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Time Lapse of BarCampMilwaukee4

Time Lapse Bot came to BarCampMilwaukee4 and took a picture every 15 seconds almost the entire time… here is the result… enjoy!

(This video is also available at blip.tv and is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License.)

We did it! (Again!)

We’ll, we somehow managed to work together and pull off another BarCampMilwaukee.

And when I say “we” I mean “we” as in “all of us” – everyone who came and made it happen.

Keep an eye on this blog for follow-up posts, links to photos and videos and other neat things.

Thanks again for coming, and proving that the spirit of BarCamp is alive and well in Milwaukee.

BarCampMilwaukee4 Friday Night Setup

Are You Experienced?

When you registered, we asked Have you ever been to a BarCamp before?

And you told us this…

This is my first time! - 52
I’ve been to one or two
of the Milwaukee events.
- 58
I’ve been to a few
BarCamps in the state.
- 17
I’ve been to BarCamps
all over the world.
- 11
I’m Chris Messina! - 0

Plenty of first-timers, as well as some old regulars who happen to be locals… and sadly, no Chris Messina. :(

Registration Patterns

More fun with numbers!

The following graph shows when people registered.

Sun 9/13/2009 - 6
Mon 9/14/2009 - 18
Tue 9/15/2009 - 7
Wed 9/16/2009 - 2
Thu 9/17/2009 - 11
Fri 9/18/2009 - 4
Sat 9/19/2009 - 2
Sun 9/20/2009 - 5
Mon 9/21/2009 - 9
Tue 9/22/2009 - 11
Wed 9/23/2009 - 8
Thu 9/24/2009 - 5
Fri 9/25/2009 - 3
Sat 9/26/2009 - 1
Sun 9/27/2009 - 5
Mon 9/28/2009 - 13
Tue 9/29/2009 - 7
Wed 9/30/2009 - 11
Thu 10/1/2009 - 11

You’ll notice that Saturdays were slow days for people to register, and yes… many people still wait until very close to the event to register.

Bring Your Own…

OK, in the interest of making things a little greener, and lowering the cost and waste of the event, we would really like it if people could bring their own:

  1. plate
  2. bowl
  3. cup
  4. utensils

We’ll provide what is need to wash them, and we won’t be tossing hundreds of paper plates, plastic cups, and other consumables into a landfill somewhere. Good idea? We think so…

(Greener Milwaukee was going to assist us with composting, recycling, and refuse, but they had to bow out. If you can help with these things, please get in touch with us!)

The Numbers

When you registered (and you did register, right?) you told us when you would be at BarCamp…. Here’s the breakdown so far:

Before 10 AM/Set-up 33
10AM to Noon 86
Noon to 3PM 100
3PM to 6PM 99
6PM to 9PM 80
9PM to 11PM 60
11PM/Overnight 32
Before 8AM 34
9AM to 11AM 93
11AM to 4PM 90
After 4PM/Clean-up 30

If you are a first-timer to BarCamp, we highly recommend you be there by 10AM for the opening, as it will help explain how everything works.

We’ve also updated the schedule a bit.

(Note: We’ll update this post as more people register…)

Supporting BarCampMilwaukee4: Thanks, Brazen Careerist

This is one in a series of posts offering thanks to BarcampMilwaukee4 Sponsors. It’s never to late to sponsor BarCampMilwaukee. More on that in a second.

Brazen Careerist
Website | Contact Page

Brazen Careerist is a career management tool for next-generation professionals. A profile on Brazen Careerist  showcases more than a resume, it also a showcases your ideas.

Brazen Careerist lets users follow real-time updates from their favorite members and begin to build a network through conversations.

Brazen Careerist, called one of the web’s top 100 web sites by MSN, is one of the fine institutions helping us put on a great participatory conference right here in Milwaukee. If you can help us out, please get in touch with Pete Prodoehl or Ashe Dryden.

Supporting BarCampMilwaukee4: Thanks Milestone R&D Labs!

This is one in a series of posts offering thanks to BarcampMilwaukee4 Sponsors. It’s never to late to sponsor BarCampMilwaukee. More on that in a second.

Milestone R/D Labs
Web site | Contact Page

Milestone R/D Labs is a mysterious organization who was sponsored BarCampMilwaukee since the beginning. Thank you, Milestone R/D Labs.

Milestone R/D is one of the open source advocates helping us put on a great participatory conference right here in Milwaukee. If you can help us out, please get in touch with Pete Prodoehl or Ashe Dryden.

Supporting BarCampMilwaukee4: Thanks OnMilwaukee.com

This is one in a series of posts offering thanks to BarcampMilwaukee4 Sponsors. It’s never to late to sponsor BarCampMilwaukee. More on that in a second.

OnMilwaukee.com
Website | @OnMilwaukee

Can you believe OnMilwaukee.com is 11 years old? That means OnMilwaukee.com is going to finish middle school soon. Nice! Milwaukee’s first and only daily magazine has been at it longer than some of the “major media” has had  Web sites.
Do you remember when the Hoan Bridge fell down a little bit in the year 2000? While the rest of Wisconsin’s media had a bridge panic freakout, OnMilwaukee.com, which uses the Hoan’s familiar yellow arch as its logo, simply patched a little band aid on the logo and kept right on trucking. For that, forever, we remain fiercely loyal to OnMilwaukee.com.

OnMilwaukee.com is one of the fine institutions helping us put on a great participatory conference right here in Milwaukee. If you can help us out, please get in touch with Pete Prodoehl or Ashe Dryden.