So.. Barcamp Sydney was a great day, hosted at the Australian Technology Park. The unorganisers did a tremendous job, and in true barcamp style the eclectic crowd were very entertained, and entertaining.
A few personal highlights:
Google Wave introduction by Alex from the local dev team - great to get first hand insights
A great introduction to #Gov2AU, [...]
I’d not been to barcamp before - here’s a rundown!
@voirol delivered an impassioned case for custom CMS development (as in completely proprietary) - which seems vaguely compelling for a small organisation, but scary in terms of TCO and maintainablity. He made a fine point on throwawayability, and the benefits of ‘do just what it needs [...]
I met up with the STUB folks last night, and it was great. Next stop the Cricketers’ Arms.
I’m going to do the Sydney to the Gong bike ride (90kms) next weekend - it’s for MS Australia and raises money for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. I’m doing the ride with my ex-neighbour George - if you’d like to sponsor me that would be great.
I’ve updated a google maps/eateries demo I did a couple of years ago so it uses the new geolocation api included in firefoxes geode extension. Both of the people who have firefox and geode in Sydney can now marvel at geode.
Here’s a link to the demo
so.. there I was walking past the beresford and after a few hundred thousand dollars and more years than I can count it’s actually open again (avid readers will remember the Absolut Cut night, but that surely doesn’t count). Anyway.. it’s open, it looks fresh, and I’m keen to head, what, tomorrow night?