StarCamp preparation: Monday

03 Dec 2007

So, StarCamp has a venue - we're having it at the African Institute for Mathematical Studies (hereafter simply AIMS).  That was a last-minute re-option after Andy heard of our plight at the Eccentric Eggplant GeekDinner.

Beyond that, since last I mentioned it, we've got sponsors lined up for T-shirts, name tags/stickers, and food, as well as some cash sponsorships that will cover some additional food and coffee.  Still need some help to make sure I don't have to pay for some stuff myself, but it's looking a lot better than even last week.  Will announce more when everything is 100% confirmed.

We've now got 62 attendees pre-registered (you can, of course, just pitch up on the day, but then you might not end up with food, a seat, or a T-shirt), and 16 talks pre-announced by some brave souls.  The topics are starting to round out now - at first they were mostly technical, but we're starting to get more about the business of technology as well, and I've been in contact with more people to try get some more interesting topics added.

One thing we don't have is enough video recorders - we have Jonathan Carter's one that has been used to tape GeekDinner, CLUG, and CTPUG talks in the past, but we could really do with another one (or two, and people to operate them). 

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Hi, I'm Neil Blakey-Milner, a technology generalist most interested by open source, security, and building scalable systems (especially if I get to use the Python programming language).

I "work" at the incredibly fun web-sites-for-everyone startup SynthaSite based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.

What I do

  • StarCamp

    I was the main instigator behind this 2-day unconference in December 2007 in Cape Town. There'll be another one in Cape Town around July.

  • GeekDinner

    I help out in making these geek social events happen every two months in Cape Town since March 2007.

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    I make sure that the systems run smoothly at this Cape Town-born Web 2.0 startup.

  • Presentations

    I speak publically on a number of topics - generally related to technical aspects of open source software or on software development.

  • Code

    I've written a few software projects of my own over the years (although mostly I'm the only user of them).

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