So, er, Bathcamp happened hey. I’m exhausted from it, as I’m sure many others are, but it was definitely worth it for all the great people, talks, sessions and so on.
I thought I’d get in a quick blog post to say a big well done to Mike Ellis (the baldy bloke who stood on the table and introduced the event). More than anyone, Mike has spent months running around, sorting stuff out, and having a few sleepless nights. In the end, none of the potential crises materialised, and it all went pretty swimmingly, so thanks Mike, from all of us! And thanks to to everyone else who came, who helped out, and who contributed to paying for stuff.
We’ll be looking through the photos, videos & blog posts from and about the event over the next few days, so if you do any of that stuff please tag it so it’s findable (as ‘bathcamp’, or maybe ‘bathcamp08′ or ‘bathcamp2008′ or some combination thereof). We’ll link through to some of the best content here on the blog.
There was some talk at the end of doing re-running the event next year as BathCamp 2009. We’re not even going to start to think about it for a couple of months, and maybe the format for next year would be a different kind of event? (a mashup of the BarCamp format at the Open Space format was discussed in one session). Keep this blog in your feed reader anyway, as we’ll post news of what happens here.
Finally, I thought I’d compile a quick list of everyone I could find on Twitter who went to the event. Might be useful for anyone wanting to make contact with someone they met.
frankieroberto (me), Mike Ellis, Drew Jones, Tim Beadle, Jennybee, Suzicatherine, Sam Downie, slum_goddess, jahcub, Darren Beale, Peter Gradwell, Mark Ng, Dale Lane, iammikek, Ian Ibbotson, Ruth Harper, Stephen Pope, Felix Cohen, Jag Gill, Matt Jukes, Jack Martin Leith, Mia Ridge, Chris English, Richard Harrison, Tom Goskar, Michael Edwards, Lisa Price, Mike Nolan, Rick Hurst, Alex Francis, James Boardwell ,gicela, Sam Machin, Brian Kelly, bookmeister, Laura Dee, Edward McCaughan, Keir Whittaker, Alistair MacDonald…
[man, that took longer than I anticipated. If you're not on the list and should be, send me a direct message on twitter]
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14 September 2008 at 10:52 pm
rimone
i cannot thank everyone enough: those intro’d to me and not; those w/whom i spoke and those w/whom smiles were exchanged, those i might’ve passed on the stairs or wherever else on premises as well as those whose presentations i attended; can’t thank y’all enough for your warmth, friendliness and mostly the feeling of inclusiveness i personally experienced. and the real me (SG=Selfish Grrl) is extremely grateful for all i learnt.
in other news, i had BIG issues attending when Chris first told me; so pleased i bit the bullet (yup, that’s how bad/paranoid i was). this goes back to tech events in NYC and basically being ignored the second after most learnt i wasn’t in teh biz.
big thanks to EVERYONE. and though he’ll probably not see this, same to setmajer (Chris) for virtually twisting my arm to come along, and to Frankie for the list above (and to everyone who didn’t eat their pizza, i was the one minesweeping slices off plates at abandoned tables — shameful but true).
2 more things: a) i’m like kicking myself in the metaphorical butt for not presenting s.thing about which i’m very passionate but chickened out, so for that and other reasons, i do hope there’s a next time and b) 5 quid was a bargain — AFAIC, the experience was worth much more.
right, there were rubber duckies? i’d train it over from Bristol if told where i can secure two, one for me and one for setmajer.
15 September 2008 at 7:22 pm
Alistair MacDonald
As a BarCamp veteran I tryly say that it was a great BarCamp. Well done to all who made it happen. I hope to blog something about the event soon. If anyone did not get my contact details then find me at http://www.agm.me.uk/contact , or twitter.com/alistair .
15 September 2008 at 8:00 pm
Frankie Roberto
Cheers Alistair, it’s good to know that it compared well against other BarCamps. Especially as the organisers hadn’t been to all that many between us!
I’ve added you to the twitter list too.
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