BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

This time Barcamp was in SocialText offices, Palo Alto and was really well attended - more than 600 attendees in the camp and lot of early idea folks checking whether market was ready for their innovations. I think this is a special feature of BarCamp. Agreed, that demo’s in Demo Camp were not well organized and rehearsed but the learning experience and fun in participation makes up for more than anything else. I have always believed that every idea is great and it is the execution that makes the difference. I can definitely say that these BarCamps are a great way to start building experience which can lead to understanding what it takes to execute well- finances, legal, building team and of course, networking.

Here is my picture from the conference - http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1192/1164244077_f6888c7d72.jpg?v=0 talking to Podtech founder Jeremiah Owyang.