expanding now. Or I could do the "how women think when they encounter technology" stuff + can do the info about podcasting as well. ;) (Help request: I lost my USB cable for my Iriver normal to USB to Mini-B, could someone sell/give me one which I can take with me? thx)
Mack Reed - http://factoidlabs.com, http://LAVoice.org - (GridHead.com - a collaborative networking concept - plus minor Photoshop debauchery), Download my presentation (PDF - 2.3MB)
Dave Bullock - eecue, metaphoto, JungleScene Intro to ICS, Improving Accuracy on your Ruger Mini-14, Canon Macro Photography, Why Furby Hates Me, Knots You Should Know, possibly some episodes of The IT Crowd
Debi Jones and Patrick Neeman - Explore the popularity of MySpace and social networking systems.
Molly Simms, Cody Simms (kid's allright, Yahoo! Publisher Network, Amy Raymond (Cheapskatin' LA, Network Live) & Greg Cohn (Auctions for Change, Yahoo! Publisher Network) - First Grade Art Class. Take a break and learn about sharing. Homework: Please bring some micro & colorful found objects that can be easily affixed to things (i.e., small bits of broken colored glass, small beads, bottlecaps, etc)
Jory Felice - http://www.belkin.com http://www.jorylab.com/blog/ Discussion on "Free/Cheap/Non-Profit/Pro-Bono" web development. How to make the most efficicent use of my time/skills building a non-profit community website. Bring your tech and project management solutions/experiences.
Huy Hong - http://www.antianticulture.com Approaching a free independent IPTV network where everyone is :) - Introducing a business model and concept IPTV network wherein advertisers have analytics to justify advertising rates, video producers are compelled to produce quality content and earn accordingly, and viewers watch everything for free on their PC, Mac, iPod, PSP, Browser, Phone, Kitchen Sink, etc... (phew) - link to presentation
Michael Spiegelman - http://360.yahoo.com/michaelspiegelman - Media Search in general and Yahoo! Audio Search (audio.search.yahoo.com) as a longtail play in music.
Jonathan Strauss - http://360.yahoo.com/jonathanhstrauss - Reputation as Currency: what's necessary to help users navigate media in the on-demand world?
Ilya Haykinson - Web 2.0 without the Web — how the gap between new web applications and new desktop applications is shrinking.
Jason Cosper - Preshrunk - How To Get Free Shit (Writing About Stuff That You Love)

