Welcome to the social networking site for Foo Camp 2009. Use this network to find and connect with people at Foo Camp.
Hi All, As the following post was directly inspired by the Foo Camp session on the future of the book (led by Allen Noren), I wanted to pass along the link that just went up at O'Reilly Radar: Rebooting the Book (One Apple iPad Tablet at a Time) http://bit.ly/zOoEu Excerpt: The book business is under assault. Book sales have been stagnating for some time, Amazon is the industry's boogeyman, and more terrifying, book publishers have no idea how to... [read more]
I was at Tish Shute's session on Augmented Reality (AR), and I was somehow feeling emotional (mostly anger). It wasn't directed at anyone or the session (Tish did a great job!). It was cuz I felt a big dissonance between AR as defined by the futurists, and AR as it is today. I tried to verbalize it here (http://allthingsv.com/2009/09/03/you-know-what-really-grinds-my-gears-augmented-reality/). I swore a lot to let it out, get it out... Pls feel f... [read more]
I've been looking through the attendee list to find all of the people I met this weekend and there is one conspicuous person missing. By conspicuous, I mean wolfy. Does anyone know Zach's last name and where he works? The guy who played werewolf late into the night. Wore a red shirt. Claimed to be the healer as a werewolf when Elan was actually the healer?
Hi All, It attempts to explain the format of Foo Camp, how the program is assembled and give highlights from the sessions that I participated in (as well as the evening events, like Ignite, the music performances, etc.) Creating New Synapses in the Global Brain: Notes from Foo Camp, 2009 (#foo09) http://bit.ly/bO9t Check it out if interested. Mark
Thanks for providing Crowdvine for us. Here's my feedback: I really liked being able to figure out where the next session was without going to the board. I was surprised by how useful it was in communicating with folks with a sense of immediacy. A couple of times I used it to send an idea during a session so as not to lose it. I also appreciated being able to associate a face with a name ahead of time, and it was genuinely useful in making connec... [read more]
Thanks for an amazing Foo Camp, y'all. A surprisingly small number of items were left behing. I've listed them below--just ping me if you see something that belongs to you, and we'll get it back where it belongs: plastic bag labeled "iPhone Tools" and filled with same; olive green canvas messenger bag, with red characters (Chinese? Japanese?) on the flap; black Belkin USB power adapter; black Linearity power adapter; O2 sim card
CrowdVine lets you export all of your mutual connections as a VCF file. That lets you add your new contacts into many email programs and social networks, including Gmail, LinkedIn, and Facebook. To export, go to My Network -> export contacts. Save the vcf file. In LinkedIn, you can find the import via VCF option under Contacts -> Add Connections -> Don't use webmail? or just follow this link: http://www.linkedin.com/uploadContacts?displayUploadCo... [read more]
Thank you Tim, Sara, and the Foo staff for an awesome weekend.
I would love to find people who would like to talk about: PK-12 education, particularly the role that making and engineering can play in it, and how to help teachers who often have little to no training in either.
We took the @name list of all the Foo Camp attendees and the company's they represent and analysed Live Twitter sentiment and Tweet velocity. www.foocamp.peoplebrowsr.com - talking about it at 2.00 meerkat building C
I'm bringing a cider press today. We can collect apples from the orchard and make some tasty, fresh apple cider.
Hi Everyone, I am currently sneaking a few minutes of Internet time here in Belize to let everyone know that I am flying back to California today after a week's honeymoon: I get back in late on Saturday night. As such, I will be at Foo on Sunday morning. I hope you all have a wonderful first day, and I look forward to seeing you on the Sunday! Jono
I'm having a tough time understanding why so many would prefer to view the success of books and so many other products as simply... luck. Or Who You Know. Or How Much Your Publisher Promoted It. We can't control it all (especially on highly speculative topics or products), but we can still GREATLY improve the chances of making--and promoting (with no budget)--products that users really want. The lessons, models, and evidence are all there and oft... [read more]
At O'Reilly we spend a fair amount of time working on next generation publishing. At this time our efforts have largely been around digitizing our books into Safari Books Online and converting them to multiple formats (pdf, mobi, epub). But that's just a start. What's the next generation book in a networked world? Please don't say it's just the inclusion of audio and video content.
