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May 24, 2006
Sideways for geeks?
Now this is an "un-conference" for me - WineCamp. It takes place in wine country from May 26-May28. From the blurb:
WineCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference, set in wine country. It is born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment.
That's open as in "will someone open the next bottle?" I guess. Anyway - seems like fun and a pity this type of thing is - again - on the other side of the planet. Now, what about an Open WineCamp focussing on Open Source topics next? I'm sure I could convince my wife I need to go to that!
Posted by Matthew at May 24, 2006 02:46 PM
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Oh, that sounds like fun... we could organize one of those here in Italy!
Posted by: David N. Welton at May 24, 2006 04:07 PM
Well, it's an open conference by design -- so that other people can take the model and do it locally! No trademarks, no patents, no nuthin'! In fact, that's why we use a wiki to organize the whole thing!
I would *love* to see a WineCamp happen in Italy... indeed, there's already talk of one happening in the south of France!
Posted by: Chris Messina at May 25, 2006 01:55 AM
"Well, it's an open conference by design -- so that other people can take the model and do it locally! No trademarks, no patents, no nuthin'! "
Better than Web 2.0, eh? See:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=153074441&size=l
--Detlef
Posted by: Detlef Borchers at May 26, 2006 01:38 PM
There's a brainstorming space on Omidyar Network about future WineCamps: http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/brainstorming__winecamp/
I plan to have a WineCampFrance that could take place between Geneva (Switzerland) and Evian (France). Just a few hundred miles from Italy :)
And what about a WineCampEurope session??
Posted by: gregoire at May 26, 2006 07:49 PM