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Judging from the list of session ideas, this is going to be an amazing weekend! With so many good sessions running concurrently, it’s inevitable that we’re going to miss some of the action. However, good notes can help!
I set up a spot in the wiki to index notes from Mind Camp 2.0: MC2 Session Notes. I’d like to encourage everyone to create pages and add notes to any of the sessions they attend.
Also, for all you Mac users out there, give SubEthaEdit a try. The current version is a 30-day trial, but the previous version is still free. SubEthaEdit allows live collaborative note taking in the same document. I’ve seen how great collaborative notes can be, and it’d be great to see some of that for the Mind Camp Sessions! Ted Leung has written a bit about the experience on his blog: SubEthaEdit at PyCon.
Happy note-taking!
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Mind Camp 2.0 Session Spotlight: The Good Thing Rapid Discovery Slam
Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Sessions,
There’s a lot of activity going on on the Session Ideas wiki page, and I thought I’d highlight one or two sessions-in-planning over the next couple of days. First up, Bryan Zug and Scott Berkun’s Good Thing Rapid Discovery Slam. Here’s the description from Bryan’s blog:
Bring something short and interesting to read or show — something that has inspired you (or been caused as a result of you being inspired). Can be original or someone else’s work. Bring stuff from every genre — the blogosphere, novels, poetry, tech, business, software/product design, whatever. Watch and listen to things that are inspiring and provoking minds from your tribe.
Each contributor will have 2 minutes at the helm. Bring various things to share in case there’s time to do multiple rounds.
We will have a projector and audio hookups for multimedia. You need to bring the hardware for playing and any non-standard connectors. Count on standard monitor connectors and RCA for video in, as well as stereo 1/8 inch audio or RCA jacks for audio. We will also have an iPod AV cable with RCA video and audio connections.
There’s more background at Bryan’s blog, and activity on the wiki page, so check ‘em out. What are you planning for Mind Camp 2.0?
Mind Camp Premium Sponsor: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Sponsors,
Aww yeah - Coming in during the clutch is the Internet Explorer 7 team. A big thank you to these guys for becoming a Premium Sponsor of Seattle Mind Camp 2.0. Oh, and check be sure to check out the latest IE 7 update:
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The Lightning Talks session will be a full session comprised of five minute talks. It’ll be a whirlwind tour of ideas.
Show something interesting you’ve done lately, talk about your favorite new discovery, beg for help with a difficult problem, proclaim a call to action, tell us about a successful project or about a failed project, pull out that sweet hack you did, make someone else do a talk. We want to hear it all.
We’ll have a sign-up sheet posted. I can’t wait!
A more detailed description of Lightning talks can be found here.
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The newly renovated and re-opened Youngstown Cultural Arts Center is the home for Mind Camp 2.0, and we couldn’t have found a more appropriate venue. As part of the Delridge Neighborhood Development Association’s $30 million “three projects | one community” campaign, the once-abandoned historic building is now a bustling home to artists, educators, and community activists. The center’s tenant partners—such as Twelfth Night Productions and the Nature Consortium— produce innovative arts, education and outreach programs that enrich the community.
Seattle Mind Camp will make extensive use of the first floor of the former Frank B. Cooper School, which includes a 150-seat theater, a movement studio, a media room, and a recording studio. You can read more about the Center in the Seattle Times and The Stranger, or listen to KUOW’s Dave Beck interview Center Director Randy Engstrom here.
More pictures are available at this Flickr page or at the Youngstown Center’s rental page (click the room links on the sidebar).
Whatchu talkin’ ‘bout, Willis? And, what would you like others to talk witchu ‘bout?
Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Upcoming,
The first thing that Seattle Mind Campers encountered when they registered was a page with two questions: “What’s one thing you’d like to learn at Mind Camp?” and “What are two things you’d like to discuss at Mind Camp?” This is a participatory event, after all, and we aimed to reinforce that right from the start.
So what did the attendees say? Well, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Seattle Mind Campers are passionate about the latest technologies, but they are also interested in the arts, politics, social responsibility, interaction, collaboration, and community. The raw list of responses are on the wiki: here for things campers want to learn, and here for things they want to talk about. Perhaps reading them over will give you an idea for ways to contribute.
Some ideas on topics addressed in these lists are being fleshed out on the Session Ideas wiki page, and on the mailing list. Many more will spontaneously evolve during camp. One thing is for sure: if you’re bored at Mind Camp, it’ll be your own dang fault!
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