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FanTechCamp!
Aug. 4th, 2009 04:44 pmdamned-colonial had a great idea the other day!
http://damned-colonial.dreamwidth.org/4
FanTechCamp, the Fannish Technology BarCamp.
A BarCamp (aka unconference) is a sort of unscheduled, freeform convention where people can run sessions on any subject they think is interesting. People say the best part of a con is the hallway conversations, right? Well, this is a con that's *all* hallway conversation! You come up with something you'd like to talk about, mark it on an impromptu schedule on the wall, and grab a space. Every time I've been to a BarCamp I've met amazing people, learnt interesting stuff, and had great conversations. Plus, they're relatively low cost and easy to organise.
Some potential topics we came up with include:
* wikis (wikipedia, wikia, fanlore, etc)
* journalling services (dreamwidth, livejournal)
* OTW's Archive Of Our Own and other fanfic archiving tools
* tools for writers (Scrivener, etc)
* fan vidding - HOWTOs, tools, techniques
* fan art - photoshop, etc.
* fanfic ebooks, podfic, etc
* tools for organising fannish events
* understanding copyright, creative commons, etc
So far it looks as if this will be in San Francisco the weekend of October 10th-11th (one week after [info - livejournal.com] bascon. My work can probably provide the space if we have up to ~100 people attending; I need to work up a budget and stuff and get approval from $bigboss, but it should be OK.
Anyway, if you're interested, and ESPECIALLY if you're interested in helping plan/organise/volunteer, put your name on the wiki or just comment here.
http://damned-colonial.dreamwidth.org/4
FanTechCamp, the Fannish Technology BarCamp.
A BarCamp (aka unconference) is a sort of unscheduled, freeform convention where people can run sessions on any subject they think is interesting. People say the best part of a con is the hallway conversations, right? Well, this is a con that's *all* hallway conversation! You come up with something you'd like to talk about, mark it on an impromptu schedule on the wall, and grab a space. Every time I've been to a BarCamp I've met amazing people, learnt interesting stuff, and had great conversations. Plus, they're relatively low cost and easy to organise.
Some potential topics we came up with include:
* wikis (wikipedia, wikia, fanlore, etc)
* journalling services (dreamwidth, livejournal)
* OTW's Archive Of Our Own and other fanfic archiving tools
* tools for writers (Scrivener, etc)
* fan vidding - HOWTOs, tools, techniques
* fan art - photoshop, etc.
* fanfic ebooks, podfic, etc
* tools for organising fannish events
* understanding copyright, creative commons, etc
So far it looks as if this will be in San Francisco the weekend of October 10th-11th (one week after [info - livejournal.com] bascon. My work can probably provide the space if we have up to ~100 people attending; I need to work up a budget and stuff and get approval from $bigboss, but it should be OK.
Anyway, if you're interested, and ESPECIALLY if you're interested in helping plan/organise/volunteer, put your name on the wiki or just comment here.
