Florida Creatives - Creating a Community of Innovation

Bringing Arts and Technology Together

This group (and event) is really part of a larger movement inside Florida Creatives, to bring together two groups that may not always see themselves as peers. We're going to act as the connector between the computer/internet/open source geeks and the artists.

The immediate plans are to run two kinds of events: one semi-annual, and another that's more monthly.

BATT Unconference

The annual event will be a lot like BarCamp, unconference format, but focused on arts instead of being so open-ended.

BATT Community Helpdesk

The monthly event will be of the "community help desk" format, where the artists and technologists come to a specific place to try and get a specific problem solved, like "how do I get the photos from my digital camera to my website?" or "I need some help deciding how to make this look better", and then everyone helps each other. It's not free tech support, there are more rules than that. For a good reference, see this description by Advantage Labs. Their Lab Hours = Community Help Desk