Welcome!

[Scott Wilder]

Testing 1...2...3...

Is this thing on?

Welcome to BarCampIndy on Ning. Just looking for more ways to bring intereactivity to the BCI2008 event.

Let's see what this thing can do.

Scott

[gRegor]

Facebook is wayyy cleaner. Only the profiles with 1000 apps on them are fugly :) (IMO) But Facebook groups aren't as extensible as this (e.g. podcast widgets)

[Scott Wilder]

I think Facebook has a slightly cleaner interface. But only slightly.

[Scott Wilder]

There's a Ning competitor called me.com. I tried it out. Sucked.

[gRegor]

Looks a bit clunky, but it could work. The ads can't go away, I understand, but depending how much it lets you customize we might be able to prettify it a bit. I'll take a look into that.

[Stephen James]

Yeah, I going to bring the machine in my basement. Did you want to be first to try it?

[Scott Wilder]

You were planning on doing a class on time travel. Weren't you?

[Stephen James]

Oh, sorry. I was looking at the '06 calendar.

[Scott Wilder]

I think we're going to shoot for a Saturday event. February 9th.

As far as doing these kind of events during the week. I would pitch it to my job like this: "Boss, there's an technology training / community building event in Indianapolis that I would like to take part in. In return for your 'sponsorship'; I'll be able to give a presentation and make sure that our company is promoted heavily"

[Stephen James]

So what would be a possible justification for taking off from work? Or are all participants going to be those with flexible schedules?