For participants of the semi-annual BarCampOrlando Event
iPhoneDevCamp was formed just a week after the launch of the original iPhone device and now meets annually to promote the work of developers and designers for iPhone and iPod touch. This year iPhoneDevCamp 3 will be hosted at Yahoo!‘s Sunnyvale, CA campus.

We are thrilled to announce that MOSI will sponsor and host the Inaugural iPhoneDevCamp - Florida 2009.
iPhoneDevCamp - Florida will run simultaneously with iPhoneDevCamp 3 as one of 19 simultaneous Satellite events to connect developers around the world.
MOSI, Tampa, FL July 31 - August 2, 2009 Cover Charge: $99
It is a free event held at night during a weekday. A place where we can all network, talk, drink and watch presentations. It is all paid for by sponsors. It is ran in 2 parts.
1st Part
We have presentation scheduled that last 5 minutes. Each person has 20 slides that rotate automatically every 15 seconds. The presentations are on creative and or interesting things that are not typically your everyday type of presentation.
Here are some of the presentations we have had in the past;
BarCampOrlando is back and is going to be bigger and better than ever. The Orlando Scene has quickly proven it can put on one of the premier BarCamp events in the US, and quite possibly the world.

BarCampOrlando is a 1 day 'unconference' offering all attendees the opportunity to share their knowledge by giving short talks on ANY subject. This year we will have 3 different rooms to showcase the participants and sessions of different lengths to accommodate more content then you can shake your marshmallow stick at.

BarCamp by it's nature has no schedule, no keynote speaker, and no main topic of conversation - the participants decide the who, what, how, why and when - we just pick the where!

Please register for the event so we can plan accordingly!

