BarCamp San Antonio

So San Antonio’s inaugural BarCamp ended Saturday, but the energy is still there. Throughout the entire Saturday, the MediaRich office was bustling with energy coming from college department chairs, students, entrepreneurs, journalists, and just Texans in general. We had great sessions yesterday.

Cody Marx Bailey, organizer of BarCamp Texas in Bryan, came to share his story on Bil & TED, an alternative to the ultra-exclusive TED conference, much like BarCamp itself. Joseph Lopez also talked about ACTLab and impassioned locals in an energetic morning session. Following that upstairs was my presentation on the growth and evolution of San Antonio’s emerging techonlogy industry, complete with Mega Man references, my dry delivery, and determined activists ready to make something out of our town.

The afternoon carried on similarly engaging, if not completely thought-provoking, discussions from trans-/post-humanism to self-branding. Then, BCSA winded down with a great performance by Laura Marie and continued passionate discussions and reflections about our event.

And though it’s over now, BCSA has left a major impression on the community in San Antonio, where SA’s next event will emerge from the enthusiasm of the local community and interacting with link-minded people during BCSA.

Also, since I forgot it originally, I’d like to thank everyone who came to the event for showing their support of BarCamps and San Antonio especially, our sponsors who made this all possible, bloggers and writers who spread the word, and my fellow organizers for putting together such a wonderful event! Let’s continue the momentum!

Woohoo! Barcamp San Antonio is finally here!!!!

The banner is hung, the shirts are folded (only first 100 folks get these smoking hot tees) and the badges are ready.

All we need is you!

Get ready to kick-off the Inaugural Barcamp San Antonio  at 10 am sharp.

Come by early to sign in and get the goods. We’re calling it Registration and Coffee. Remember the Session times are first come first serve……er…um.. I mean first session.

If you want to get your hands on the goodies, enjoy a leisurly cup of coffee while meeting your fellow Barcampers then show up early.

Not only does the early bird get the worm but he also gets a cup of coffee and the first option at Session Topics, Times and Locations. We’ll be there bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. <–or at least we will be after we have some of Casa Chiapas coffee.

Our generous sponsors have not only supplied us with the the Barcamp San Antonio goodies, but they’ve also sprung for lunch! We’ll enjoy a taco or two from Tito’s Mexican Restaurant and wash it down with some ice tea from Mad Hatters.

The fun doesn’t stop when the “Official Barcamp Sessions” are over. Not by a long shot. From 6-8pm we will enjoy the musical stylings of Laura Marie http://lauramariemusic.com during the post-Barcamp San Antonio Mixer.

Hang out with your fellow Barcampers in the warm afterglow of what will be a phenominal day of “Learn, Share, Grow” San Antonio Style.

BTW, The entire event will be streamed live on UStream.tv http://www.ustream.tv/channel/barcamp-san-antonio.

So, come on down and join the fun!

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Event: Barcamp San Antonio

Registration & Coffee: 9-10am (CT)

Date: Saturday, September 06, 2008 from 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM (CT)

Lunch: 12:30-1:30pm

Post Barcamp San Antonio Mixer: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location:
MediaRich
918 South Alamo
San Antonio, TX 78205

Check out the smoking hot t-shirts that the first 100 Barcamp San Antonio attendees will get when they show up on Saturday morning. You won’t want to miss out on these, so get here early.

Barcamp San Antonio t-shirt

We’ll see you at September 6th for Registration & Coffee from 9-10am at MediaRich.