BarCamp Milwaukee 3!

October 5th, 2008 in web development  |  4 Comments

I’m back from BarCamp Milwaukee 3, and while it wasn’t the greatest, it was interesting and definitely worth it. I just wish there were more JavaScripters there. I was on a panel for a JavaScript discussion and only two other people showed up. Not enough for a nice discussion :(

But hanging out at BarCamp really makes me want to start a web/tech community here in Manitowoc. I haven’t figured out the first step yet. There aren’t any groups to hook up locally (and I’d really like it to be local). I’ll probably have to hit up the colleges around here, maybe organize something with Silver Lake College (my alma mater).

Anyway, here I am introducing myself:
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4 Responses to “BarCamp Milwaukee 3!”

  1. Pete Prodoehl

    October 8th, 2008 at 6:13 am | reply

    Glad you could make it…. wasn’t the greatest? I’m sorry to hear that.. What would have made it better? More interest in Javascript? I actually would have been interested in Javascript sessions but as usual, there was a lot going on, and it’s often hard to hit everything you want to see. Have you been to other BarCamps or events that have handled things better than we did?

  2. dujoducom

    October 8th, 2008 at 8:35 am | reply

    I was also interested in the JavaScript session but just didn’t make it there due to other stuff going on.

  3. Chris

    October 8th, 2008 at 8:47 am | reply

    Pete,

    It’s more the feel of it this year than anything concrete. Last year’s BarCamp just seemed more diverse with more things going on.

    And from my wife’s point of view who is not a techie, the environment was not as appealing as the first BarCamp she attended earlier this year in Madison, which took place at Extra Bold Portfolio School.

  4. Pete Prodoehl

    October 8th, 2008 at 9:14 am | reply

    Thanks for the feedback. I also thought BCMKE2 was more “high energy” but I thought it was just my own opinion. I was sorry to miss BCMAD2, the venue did look nice. Hopefully by the next *Camp Bucketworks will be an even better environment.

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