P.S. BarCamp may still be looking for sponsors - any amount will be accepted. We have a "fill in the blank" sponsorship available for those who can't swing $100 or $300, as much as they might like to.
We had a great turnout from Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville folks down in Coconut Grove yesterday, and a substantial number of presentations by our regular cast of characters. Gregg Pollack, Rob Dempsey, Bryan Conzone, Brian Feldman, Eric Marden, Tim Rosenblatt and myself (just to name a few) all took the podium at various times throughout the day.
A huge thanks to Alex DeCarvalho, who seemed to have single-handedly pulled this unconference together in a matter of days.
On the agenda for this month will be the plans for BarCamp Orlando 2009, as well as any old business from last month's talk.
Our first two steering committee meetings / conference calls were a huge success, and this month should bring some interesting new discussion.
We will be meeting over the phone or skype. To participate, send your phone number in an email to rprice AT ryanpricemedia.com - I will call you at the appropriate time to include you in the discussion.
If you are a member of Skype, add Ryan Price or the username "pfalliance" to your contacts.
Anybody on the fence about going to FOWA Miami I got a deal for a last minute ticket:
I am offering my conference ticket up for charity. For more deals and how to get a chance [for well under the price] go to: http://tinyurl.com/akcgsu
Download Steerage 2a
flcreatives_steerage_02a_jan_09.mp3
Length: 19:49
Here is a summary of what we discussed on the call:
Gregg Pollack
Greg Pederson
George Drage
Eric Marden
Ryan Price
David Rogers
Rachael Page
Joshua Blount
Gregg
More venues - CityArts? CoLab?
Evening event - CityArts? other downtown venues that don't open until later, but it would be nice to give the business to Wall St since they were so nice with the space
You can listen to the other half of this call at the Project X half of the conference call
You can edit the Orlando WiFi page or the wiki page for other cities at http://floridacreatives.com/wiki/florida
BarCampMiami will take place once again at the outstanding Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, kicking off an exciting week for technology in South Florida.
What is BarCamp?
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. BarCampMiami 2009 will include WordCamp!
On the agenda for this month will be the plans for BarCamp Orlando 2009, as well as any old business from last month's talk.
Our first steering committee meeting and conference call was a huge success, and this month should bring some interesting new discussion.
We will be meeting at my home in downtown Orlando. To participate, send your phone number in an email to rprice AT ryanpricemedia.com - I will call you at the appropriate time to include you in the discussion.
If you are a member of Skype, add Ryan Price or the username "pfalliance" to your contacts.
We are having our very first event planning meeting and you are invited. Ignite Orlando is a community event and all our welcome.
This planning meeting will be held at CoLab, we will be discussing topics such as;
- What is Ignite Orlando
- The Event Coordinator role
- The rolle of the Talk Coordinator
- The role of the Space Liasion
- The role of the Make Project Coordinator
- The role of the Volunteer Coordinator
- The need for a Videographer
- The need for a Photographer
- Event Promotion
- Future Meetings
- Projected Costs to run the event
- The event date
A birds-of-a-feather meetup for hacking, MAKErs, TED talks, and having fun with electronics at BarCampTampaBay with Matt:
@JohnRife was posting on Twitter today about trying to get Processing running on his iPhone. That one message inspired me to make some posts and get some things going on this group.
I didn't think you could run Processing on an iPhone, since it is based on Java, but it looks like John Resig, a true Guru of JavaScript if ever there was one, has come up with a solution to get processing code to run in a web browser without any plugins. I added a bunch of bookmarks about Processing.js to a brand-new Processing group on Ma.gnolia, which is a public feed which anyone can contribute to. New links in that group will appear on the right sidebar of the graphics hackers group page of FloridaCreatives.com. The group itself has 15 registered members... anybody else excited by this?
Via the Processing website:
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.
Processing is free to download and available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
On Oct 13, 2008 members of the BarCampOrlando community will be organizing an ad-hoc BarCamp session as a part of the Create Chaos conference. Create Chaos 2008 is a five-day creative industry destination event produced to inform, inspire, educate, and connect creative professionals across industries through an all-inclusive event. This ad-hoc session invites participants to control the programming by preparing a 20 minute talk on any creative topic and presenting it to other conference attendees (so, bring your laptop). The fun starts at 6pm.
BarCamp Chaos is free to attend, of course, and all registered Campers will receive free access to the Create Chaos Expo Hall on Oct 13, 2008. You can use the discount code: BARCAMP to get $200 off your tickets, if you're interested in attending the whole conference.
BarCamp Tampa 2008 conference will be the first in the Bay area for this unusual technology and new media conference.
Tampa, FL – August 8, 2008 – BarCamp Tampa 2008: the interactive BarCamp conference (http://barcamptampabay.com/) will take place October 11-12, 2008 at the University of South Florida College of Business in Tampa. This is the first year for a BarCamp event in Tampa and will bring together thought leaders from technology and New Media to explore exciting new developments in their fields.
Topics may include, but are not limited to: open source software, startups, UI design, entrepreneurship, iphone applications, AJAX, hardware hacking, Ruby, Java, .net, PHP robotics, mobile computing, bioinformatics, RSS, Social Software, video, podcasting, music, blogs, programming languages, Virtual Reality, mashups and the future of technology.
Saturday’s events will start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. and will focus on technology. Saturday evening there will be a party for conference attendees to share and get to know each other a little better. Food and music will be provided. Sunday will start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. and will focus on New Media.
Unlike traditional meetings, a BarCamp, is what is known as an unconference where people interested in a wide range of technologies come together to participate, teach and learn. The format does not have scheduled speakers. Instead, the morning of the BarCamp, everyone proposes the sessions they would like to have covered. Those sessions are put on a schedule and groups form and start an intense session of learning. Everyone who attends a BarCamp is expected to teach and to participate. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.
People who attend should be prepared to share with barcampers, and when they leave be prepared to share it with the world.
Exciting news: I was informed that Florida Creatives and BarCamp Orlando were named "Best way to staff your social networking startup" by the Orlando Weekly as part of their annual Best of Orlando issue.
Create Chaos 2008. One week. Ten shows. Thousands of creative professionals.
Create Chaos is a concept that speaks to the evolution of our industries — a “create-a-palooza” that will bring together some of the most interesting, educational and inspirational creative industry conferences simultaneously — and all in one location.
Download Show 16
flcreatives_16_barcamp_ladies.mp3
Length: 14:00
Today at BarCamp I suggested we create a "secret" handshake for Florida Creatives members or people who are involved in the local community.
Here are some suggestions: hugs, peace sign, hang loose, three-fingered wave, etc.
What would you use as the Florida Creatives secret handshake? Record something and post it in the comments!
Download Show 15
flcreatives_15_barcamp_sunir_alex.mp3
Length: 9:19
Fantastic job everyone. Discussion leaders, photographers, participants (could have been more participating, honestly) and especially organizers. Orlando is putting itself on the map with events like this, and will only continue to gain the eyes of the world.
I can't wait for BlogOrlando on Friday. That's right, it wasn't last week. I heard that a few times where people thought BarCamp was the Sunday of BlogOrlando instead of the Sunday before.
Chris Messina is one of the thought leaders behind some of the concepts we here at Florida Creatives subscribe to: Coworking and BarCamp are the big ones. He made a great post today that seemed to be writing itself in my head as I was reading it. The short version is this: We don't want to be like San Francisco. It's true. My idea is that we want to be a better Orlando, or Tampa, or South Florida.
Someone sent me an email this morning saying that OrlandoSentinel.com was running a story on the upcoming BarCamp on Sept 23rd at Taste. The article is "A gathering of the geeks", and it sports a picture of a few people's hands and Jason Siefer's head (and one unidentified programmer, but I think he's an ORUG guy too).
Here's the most quotable part of the article by Wes Smith:
That means (I think) Birth Certificate - "The Creators". Larry Diehl just wrote a post over at the BarCampOrlando blog called "Orlando's Web Renaissance", but Renaissance really means "rebirth". I don't think the world has ever issued us with a creative birth certificate in the first place. I will agree that we're participating in a rebirth of culture, and enabling technologies have quite a bit to do with that, but enablers are nothing without the people to enable.