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This weekend I am attending the second annual BarCampMilwaukee. From the name, you may think it has something to do with drinking, or serving drinks, or tents. In fact, the goal (according to the faq) is to host an impromptu conference that is organized and presented by its participants.

“A 32 hour anti-conference about the intersection of art technology and culture.”

I don’t think I can express enough how insanely great an idea this is. In practice, it might end up being a complete and total disorganized disaster, but I genuinely hope not. Imagine it — mac and windows and linux users, php and asp.net and java developers, meeting to discuss common interests and share resources.

The programs listed on the site for examples seem varied in their goals and aspirations. What I’d like to take away from this experience would be increasing my network, learning about new technologies and techniques, and maybe even presenting a program. If I feel brave.