Comments on: Foo(camp)Fighting

By: :Wa-Mx: El blog de Culiacán » BarCamp

:Wa-Mx: El blog de Culiacán » BarCamp — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:10:48 +0000

[...] Foo(camp)Fighting, Om Malik, GigaOM (weblog), August 16, 2005. [...]

By: Jeneane Dot Net » Blog Archive » NebCamp. What an Experience!

Jeneane Dot Net » Blog Archive » NebCamp. What an Experience! — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:35:07 +0000

[...] at NEB. But you also should understand that just because NEB is RX only, it’s NOT exclusive. O.Really folks should have the right to to hand out prescriptions to those of their choosing without having [...]

By: Nima Dilmaghani’s Technology Blog

Nima Dilmaghani’s Technology Blog — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:53:14 +0000

[...] to be successful, you need at the very most 250 people (see Tim O’Reilly comment here). However, the human need to out do yourself and to celebrate success in the grandest way possible [...]

By: SeeTheGood

SeeTheGood — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:03:00 +0000

Dude, that rug really tied the room togther.

By: Werner Egipsy Souza

Werner Egipsy Souza — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:00:09 +0000

Just attended my first Barcamp yesterday, and WoW! I guess Barcamp is now a name on it’s own!

By: Deepak

Deepak — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:16:21 +0000

I am getting quite a kick reading this whole meme. It seems to me that many are a little too touchy about the whole subject. The underlying assumptions do make a lot of sense. There is more than enough place in the world for FOO and Barcamp and anything else. But if it becomes a game of one upmanship, that sort of defeats the whole purpose of the exercise.

By: Tom Lord

Tom Lord — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:33:18 +0000

btw -- the original definition of "bozo filter" goes back many many years and refers to the delicate process of handling outright schizophrenics and psychotics when in a position of leadership. The diff between that and Tim's definition is telling.

By: Tom Lord

Tom Lord — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:30:17 +0000

The bozo filter is idiotic. It is impossible, thanks to the classist attitudes of Tim and his social network, to pass that filter while doing genuinely good work. It's thanks to Tim and his ilk that there is such a high degree of class "warfare".

By: FactoryCity » Blog Archive » What of this silly little invite-only idea?

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:05:57 +0000

[...] e bitter ire of those who haven’t yet received invites. And quite obviously, as we learned over the past week, once you’ve extended an invite, especially in the world of softwa [...]

By: Glenn Mandelkern

Glenn Mandelkern — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:22:33 +0000

This difference happens in the music scene too.

Some headliners at musical shows feature a special guest, by invite only (Foo Camp.) It can be difficult from all the musicians that performer knows which to include. Professionals who wanted to be part of it yet weren't invited may wish those who were well, and indicate willingness to help out in the future. Rejection is inevitable in any business, and how one handles it can speak volumes.

Then sometimes, that very headliner features a jam night. Anybody can sign in on the guest list with their instrument and play 1 or 2 tunes with the "star." While there is always the possibility that some players will be lousy, the real reason people go is to see new talent in the making. Some people have been discovered this way. Some people who also want to switch lines of music or are out looking for work also go to jam nights.

Incidentally, maturity (or lack thereof) can be found at both formal gigs and jam sessions too. Some people take their jams very seriously regardless of their age or time in the music world. Maybe that can be transposed to the technology world too.

By: Napsterization

Napsterization — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:53:44 +0000

Foo Bar Stuff

There is foo camp and there is bar camp. Feels like the adults are at foo camp, making deals, and the kids are at bar camp, making cool technology. Foo camp is by invite, for those who don't know, put...

By: ruv

ruv — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 03:04:26 +0000

Tim Who?

By: Feh

Feh — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:00:28 +0000

Foo Bar la la la

Didn't Tim learn from Jeff Jarvis's Dell Experience

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:50:25 +0000

> Or should say, attempted to leave those comments, but > the O’Reilly system excluded them. How fitting.

You not only left them, you left them twice. Nice move.

By: Anona

Anona — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:15:15 +0000

Please don’t stop. This is great entertainment. Free reality-TV online: a mashup of “Geek Survivor” and “The Apprentice.” Does Tim O’Reilly have great pectorals or bad hair?

By: Richard Soderberg

Richard Soderberg — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:04:07 +0000

Every social group has its backchannels, and they’re often semi-private. Presentation aside, it’s just a chance for a bunch of people to hang out with each other and talk – and, I suspect, for Tim to experiment with social environments. Both public and private events are found in human social interaction.

I think it’s a brilliant idea to respond to Foo with Bar – but it need not be powered by fighting. We’re all on the same side here, right?