Posts I’m going to miss Barcamp Perth this weekend, but that is no reason why you should. The venue, Central TAFE is the best unconference space I have been in – central, great facilities and free wifi that just works without you having to jump through hoops or whistle Waltzing Matilda while standing on one foot. The people who turn up to the event are usually very interesting, friendly and enthusiastic – and the event even has its own barista-in-residence.
Here are the essential details:
BarCamp Perth 2010 will be held on April 10, 2010 at the Central Institute of Technology in East Perth.
Setup will be from around 8am, with registration (getting your name badges etc) from 8.30am. We’d like to kick off with a welcome oratory at 9am or just after as we end up delaying the schedule a fair bit otherwise (Matt just loves to rabbit on).
There will be Five Senses Coffee shots being pulled, so there’s certainly something to keep you going if you get there a little early – plus, we’d love your help getting things setup!
Sessions usually run for 30 – 45 minutes. Calls for session topics will go out soon as we’re hoping to have a magically online system this year with some soon to be revealed features.
The list of talks is already looking very interesting. Heads up to Aaron Trenorden from Murdoch University Library who will be presenting about setting up a vanity feed. Aaron has a very down-to-earth presentation style that lets him take details up a notch technically without the listener realising they have learned a lot while they thought they were just enjoying a friendly and casual chat. It will be well worth catching his session. I’m really sorry that I won’t catch the session about Open Source at the Australian Bureau of Statistics too.
- Exploring the Real Time Web by Darcy Laycock
- Arduino-based Live GPS tracking over a Cellular network for my car! by Trent @lathiat Lloyd
- Web Analytics – Collecting insights in your visitor’s interaction. by Tiang Cheng
- Government 2.0 – Open Source at the Australian Bureau of Statistics by Samuel Spencer
- Corporate Jiu-jitsu – The Overlap Between Ground Fighting and Small Business Management by Matt Lambie
- Killing off Accessibility by Gary “@tuna” Barber
- Setting up a vanity feed by Aaron Trenorden
- The Unwritten Rules Of Optimisation by Adrian Chadd
- Why everyone should have a web startup by @richardgiles
- Did you know that perth has a Hackerspace! What is a hackerspace? Introducing the Perth Artifactory! by Trent @lathiat Lloyd
- (responsibility derived from power): What Uncle Ben Knew About Web Application Security by Christian @xntrik Frichot
- Innovation as a discipline by @szo
- Fixing forms: the know-how you never knew you had by Jessica Enders
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