I think I speak for all of the Unorganisers when I say that BarCamp Canberra #1 was an unqualified success! We couldn’t be happier with the turnout, the quality of the talks, the feedback we’ve received and the enthusiasm to hold another BarCamp here in 2009.
Here are a few stats from the day:
- in excess of 60 attendees (that’s an amazing turnout for somewhere as small as Canberra)
- over 30 presentations on topics including web typography, GTD, open source, design and language
- 156 photos and counting
- several enthusiastic blog posts already – Stephen Dann, Gavin Jackson, Ruth Ellison and Steven Hanley
- 30+ t-shirts handed out (if you were in the first 40 registrations, you were entitled to a t-shirt on the day, and if you were in the 41-55 bracket, there’s a t-shirt coming for you – make sure you let me know if you missed out)
- a bunch of people introduced to the power of Twitter
- 16 pizzas eaten
- many Chupa-Chups and Arnotts Shapes consumed
- 72 600ml bottles of water drunk
- 32 people for the dinner afterwards
- just two pieces of lost property – an Asus Eee PC power brick and a Nokia N95 belt pouch (if you own either of these, email me)
Personally, it was an incredibly fulfilling experience and I’m looking forward to being involved next time. As Canberra’s a small town, we’re probably a one BarCamp a year place. In the meantime, I’ll definitely be at any Australian BarCamp I can get to and might even try for the odd nearby international one…
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mmmhhh… mate, I think you’re sidestepping the statistics on how many VB/Foster’s/XXXX stubs went off that night as well as the liters of Bundy!
Cheers
Yay! Congrats!