wikipedia to the rescue: The name BarCamp is a playful allusion to the event's origins, with reference to the programmer slang term, foobar: BarCamp arose as an open-to-the-public alternative to Foo Camp, which is an annual invitation-only (for Friends of O'Reilly) participant-driven conference hosted by Tim O'Reilly.
Jeff And here I was hoping it was a blend of Bar and Camp, which kinda explains the origins of Open Space to me ; ) On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Harold – Sounds wonderful! And … could you answer a stupid question that has > niggled my mind for a while: What is the derivation of “BarCamp?” “Camp” I > understand, but “bar?” And while you are at it – how about the same for > “Foocamp.” > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > > Camden, Maine 20854 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST > Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold Shinsato > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning Keynotes > > > > Dear OSList, > > If any of you are in Montana this weekend, you'll receive a very friendly > welcome at the premier Montana Open Space event - Missoula BarCamp. April > 13-14. http://missoulabarcamp.org. > > Inspired originally by O'Reilly's FooCamp and the spinoff BarCamp until > Kaliya Hamlin educated me about Open Space Technology. I eventually learned > OST was the pure lineage from which sprang BarCamp. So though we use the > BarCamp title, I launched it straight from the OST manual back in 2008 after > I took Lisa Heft's awesome training. > > We're in our fifth year. It's a conversation between artists, techies, and > people who want to make the world better (change agents). > > Inspired by the awesome work Peggy Holman has done with the Journalism That > Matters conferences - we start with warm up talks. We now call them > "Lightning Keynotes" so we can attract bigger names with giving them the > "bully pulpit" for a short time - and they usually stay and get involved in > the Open Space as well. We've partnered with IgniteMissoula - so we also > opened up for some community submitted 5 minute talks. I'm excited that > OSList member and fellow JTM-er Sono Hashisaki will be one of those > Lightning Keynotes. > > This is our fifth year - and it's exciting to see it happening in a > beautiful facility - the Native American Center - a gorgeous new building > with a circular lobby that seems built for Open Space. The University of > Montana president will kick us off. I'm very much excited - and deeply > grateful to all the support I've received from this community over the > years. > > http://missoulabarcamp.org > > Blessings! > Harold > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
