PodCamp AZ 2008 - Nov. 1-2, 2008

Tomorrow, we are attending PodCampAZ.  PodCamp is a FREE BarCamp-style community, an ad-hoc gathering with discussions, demos and interaction from participants for podcasters and listeners, bloggers and readers, and anyone interested in New Media.  That's a mouthful, but if you break it down, it equates to a bunch of nerds getting together to collaborate on ideas.  That sounds like an awesome weekend.  So, we signed up.

There are 7 rules that define what events can be called a PodCamp:

    * All content created must be released under a Creative Commons license.
    * All attendees must be treated equally. Everyone is a rockstar.
    * All attendees must be allowed to participate. (subject to limitations of physical space, of course)
    * All sessions and events must be free of charge to attend.
    * All sessions must obey the Law of 2 Feet - if you’re not getting what you want out of the session, you can and should walk out and do something else. It’s not like you have to get your money’s worth!
    * The event must be new-media focused - blogging, podcasting, video on the net.
    * The financials of a PodCamp must be fully disclosed in an open ledger, except for any donor/sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous.

Here is the schedule (http://podcampaz.org/schedule/), but here are a few of the session we plan on attending:

Andrew Hyde - Bottoms Up Leadership- Why are the most effective organizations leaderless?
Brian Shaler - Stranger, Meet Strangers
Time Barrow  - New Media in the Workplace
Andrew Hyde - Starting it up Quick- How to start a startup and not make the classic mistakes quickly.

A follow-up will be posted at some point in the weekend, so check back and see what these nerds thought.

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