{"id":1073,"date":"2008-10-10T21:29:57","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T04:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2008-10-10T21:29:57","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T04:29:57","slug":"democamp-victoria-02-its-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/10\/10\/democamp-victoria-02-its-on\/","title":{"rendered":"DemoCamp Victoria 02: it’s on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Lise<\/a> and I have talked about having another DemoCamp Victoria<\/a> for months now, talking, talking.\u00a0 But the other day, we realized we could talk about it forever more, or we could just do it<\/em>.\u00a0 Perhaps that’s a very un-Victorian thing to do?\u00a0 Maybe just talking about things, or commissioning a lengthy governmental study, is the more usual m.o. around here.<\/p>\n

And yet, …based on some feedback that one or two people would be willing to step up to demo, and based on feedback from my lunchtime chat at last month’s UDI<\/a> with our DemoCamp 01<\/a> host David Chard<\/a>, we announced a tentative-but-nearly-for-sure date, same location<\/a> as the first one. Mark made sure the story immediately went live on the Barcamp site<\/a> and on Facebook<\/a>, and of course Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After that, all it took was a green light (which arrived literally within an hour of asking) from our host, and that’s how 02 was born.\u00a0 Be there, October 30, 5pm<\/a> (event starts at 6pm), 834 Johnson St.<\/a>, Victoria.<\/p>\n

I’m psyched that we’re going to have another crack at this, and that we can again have such a splendid venue for the event, too!<\/p>\n

Now, I have heard some vague<\/em> backchannel noises that maybe<\/em> there was some parallel visioning going on by others, who were also wondering when the next DemoCamp would take place.\u00a0 And I have heard that some people maybe<\/em> were surprised that DemoCamp appeared to spring out of nowhere so fast.\u00a0 (To which I’d add: fast?\u00a0 Come now, it has been months since the first one.\u00a0 Do we need a committee to study this thing before we can move on it?\u00a0 I think not.)<\/p>\n

Since no one said anything about organizing another DemoCamp to Mark or to me (who was one of the organizers, nay: catalysts of the first one), it just wasn’t happening as far as we could tell.\u00a0 Not as a grass-roots, bottom-up event that’s all about breaking down the silos and getting people together.\u00a0 If you want to break down the silos, then get out there and talk openly to everyone. Connect people!<\/em> (Add a comma if you like: Connect, people!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

And I will be connecting, because I’ll be talking to everyone I know about it.\u00a0 For me, this is not about just the tech community in Victoria.\u00a0 It’s about the arts, media, government, the business community …you name it.<\/p>\n

The only people I don’t really know are golfers — although I did pass former hockey player and current golf course builder Len Barrie<\/a> in the hallway at CFAX 1070<\/a> the other day.<\/p>\n

Wonder if he’d be into demos? (Heh.)<\/p>\n

So, people: mark your calendars!\u00a0 October 30, 5pm, at 834 Johnson St., the Juliet Presentation Centre — DemoCamp Victoria 02!\u00a0 It’ll be great!\u00a0 See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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