By @edent · barcamp OggCamp unconference · 4 comments · 700 words
Unconferences are brilliant. Rather than a set agenda, people come up with their own sessions. A dozen Post-It® Notes are slapped on a wall, everyone writes down what they want to talk about, they're slotted into a grid, and - BAM! - you've got yourself an unconference. At the recent OggCamp there were a number […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp hackathon · 3 comments · 200 words
Last week, I was part of the BarCamp London Hackathon. It had all the usual ups and downs of a Hackathon - laptops crashing, APIs failing, and HDMI ports breaking. We had a massive projector for participants to show off their work. The HDMI connection was… shit. Sorry, there's no better way to put it. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp death govcamp ukgc ukgovcamp · 4 comments · 400 words · read ~492 times.
The last year has seen an overabundance of death. Some of us got chatting about the various people from the GovCamp community who have died recently, and how we could memorialise them. It used to be the case that we started every 'Camp with a reading of the rules. A gentle intro to let everyone […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp govcamp ukgc20 ukgovcamp · 6 comments · 750 words · read ~207 times.
How do you archive a conference? A decade ago, I blogged about how to archive a BarCamp - I don't think anyone took up my suggestions. I tried to put it into practice, but in this post about 2009's BarCampBrighton4, half the links have rotted away, cool media-hosting startups have gone bust and eaten the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp bclxi gadgets swishing · 550 words · read ~228 times.
At the recent BarCampLondon Ⅺ I decided to run a little experiment. Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentAnyone coming to @barcamplondon fancy doing a Tech Swap Table with me?Bring bits of (working) kit and old gadgets that you don't want in the hope they find a loving home.Let me know if you want to take part […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp govcamp ukgc18 · 1 comment · 500 words · read ~655 times.
I've found a delightfully exploitable social hack which I presented at UK GovCamp. It applies to any uncooperative bureaucracy. Here's how it works. You ask someone to do something and they reply with "I'm sorry sir, that's against our policy." You should say "I'm sorry to hear that. Please can you send me a copy […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp Bletchley Park conference hack hackathon hackday ota ota12 over the air · 1,600 words · read ~272 times.
Another brilliant event from Over The Air. The perfect mix of lectures, hacking, and relaxing in a country manor / museum. And, to top it off, my hack won a brace of prizes! The Wifi just about held up. Although I think it's fundamentally impossible to provide decent connectivity to 200+ people. Especially when they're […]
Continue reading →By @edent · audio barcamp digital NaBloPoMo preservation video · 6 comments · 1,150 words
Oh! Woe is me! I can't make BarCampLondon 8. This will be the first BarCamp I've not been able to get to in ages. Following hashtags is fun, if a little disjointed. What I really need is some way I could attend virtually..... BarCamp London@barcamplondonReplying to @edent@edent if you provide the cameras, the 20 person […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barcamp barcamp brighton bcb5 ebooks hacking kindle xkcd · 7 comments · 350 words · read ~11,541 times.
I gave a quick talk at BarCamp Brigton about how to hack the Amazon Kindle 3G. These hacks come in two flavours - easy and very easy. Very Easy - Pictures Wouldn't it be great to view pictures on your Kindle? Well? OK - pictures, perhaps not so much - but comics? Yes please! For […]
Continue reading →By @edent · africa barcamp bcafricauk09 NaBloPoMo · 2 comments · 850 words
I met Ethel Delali Cofie at BarCampBrighton. She was telling me that she wanted to run a BarCamp called #bcAfricaUK09. I pointed her towards the BarCampLondon 09 organisers and told her that I'd see if she could use the Vodafone Group HQ. I woke up on Saturday morning after a long and difficult week at […]
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