BarCampRDU Summary – The good, the bad and the wish I did

I attended the BarcampRDU event this weekend and here is my personal summary.

http://barcamp.org/BarCampRDU

The good

1. I met a lot of cool people, Fred (http://claimid.com/), Tara Hunt (http://horsepigcow.com/) , Chris Messina (http://factorycity.net/) (http://citizenagency.com/blog/) and some other great lulu.com employees such as Jackson Fred.

2. I had the opportunity to help out and volunteer, which made me feel if as I had something to do with the event.

3. FREE STUFF – I left with a two free barcamp shirts (one for the wife), a hat and t-shirt from rpath, a and Ruby on Rrails book.

4. Networking – I exchanged business cards with a lot of people; hopefully a job or new business will come out of out.

The bad

The only bad thing I would say about the conference is that there were a lot of application developers there, so some sessions were over my head. Although I think all the sessions were great, even the Dancing with Girls. I wished there was more on computers, Web 2.0 and other technology. I learned something in each session I attended.
I even led a session titled “Online Bsiness Model” where the best advice was you still need a business plan no matter what business you are starting.

The wish I did

I wish I had taken a few pictures with some of the attendees there. I missed a great opportunity to take one with Chris, Tara and Fred.

Summary

I give the first BarcampRDU an A+.

Stay on the look out for – BarCamp Earth – http://barcamp.org/BarCampEarth

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