PodCamp Boston 2 Prep: Setting Expectations

For those who follow my blog and aren’t already aware, PodCamp Boston 2 is happening this weekend - and I’m going. Huge thanks to Justin and Locobone for their grassroots effort to get me there, too.
Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a PodCamp newbie… I’ve been to 2 PodCamps (Pittsburgh’s first and second) and the smaller-sih [...]

For those who follow my blog and aren’t already aware, PodCamp Boston 2 is happening this weekend - and I’m going. Huge thanks to Justin and Locobone for their grassroots effort to get me there, too.

Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a PodCamp newbie… I’ve been to 2 PodCamps (Pittsburgh’s first and second) and the smaller-sih bootcamp that Pittsburgh held, and I was at a paid conference (Podcasters Across Borders) in June… So I’ve certainly seen my share of these gatherings. So why would this one be any different?

Well, for one, PodCamp Boston is HUGE. There are well over a thousand people going… Compare that to the few hundred Pittsburgh saw or the <200 at PAB. My first “big” podcamp was supposed to have been Toronto’s… But sadly the weekend conflicted with pre-existing plans, so that didn’t happen.

The other reason this one’ll be different, at least for me, is the community. There will be a lot of people there whom I haven’t yet met, and a lot whom I have. The Pittsburgh PodCamps are great because I already know a large group there… I pretty much walk in and am greeted from all sides. While it wasn’t like that the first time back in November ‘06, it wasn’t too bad because I knew nobody. PAB wasn’t bad either - while I had met one or two PAB attendees prior to the event, for the most part, I was the new guy there - having missed my chance to meet everyone in Toronto.

I can’t wait to get to Boston and meet everyone. Regardless of the number of people, it’s sure to be one hell of an event. Are you going?

Makin’ Bacn!

So this weekend I had the great fortune of traveling to Pittsburgh for Podcamp Pittsburgh 2. What a blast. Double points, and timbits, to Locobone for the ride from Niagra Falls. Thanks again.
PodcampPGH2 didn’t disappoint. In addition to meeting a bunch of new people, I got to learn things, talk tech/web (Something that doesn’t happen [...]

So this weekend I had the great fortune of traveling to Pittsburgh for Podcamp Pittsburgh 2. What a blast. Double points, and timbits, to Locobone for the ride from Niagra Falls. Thanks again.

PodcampPGH2 didn’t disappoint. In addition to meeting a bunch of new people, I got to learn things, talk tech/web (Something that doesn’t happen often enough in K-town), be pointed to what sounds to be a really cool day from Adobe, and hang out with existing friends.

I also got to present a new presentation from TalkShoe, ‘Your First Shoes’. I’ll have the slides on the web soon. It went over pretty well to an ever-growing group finalizing around 30 people.

And I helped coin ‘bacn’. Oops.

So bacn, if you don’t already know, is the mail you want… But not right now. It’s the middle class of email. Emails from your mom are not bacn - that’s a good, legitimate email. Emails alerting you that you won a foreign lottery is not bacn - that’s spam. What about the Facebook notifications? Or Twitter notifications? Or the Amazon recommendations? Or the countless newsletters? Those emails, while informational, aren’t something you generally have time for. That middle class, the emails you want, just not right now, are bacn.

Now, bacn does have a web site. And it has a forum. And a PSA. But most of the publicity has come from the many many many many many posts around the internet. Wow.

Was a good weekend. Who wants to send me to Boston?