One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
BarCampLA-5 Takes Over AOL's Beverly Hills HQ
Attentive BarCampers at Dan Kaminsky's Ask a Hacker session. Attendees range in age from 18 months (her 2nd BarCamp) to so old we're afraid to ask | photo by pinguino
The twice-yearly, geek-tastic unconference for technologists, gamers, industry-folk, and Internet lovers of all stripes is again upon us. BarCampLA is in its fifth iteration and thanks to a collaborative effort fronted by Jason Cosper and Crystal Williams (and dozens of sponsors), it's shaping up to be the best BarCamp evar.
As LA's new media/tech scene has burgeoned, so has interest and attendance at BarCampLA (as well as a sudden smorgasbord of weekly and monthly events such events as G33k Dinner LA, Digital LA, and NetSquared to name a few). AOL graciously opened up the third floor of it's Beverly Hills HQ to BarCampers for two full days of ad hoc discussions, how-tos, how-not-tos, ninja/pirate battles and more. Throw in food, drink, and hundreds of happy people networking, brainstorming, ninja-raving, and swapping nuggets of knowledge, and you can't go wrong. More than 300 BarCampers (nearly triple the attendance at the inaugural BCLA) agree.
Jay Bushman discusses the Loose Fish Project, a unique storytelling method using Twitter.
Sponsored message
BarCampLA-5 schedule (as of Saturday, 1 p.m.). Each session is 45 minutes. Click photos for added largesse.
Most recent BarCampLA-5 photos (via flickr):
LAist coverage of past BarCamps here.
BarCampLA-5
AOL
331 N. Maple Dr. (map)
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Saturday March 1 11am - 9pm
Sunday March 2 10am - 6pm
FREE
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