People interested, but not yet sure what they'll be sharing

Gavin Doughtie http://blog.xdraw.org
Way Chong http://www.cotzgen.com
Raihan Anwar
Sean Bonner - http://www.seanbonner.com, http://www.metroblogging.com, http://www.blogging.la
Raines Cohen - http://www.raines.com
Jonathan Tobin
Ewan Spence - http://www.ewanspence.com/ (Coming from Scotland)
Kent Nichols - http://askaninja.com
Douglas Sarine - http://askaninja.com
David Peck - http://askaninja.com
Jerry Schuman - http://www.techaura.com
Kyle Bunch - http://pinacol.com, http://blogebrity.com
Jeremy Hermanns - http://jeremyhermanns.org, http://blogebrity.com
Heathervescent - http://www.heathervescent.com
Carolyn Kellogg - http://www.laist.com
Ori Neidich - http://ori.neidich.com/
Mike Outmesguine - http://www.wifi-toys.com/, http://www.socalwug.org
Jamie Pitts - http://www.semanticwave.com/
Matthew Homann - http://www.nonbillablehour.com/
Chris Spurgeon - http://www.spurgeonworld.com
Marc Brown - http://marc.buzznet.com
Anthony Batt - http://anthony.buzznet.com
Kevin Woolery - http://kevin.buzznet.com, http://www.thewoolerys.com/bitflipper/
Greg Cohn - http://www.auctionsforchange.com, http://publisher.yahoo.com
Bill Reardon - http://wdr1.com/blog/, http://publisher.yahoo.com
Greg Knauss - eod.com, Metababy
Janko Roettgers - Lowpass.cc
Carmen De Jesus - Each Day R/Evolution, Optimal Mindset
Josh Lucas - http://www.stonecottage.com/josh/
Dave Viner - http://wdr1.com/dave/
Lance Anderson (Verge of the Fringe) - http://www.vergeofthefringe.com/ (Podcast)
Jim Plush http://www.litfuel.net/plush
Dietrich Ayala
Julian Bleecker http://research.techkwondo.com
Douglas E. Welch - http://welchwrite,com
Ethan Kaplan - (Warner Bros. Records / Black Rim Glasses) BlackRimGlasses
Chris Bell - http://randomdynamics.com
Mark Frauenfelder - Boing Boing
Ben Christen - http://benjaminchristen.com GTD Panel (probably only Saturday night)
James Gross http://jamesgross.com, Feedster
Woody Pewitt - http://blog.pewitt.org
Kevin Scaldeferri - http://kevin.scaldeferri.com/blog/
Raj Singh - http://rajansingh.com
Matt Sanchez - http://www.videoegg.com
Sairam Suresh - http://www.flipclips.com
Amanda McConnell - TagWorld
Steven Frein - blog, podcast - blog
Alex Piner - Planet Mashup
Jonah - LA Blogs, la.foodblogging, Cheww.com (Sunday only)
Marc Danziger - http://www.windsofchange.net
Isaac Garcia - Central Desktop or Central Desktop Blog-- Focused on business solutions - workflow. How Web 2.0 can solve problems for traditional businesses. (contact me, isaac@centraldesktop-inc.com)
Charles Tran - lunchSpark -- please email me (charles.tran at lunchspark.com) if you want to collaborate on a topic
Simon Perry Digital-Lifestyles/blog (From UK)
Coco Conn - http://blogsource.com -- BlogSource
Jon Bischke - LearnOutLoud - GTD Panel
Sam Felder - http://www.samfelder.com - interested in collaborating on UX design / user testing
Peter Pham - http://www.photobucket.com
Geoffrey Arone - http://flock.com
Cody Simms - http://www.kidsallright.com http://publisher.yahoo.com
Ben Metcalfe (aka dotBen) - http://benmetcalfe.com/blog
Jason McCabe Calacanis - http://www.calacanis.com
Travis Kalanick - http://www.redswoosh.com
Mike Manning - http://blog.360.yahoo.com/bl_manning
Amy Raymond ~~ Cheapskatin' LA, http://www.networklive.com
Ilya Haykinson - http://ilya.us
Lynda Keeler - http://www.delight.com
Chris Messina - http://www.factoryjoe.com/blog
Debi Jones - http://www.mobilejones.com
Patrick Neeman - http://www.usabilitycounts.com
Jon Bauer - http://www.jonbauer.com/blog
Marc Tuters - http://interactive.usc.edu/members/mtuters/
Kris Chase - http://www.chasebadkids.net
En-Kae Chang - http://www.marketengagement.com
Matt Ash - http://www.mattash.com The Largest Minority - interested in collaborating on RoR, CMS, or UX interface

Hardware Needed

Anyone have an extra mini dvi to vga adapter for Powerbook > Projector? (pls let me know for 2.15 pres - Carmen)
Projectors (Heathervescent bringing 1, Dave Bullock bringing 1)
Ethernet switches and long cables (Dave Bullock bringing 1x 3Com 24 port 100BaseT.)
Power strips and extension cords
A simple file server for legal MP3s, PPTs, DivXs, etc. (a laptop with windows file sharing and external HD would work...) (Jerry Schuman from Perssonas/Techaura will bring a server or two.)

Gear Swap + Electronics Iron Chef - Call for Participation!

How the GearSwap/E-Iron Chef works

1. Bring whatever gear you don’t need, want, or are willing to part with via swap or donation old electronic devices (i.e., original palm V, old CD burners,Ethernet cables, etc., to BarCamp LA on Saturday through to Sunday morning at 11am. [ Bring only items you are willing to detach from! You may or may not be able to swap items for other items of "equal value"]
2. You will be issued Swapping Vouchers aka Tickets depending on the items you bring in, which you can redeem or give away for others to redeem on Sunday.
3. Sign up for an E-Iron Chef team/Junkyard Wars, and work with your team members to select and create a functional digital project, which you may work on Saturday evening and Sunday (in the spirit of multi-tasking, you can unobtrusively work on your stuff while listening to other presentations). Those participating in the E-Iron Chef will have first selection of available gear to build their project.
4. Completed projects will be judged, remaining gear will be open for swapping, and whatever gear is left will be donated!

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