[HacktionLab] ogg camp -

Martin crysison at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 17 09:29:31 UTC 2011


Unfortunately this is on the same time as CCC camp,
http://events.ccc.de/category/camp-2011/
which is always awesome.  Besides, I'm always a sucker for the outdoors
life.  I'd seriously recommend going to CCC.  Awesome conf and lots of cool
stuff always happening

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Adelayde Skidmore <adelayde at riseup.net>wrote:

>  On 17/06/2011 00:30, penguin wrote:
> > "OggCamp 11 is a two-day technology festival bringing together the most
> > interesting people from the Linux, Open Source and Hardware Hacking
> > communities to share their passion and knowledge on all things geeky in
> > a barcamp-style atmosphere."
> >
> > And
> >
> > "There are several hotels and other accommodation options close by and
> > there even has been talk of taking the name of the event literally and
> > organising a camping area."
> >
> > Didn t I just go to that? And met the most interesting people literally
> > in a camping field? An learn't  how to distribute this is an open source
> > distributed manner http://ox4.org/~graham/p.jpg
> >
> > On a slightly more serious note, I'm finding currently finding it
> > interesting to think that most conversations I've had within HactionLab
> > have been around how to get 'political activists' to be a bit more tech
> > savy, but am now wondering if there's as important a role to get 'tech
> > activists' a bit more political savy.
> the latter might be easier, especially with UK political activists, 1000
> years of being shafted by the ruling classes has gotten us very used to
> it methinks.
> >
> > Just thinking allowed.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > G
> >
> > On Fri 17 Jun 2011 00:06:40 BST, m3shrom [m3shrom at riseup.net] emailed
> > subject: "[HacktionLab] ogg camp -" saying ...
> >
> > > http://oggcamp.org/
> >
> > > kind of interesting
> >
> > > The Conference
> >
> > > OggCamp 11 is a two-day unconference where technology enthusiasts come
> > > together to exchange knowledge on a wide range of topics from Linux and
> > > open source software to building home automation systems. Now in its
> > > third year, the event is steadily growing and attracting interesting
> > > speakers from all over the UK, the rest of Europe and even the US.
> Since
> > > OggCamp is an unconference, speaking schedules are set on the first day
> > > and everyone is free to propose a talk themselves. You are of course
> > > free to come along and just listen to other people's talks but we
> > > strongly encourage everyone to take part and talk on something they are
> > > passionate about in technology.
> >
> > > [The Ogg mascot]
> >
> > > Why the name?
> >
> > > To be honest, we just somehow came up with it and it kinda stuck.
> > > OggCamp was first organised by the combined forces of the Linux Outlaws
> > > and the Ubuntu UK Podcast as a filler event after the last LugRadio
> Live
> > > was decided to be a one-day only event. We named it OggCamp because the
> > > open source Ogg format is the principal delivery method of both shows.
> > > The name has since taken on a life of its own with the creation of the
> > > Ogg mascot during the second year of the conference. Today, OggCamp
> > > stands for a completely community-based conference organised by and for
> > > technology geeks.
> >
> > > Now in its third year, the conference is going stronger than ever. With
> > > OggCamp 11, we are looking to bring you even more speakers, a bigger
> > > venue and as always a fun-packed weekend including a joint live show of
> > > both podcasts. There might even be one of our famous raffles again...
> >
> >
>
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