I have been working on what is the same and what is different about the last global financial crisis and its economic consequences and today's version. I propose to hold a session on this subject, which will bear a certain resemblance to my exercise last year on "Why Financial Economics is not a Branch of Physics."
I think it's telling no matter how early the FOO camp wiki and Crowdvine stuff goes up, the activity goes from nearly comatose to peak levels 72 to 48 hours before :)
In these early days of A.R. we're mostly seeing the interaction patterns of "pop-up info" (layar, etc), "mirrors" (webcam + tracker), "boardgames" and soon "avatars" (virtual pets). But what about rich interpersonal interactions in a "chat" or "tele-immersion" pattern? Lets talk about social AR patterns which invite creativity - and brainstorm ideas for applications.
Somewhere between the realm of Personal and Shared media lies the realm of the Universal. The realm of the universal is the Library of the Commons, a global repository of user-generated and crowd-sourced media and information (think: Yelp, YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, Twitter tweets, Bit.ly items, Scribd docs, etc.). What I am really interested in is looking at how such media might be federated into a listing/indexing/playback model (think: dewey ... [read more]
Everyone funds everything. A session on crowd-source funding as mix of art and science. The benefits and (very early) best practices. And then see where the convo goes from there. What areas does crowdfunding work best (or is it agnostic)? Any limits? How can it function as a decision-making engine? and more.
I'm thinking about organizing a session about creating simple explanations. I plan to talk just a bit about the lessons we've learned from making Common Craft "in Plain English" videos and then apply the lessons to the professions of a few people in the room. I'll need a couple of volunteers who have professions that are difficult to explain. Hopefully, with everyone's help, we'll find ways to frame them so that Moms, relatives, friends can under... [read more]
There seems to be at least a bit of interest in what's happening in Washington, DC-- and a lot of DC types heading to FOO. Would love to hear from people on what they're looking to hear about. P.S. Come visit!
Are there enough of us breaking the Apple EULA to make a meet and greet / show and tell worthwhile? I'll be bringing my Mini-9 running 10.5.
Two hacking talk ideas: 1. browsers - add-ons, extensions, Greasemonkey, Jetpack/Ubiquity, bookmarklets - What works and what doesn't? Is it too limiting that this is limited to browsers? What about mobile? What about cross-browser? 2. hacking Google Analytics - people show me how they've leveraged Google Analytics to do things beyond what GA advertises. What stories do you have? What would you like to do?
In our "obsessions about Japanese obsessions" session, Joi Ito and I want to provide some examples of recent Japanese obsessions (gadgets, figurines, anime, design), tie them back to their historical origins, and talk about why there's such an obsession with it in the US and beyond. Anyone interested?
any monome equipped folk attending? i'm thinking about bringing my 256... it surely would be fun to team up with others and make some music! -sean
i'm so excited to see not one, but two crafting corners (see cat and adrian's posts) in the nocturnal activities section. may i suggest that any knitters who are either veteran sock knitters or ready to enter the world of the sock, knit at least one pair of child size socks over the weekend to donate to http://www.warmwoolies.org/ i'm happy to teach the 2-at-a-time sock method (a variation of magic loop) to anyone who is up for the challenge! on ... [read more]
After Foo Campers fill in the grid at the Friday night opening session, we'll load the schedule, and you'll be able to pull it up on your cell or laptop, rather than trudging downstairs. There are 14 time slots and 14 rooms, so conceivably almost two thirds of us could organize a session. There are usually lots of events that get organized outside of the official sessions like werewolf, whiskey tasting, poker, and pre/post gatherings. The calenda... [read more]
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