| Starts: | Tuesday March 31, 2009 at 7:30pm |
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| Ends: | Tuesday March 31, 2009 at 10:30pm |
| Event Type: | Networking/Meetup |
| Region: | Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area |
| Location: |
Pearl Street Grill 76 Pearl St. Buffalo, NY 14202 US |
| Price: | |
| Website: | http://barcamp.org/BarCampBuffalo |
| Industry: | information technology and services |
| Keywords: | Buffalo Technology Community, Information Technology, It, Knowledge Sharing, Barcamp, Buffalo, Pearl Street Grill |
| Intended For: | Buffalo Technology Community |
| Organization: | BarCamp Buffalo |
WHY? The idea is to engage the Buffalo Technology Community by creating ongoing events for people involved in new technology and web related development to connect and learn from one another.
WHAT is BarCamp? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
What is BarCamp Buffalo?
• Group to get the tech community here in Buffalo more connected
• A meet up of people interested in tech and web development
• Place to share what you are working on
• Learn more about tech you are interested in from others
What to expect? • Short presentations from people showing what they are working on • Open participation of all in attendance • People are encouraged to: Talk about something they are working on, get involved in what is being discussed • A casual atmosphere, no suits! • Enjoy some drinks and have fun
The website has a date for your first event on 3/3/09 but not the upcoming event on 3/31/09.
Donna, thanks for the heads up. It is a Buffalo Technology Community event and a community page which anyone can update. I've gone ahead and updated it with the current information.
* break into relevant smaller groups and have people in those groups give presentations and/or start discussions * have people bring VGA cables, power cords, projectors, etc [we'd like to have a twitter search page displayed the entire time for tags '#BarCampBuffalo'] * bring speakers for multimedia presentations * encourage more ad-hoc WiFi networks via sprint/verizon cards (note: they have bandwidth restrictions, so no downloading or video watching) * be better about time limits and cut-offs * have the online wiki list everyone in attendance (that's you!), what they do, interests, and links to their profile/websites * have an online chatroom setup that people can chat in during the event * more networking time * have a big list of what presentations will take place in which groups, so that people can bounce around if they want * encourage people to specify on the wiki what they'd like to hear/learn about from others