It’s all happening; countdown to the Wireless World 2008 conference in 3 weeks plus upcoming BarCampSydney v3 as well as (I’m pleased to announce) the inaugural BarCampCanberra! Yes that’s right - last Thursday we got confirmation from the ANU that we will have the use of three rooms for BarCamp on 19 April.
It’s not about a bunch of geeks getting in a room and talking code snippets and beta platforms and frameworks. There might be a bit of that - but that’s not what BarCamp is about. It’s about anyone involved in technology, social networks, information, web, podcasting, business and start-ups … anything!
There’s going to be a few peeps coming down from Sydney to support our first BarCamp so if you live in Canberra there’s no excuse for not coming! 19 April. Head over to the BarCampCanberra v1 wiki page and add your name … or if you don’t have time, just post a comment here with your name, the topic of your presentation of if you’re just attending … and your t-shirt size, as we’ll be ordering a bunch of t-shirts (sponsored, so they’re free) and I’ll stick it on the wiki for you - because I’m a nice guy :-)
Now, I also should announce that we will be consolidating our various Free Wireless projects across the country under a single banner: Free Australia Wireless … JJ has done some great work with the logos and now we’ve just got to build the site. Between the various blogs we’ve already got some great content to populate the site with so it will do a better job of answering the usual questions like: What is Meraki? How do I use it? Is it secure? How can I get involved?
Oh and I’ve already started taking orders for Free Canberra Wireless Meraki Bulk Order #3.