All posts in the topic Introductions (Short link)
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- Latest post made by John Carter at 2007 Sep 05 02:06 UTC
Use this topic to introduce yourself, and to read introductions from the other group members. Here's mine. I'm Chief Wrangler at OnlineGroups.Net. We make software and work with organisations, participants and geeks, to get collaboration happening. Our software GroupServer http://groupserver.org is GPL but we haven't made a release for a while. We're working towards a release before the end of the year. If you want it before then, let us know. We may be able to help you install it. Or you could use the hosted service that this BarCamp site runs on. You can set up your own "white label" site and run online groups, like this one, on it. http://onlinegroups.net/ As well as the SaaS, we provide geekery and wrangling services for online groups projects in organisations, elearning and edemocracy. http://onlinegroups.net/products/sites/ We are offering free groups on this site for anyone organising a BarCamp, because we like BarCamps, and we want to spread the word about what we're doing.
And me - I'm Ben Kepes
I do lots of stuff - own and run Cactus Climbing (manufacturer of outdoor
clothing and backpacks). Run a few commercial properties around the place. Do
some design consultancy (generally in the business methodology/strategic
planning space). Part time journalism and fairly extensive blogging. i also sit
on a number of boards in a few different areas. I live in sunny Waipara and try
my hardest to hold out as the last bastion of non-viticulture in the area!
Well I am still pretty new to been a geek and am still learning. I started
using Ubuntu about 3 years ago and have made a lot of progress since then. I
don't think I could offer anything in the way of a talk but I can point people
in the right direction and carry things.
This sounds like a really cool event and I am really looking forward to it.
Terry Weaver says:
> I don't think I could offer anything in the way of a talk
Imagine you're telling a fellow geek, possibly a new geek like yourself:
"Here's something interesting I found, and why I think it might be useful..."
Then if you can explain something to one other geek, you can explain it to
three or four, who will chip in with their own ideas, especially if you ask
"has anyone else done/seen this sort of thing?".
That's all a BarCamp talk needs to be. It doesn't have to be original research
or a flashy demo, just geeks talking about stuff they find interesting. That's
why everyone who participates can "give a talk".
I'm software process, version control, build tools, tool chain, unit test /
tdd, ecos, design, online linux / c / c++ / ruby / ... oddbodkin at Tait
Electronics.