On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 19:46, Alan Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I went to Barcamp Belfast yesterday: here's some notes. > > 1. The openstreetmap.org project is a "free editable map of the whole > world". Data is collected by ordinary folks with GPS units walking/ > cycling/driving around, and then uploading the resulting tracks. In > contrast to most commercial mapping concerns, the data is free to > download and use, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike > license. Dermot McNallys presentation was very interesting, and gave a > good overview of the project, its status and its goals. > > 2. @blaine had some interesting ideas about social networking, seeing > the current situation as too centered around commercial providers. He > is working on the cuttlefish open source project. > > 3. There were three excellent presentation from the good folks at > Contrast, on "Business Analytics", "Success" and "Great Customer > Service". Well worth checking out on video when posted. > > 4. There were lots of other presentations, many of which I didn't see. > Video will be available for all, AFAIK. > > 5. About 150 people attended: a lot of folks who listed themselves to > speak didn't turn up.
this happens a lot with unconferences in Ireland, unfortunately! thanks for writing that up-- --j. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
