barcamp

At BarCamp San Francisco last week, I saw a very cool remote collaboration tool called Subethaedit. Unfortunately, it's a Mac-only application. But it brought to mind the usefulness of being able to work on documents with other people remotely.

So in an attempt to enable this same sort of collaboration between myself an others, I'm setting up a PBWiki.

I just returned from BarCamp San Francisco , and I'd have to say it was a success.

This was my first BarCamp, so I had no idea what to expect. It really is as simple as it sounds. A bunch of folks show up and schedule events on the spot based on who is present and what they're interested in.

It took place at Microsoft's offices on Mission and Embarcadero. While normally I'd be inclined at this point to offer one of several heartfelt opinions about Microsoft, I'll just say that it was very generous for them to allow us their location for the weekend, and it was very well suited for this great event. <gulp> Thanks, Microsoft.