Comments on: ArbCamp, Unconferences, and the appropriate uses of a Community Brand http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: dugsong http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-121664 dugsong Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:20:59 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-121664 hey andrew, it did seem like there used to be a lot more going on. we grew a large contingent of OpenBSD hackers here (via monkey, CITI, IFS, and Canada ;-), CITI produced a lot of excellent Linux kernel and filesystem hackers (as well as smartcard and security folks in general), OpenSSH was born here (3 of us in the 'ssh' manpage were in A2 when we started), UM's MESH group produced some really excellent open-source generalists, and the geeks@monkey.org list brought together open-source hackers, digital artists, and geeks of all stripes for events and community. a lot have left; many to Google, Amazon, MS, Sun, and Bay Area startups, others to Chicago, NYC, etc. but we were successful in retaining (and importing) some at Arbor. there's still a lot of amazing talent here (we're hiring a lot straight out of UM at Zattoo), but we need to grow the next generation of hackers here, get to them before they settle for a crappy code monkey day job at some dead-end company. preach on, rev. turner. we're out to save souls. hey andrew,

it did seem like there used to be a lot more going on.

we grew a large contingent of OpenBSD hackers here (via monkey, CITI, IFS, and Canada ;-), CITI produced a lot of excellent Linux kernel and filesystem hackers (as well as smartcard and security folks in general), OpenSSH was born here (3 of us in the ’ssh’ manpage were in A2 when we started), UM’s MESH group produced some really excellent open-source generalists, and the geeks@monkey.org list brought together open-source hackers, digital artists, and geeks of all stripes for events and community.

a lot have left; many to Google, Amazon, MS, Sun, and Bay Area startups, others to Chicago, NYC, etc. but we were successful in retaining (and importing) some at Arbor. there’s still a lot of amazing talent here (we’re hiring a lot straight out of UM at Zattoo), but we need to grow the next generation of hackers here, get to them before they settle for a crappy code monkey day job at some dead-end company.

preach on, rev. turner. we’re out to save souls.

]]> By: Richard http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-120577 Richard Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:50:21 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-120577 Check out: http://www.annarborspark.org/ and http://www.annarborspark.org/about-us/newsroom/cities-on-the-verge/ There are some great things going on in Ann Arbor and the rest of SE Michigan. Also check out: http://www.glimalivingston.org/ Check out:
http://www.annarborspark.org/

and

http://www.annarborspark.org/about-us/newsroom/cities-on-the-verge/

There are some great things going on in Ann Arbor and the rest of SE Michigan. Also check out:

http://www.glimalivingston.org/

]]> By: Brian http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-119398 Brian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:09:32 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-119398 Thanks for being there, it was a good day. Thanks for being there, it was a good day.

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118897 Edward Vielmetti Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:21:36 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118897 It was good to see you there, I had an awesome time. It was good to see you there, I had an awesome time.

]]> By: Cameron Barrett http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118397 Cameron Barrett Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:28:47 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118397 I lived in Ann Arbor from 1998-2000 when I was on the Borders.com team back in the dot-com days. Even back then there was a burgeoning tech/geek community in the area, fueled by UM and EMU students -- mostly computer science and business majors. I would suggest organizing your own tech meetup, give yourself enough time to market it, invite every geek you know and encourage them to invite people they think should be there. Use the undefined social network that already exists, make sure people know it's a low-cost (or free) event, and blog the crap out of it. My startup, <a href="http://confabb.com" rel="nofollow">Confabb</a> offers free conference listings and Web 2.0 tools for conferences of all sizes. Michigan is not really known as a tech/geek powerhouse but a surprising number of people got their start there. Rob Malda started Slashdot is from Holland, MI. Jeff Veen (from Wired, AdaptivePath and now Google) went to school at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Lou Rosenfeld, the co-author of the popular O'Reilly book "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web) lived in Ann Arbor for years and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. Joe Stump, one of the developers at Digg went to school at EMU and is from East Jordan/Bellaire area. I lived in Ann Arbor from 1998-2000 when I was on the Borders.com team back in the dot-com days. Even back then there was a burgeoning tech/geek community in the area, fueled by UM and EMU students — mostly computer science and business majors.

I would suggest organizing your own tech meetup, give yourself enough time to market it, invite every geek you know and encourage them to invite people they think should be there. Use the undefined social network that already exists, make sure people know it’s a low-cost (or free) event, and blog the crap out of it. My startup, Confabb offers free conference listings and Web 2.0 tools for conferences of all sizes.

Michigan is not really known as a tech/geek powerhouse but a surprising number of people got their start there. Rob Malda started Slashdot is from Holland, MI. Jeff Veen (from Wired, AdaptivePath and now Google) went to school at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Lou Rosenfeld, the co-author of the popular O’Reilly book “Information Architecture for the World Wide Web) lived in Ann Arbor for years and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. Joe Stump, one of the developers at Digg went to school at EMU and is from East Jordan/Bellaire area.

]]> By: nat turner http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118380 nat turner Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:13:59 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/arbcamp-unconferences-and-the-appropriate-uses-of-a-community-brand/#comment-118380 10/26 Good initiative. 10/26

Good initiative.

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