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Source : Ross Mayfield's Weblog

At Bar Camp, I think participants gain one thing overall.  A belief in sharing.  It is a real barn raising.  From event organization, volunteers pitching in, neighbors opening their doors, donors fulfilling need, speakers coming out of the woodwork, sociable hallways and sidewalks -- and mostly people sharing concepts and code for anyone to build upon.  The underlying culture of the Valley, the part that powers our engines of growth and creative destruction, was definitively in downtown Palo Alto this weekend.  You could hear echos of the research parks, events, bars and homebrew computer clubs that used to get people out of their garages to build something new, together.

Bar Camp Block successfully scaled participation to a new level.  Thanks to the people who opened their doors (Socialtext, IDEO, IFTF, Edgeio, Search Spark, Echo Sign, Princeton Review and Riviera Partners all donated, and a deal cut with Blue Chalk Cafe) -- we had room for ~1,000 participants and ~20 concurrent sessions.  We had over 1,000 sponsors and a great way of thanking them is copying and posting the Sponsor Roll. 

The block concept was borne out of a simple need to expand beyond the Socialtext office.  We are lucky to have some great outdoor areas around the office that gives it a campus feel, but when we hosted Dcamp using the adjacent Princeton Review space, we knew we were at a limit of 300 [..]

Ross Mayfield le 20.08.07 à 19:34 dans Wikisphère -
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