Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  An Open-Source Conference: BarCamp (12 Feb 2006) Think of BarCamp as the open-source equivalent to a traditional conference, in which top-down planning is replaced with bottom-up self-organizational models. Instead of having committees planning the event, selecting presentations, and then charging attendance fees, the only price for attending a BarCamp is participation. Attendees have to either give a presentation or help out with one. That simple rule lends momentum to an overall sense of ownership on the part of each who attend, which in turn, fuels a desire to participate far beyond doing presentations. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/an_open_source_conference_barcamp Read 226 more articles from Boxes and Arrows sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Don Norman Interview          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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