{"id":952,"date":"2008-03-17T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T00:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/03\/17\/its-starting-to-get-all-buzzy-democam"},"modified":"2008-04-04T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T16:10:12","slug":"its-starting-to-get-all-buzzy-democampvictoria-coming-up-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/03\/17\/its-starting-to-get-all-buzzy-democampvictoria-coming-up-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s starting to get all buzzy: DemoCampVictoria coming up soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve let quite a few days go by without posting anything — let’s just say I got myself into a bit of mess around yet another local issue (memo to self: stop it with the letters to the editor!<\/em>) and stuff<\/em> demanded attention.<\/p>\n

But I need to jump back into my blog today: I’m psyched that Better Web Posse<\/a> blogged the upcoming April 3 DemoCampVictoria<\/a>, from whence I followed several other links, including Tris Hussey’s post today<\/a>, and also Aidan Henry’s post, Local Victoria Tech Scene Heating Up<\/a>, from March 13. I’m really looking forward to this, and appreciate that Mark Lise<\/a> and Brij Charan<\/a> are pulling it together!<\/p>\n

DemoCamp should be a lot of fun, and I’m thrilled that David Chard<\/a>, the developer of several downtown Victoria<\/a> condominium projects, was willing to help make it happen. He is providing the space at his 834 Johnson showroom and sales centre for the Juliet condominium<\/a> currently under construction at the corner of Johnson and Blanshard. I think it’s a nice bit of synergy to see a developer of buildings hosting a group of developers of ideas. …Of course, there was that initial comical moment where we had to explain that the “demo” in DemoCamp refers to demonstration<\/em>, and not to what might ominously spring to mind if you’re in the business of building things up, namely, demolition<\/em>… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Last year, while the Gaining Ground<\/a> summit was in session, David offered his showroom at 834 Johnson to host Vancouver-based urban planner, writer, and blogger Gordon Price<\/a>, who gave a presentation on urban development. Gordon grew up in Victoria and provided a really thoughtful assessment of where we’ve been, with some sage advice on where we’re going.<\/p>\n

In that same spirit of community participation, David has agreed to host Victoria’s first-ever DemoCamp. I hope it’s a trend in terms of participatory relations between all<\/em> the local sectors that have an interest in seeing Victoria thrive as a vibrant, creative (artistic and technological\/ entrepreneurial) city (and that’s a hint to others in downtown<\/em> Victoria who might be able to offer space for subsequent DemoCamps!). It doesn’t matter if we’re developers, technologists, educators, artists in various fields, business people, or academics: we’re in this together (literally), on this little peninsula, which in turn is part of a larger regional network.<\/p>\n

For more info, see the wiki page, DemoCampVictoria<\/a>, and the Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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