BarCampSanFrancisco

What
Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering of passionate folks who want to share, interact and spread the love around what they spend their days and nights toiling away on.


When / Where / Hosts
6/23 evening through 6/25 afternoon: BarCamp hosted by Nima Dilmaghani of Microsoft at their 1 Market St. location Yes, with actual onsite camping (or at least sleeping bagging :)
IMPORTANT: Please sign up on the Wiki if you are coming. Security needs a list of attendees 24 hrs before the event and there is a 250 person limit for the building. Thanks

To know more please see the Wikipedia article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcamp

When: The event will start with a party (location TBD) on the evening of Friday June 23 and end around 4PM on Sunday June 25.

Where: Microsoft San Francisco: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/northernca/sanfrancisco.mspx
The Landmark at One Market, Suite 200San Francisco, CA 94105

Accomodations: Participants are welcome to bring a sleeping bag and stay overnight on Friday night and Saturday night. Last year, out of the 200 participants, only 15-20 stayed overnight. The rest chose the comforts of their beds.

Cost: The event is free. We are however seeking sponsors for food, refreshments, T-Shirts, …
Registration is required please register at: http://barcamp.org/BarCampSanFranciscoCampers

Last night's meeting...

Thanks to everyone for making last night's meeting a great networking event!

So cool to see John's customized case, and some of your favorite applications discussed. I must get started on a "Must-have Apps" themed meeting - did anyone notice Rosi's 4700 customized with a Mac feel to it by way of Wisbar Advanced, right? Check out Jenneth's blog post here from last October if you want to do the same thing:
http://www.mobilejenneth.com/archives/2005/10/make_your_pocke.html

Anyway, let's keep the good vibe going and get some of those questions from last night posted in our new forums and I'll try to get them answered by this weekend. If you have any questions on stuff from my MGN blog, by all means, post some feedback there following each particular post. All the links are listed on the right side of this page.

June meeting: 6/21/2006 @ Microsoft SF, 6:30pm

How I "Pimped out my Mobile Device" Contest!

This month's focus - is on you! I want to know how you customize and use your device, as well as accessorize and what you've installed on it. I'm sure that we'll all get to learn something new and pick up some tips along the way as to other ways we haven't even thought of before...perhaps we'll even have a lively debate on why some of you may choose a software solution over another! Either way, at the end of it, we'll choose the best equipped device and the best tip of the night to win a prize (and yes, I will not qualify)!

If you didn't receive an Evite, invite yourself here:
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/reynold_flores@hotmail.com/mcsjune06

And of course, our popular open forum! Also, I'd like to seek out additional committee members to help out with the meetings - if you are interested, let's talk!

Special thanks to:
- Glenn Gerlach, Enterprise Mobility Solution Specialist of Microsoft Corporation's Mobile Device Marketing Group, for hosting and contributing the prizes for our event

PRIZES:
- MEDC backpack(s) (They're very cool this year!)
- other goodies

June meeting Evites went out today!

Yes, keep a lookout in your email box for your Evite to this month's meeting - if you aren't on our mailing list, stay tuned as I'll be posting the info and a link to where you can invite yourself over very shortly. In the meantime, do keep this date free:

June 21, 2006 @ 6:30PM
Microsoft San Francisco.