With the proposal of a ColdFusion Camp (still in draft stage) and this and BarCamp2 and another WebJam in the next 6 months, things are going to be very busy.

Did anyone notice what the stats were before it got ‘hidden’?

Definitely hope to meet before ByteMe. We will have a Plug n Play later this month, hopefully some of the blogger community might like to come along to see what VJing is all about

best, kat =^..^=

@Kat – One thing that does tend to happen with distribution of information is if the key people you give it to in the other networks don’t distribute you are lost. Or if they make a personal decision for the industry segment that it is not of interest then again the information is often not distributed. This I find tends to happen in focus groups (such as user groups). It is a problem. It has happened a bit with WebJam Perth.

BarCamp suffered from this problem. Mind you we did very well for a first run. Hope to met you f2f before ByteMe.

I was a bit worried when very early in the Podcamp campaign, I checked out Jared Madden’s blog to find not much but Rugby scores, then a few days later it all got (accidentally) wiped. I googled him, and found him listed as a student advisor at Avondale Christian University (as opposed to a media lecturer, as per the site bio). Again, this has now gone. A mysterious man indeed.

But to give him credit, he got word out to more networks than BarCamp – which I found out about very late, regardless of all the digital content community groups I’m involved with.

I think it would be great if PodCamp came to Perth, so I offered to work with them to help put it on if Perth does ‘win’. Sure, they haven’t got much of a track record online and the geek community is pretty ruthless with inexperienced unknowns who bill themselves as ‘newmedia consultants’ (huh?) but their enthusiasm is undeniable, and I’d much rather help them to use their powers for good and encourage them to cut down the blagging ‘expert’ status. They’d be far better off to admit their newness to the blogging scene and work with the old hands – people like you guys.

That’s my 2c worth, anyways

regs, kat =^..^=

I just finished a blog on jointheevolution.com.au entitled “Why PodCamp Australia” which may help to answer some of your questions.

Feel free to email me or IM me anytime if you would like to chat or find out more. It’s the best way to get to know me, as some of the speculation isn’t exactly true! For example I am not a new media professional, and this is not a test of viral marketing!

Have a great day, and thanks to Gary for this blog.

If that city is Perth, then Jared and Adam will certainly be looking to reach out to people who can help organize and spread the word from there.

Were I not all the way over here in Boston, USA, I’d love to attend — no matter the city.

For the record, my stake went to Brisbane.

–Bryan Person
Organizer, PodCamp Boston

And yes they should have been more aware of the issues at hand. Male to Female ratios is better in Australia, but in Developer (back end) it’s very male dominated.

If podcamp Australia is just going to be a male testosterone fest. Then I want nothing to do with it at all.

@myles we didnt fork out money but we did give them our trust and our email addresses and gave them lots of free advertising. never feels good to be had.

If anything, we know that there is enough interest in Perth for this sort of thing, now.

If they come through with the good, awesome – more events for Perth. If not, we now know there are enough people interested so we can put on our own event.