Okay, Jammers, despite the ominous silence (which you may not have noticed), we've been incredibly busy bees behind the scenes. Immediately after the rollicking success of Webjam 2...
Wait, before we go on
We have video! Highlights for me include:
- Ben Duncan showing the new video web mail he developed for @Mail
- Arse demoing his amazing game of evolution with a full physics engine,
- and nobody will ever forget Andre's Introduction to IPv6
Big thanks to Irena Macri and Josh Ruscheinsky for doing the filming. And to NEWS.com.au for loaning us their super-expensive uber-quality equipment for some of the filming. Josh also did the editing of all those videos you can see on YouTube
I apologise for the lateness in announcing the footage, folks. That won't happen again
Back to your irregularly scheduled programming
The day after Webjam 2 saw hangovers a-plenty amongst the Sydney peeps, but folks still managed an awesome showing for Australia's first BarCamp. We met lots of cool geeks doing some amazing stuff! Hopefully, we can convince a few of them onto stage at Webjam 3
The next week saw us as SXSW and we came back with lots of fresh exciting ideas and great new friends. Except that's not quite true, because we didn't all come back
Anson stayed behind in the States. He's pursuing the 2.0 dream on behalf of his employer and it sounds like they'll be rocking your world shortly. That doesn't mean his involvement in Webjam is over. We view it more as... gaining a territory. After all, where could be better for a cutting-edge geek-out than San Francisco? (well, Sydney... obviously!) So, if you know peeps who can help with a venue, sponsorship or just some local knowledge in SF, email ciscokid@webjam.com.au
While Ans got thrown into the epicentre of 2.0, Webjam was gearing up for a conference-specific event. The WebDU crowd was amazing! 15 speakers stepped up to the plate, some at the very last minute, and rocked the mike. Big thanks to Geoff, Julie and the Daemon crew for inviting us to deliver that for them. Special thanks to Erietta for making it easy. Hopefully, we'll be able to do more of that sort of thing in the future!
Now What?
Not an ideal fashion to bring everything up to date, I'd much rather have announced it all at the time, but we're working on improving that in future. Same with the website: we've been smashed by spam recently, so I've temporarily removed comments while we build something big, new and shiny. As always, send all comments, abuse, compliments and heckling to carnage@webjam.com.au
Care for another?
The last item for now: there will be a Webjam 3. Thursday, June 7, 2007. Put it in your calendars, people. We'll be at the Jam Bar, CBD Hotel again, starting from 6pm. It is going to be absolutely huge! But, for that, we need your help
We need presenters. We need sponsors. And we need a large crowd of webby geeks enjoying themselves, drinking, cheering and heckling! If you've done something cool lately, (and frankly, in this industry, who hasn't?) then we want you up on stage
We're not proscriptive. You define cool. If it has something to do with the web or web technologies and you can show us it real fast (only 3 minutes!), then get ready to show your peers how it's done! Speaker registration will open soon
We'll be opening attendee registration shortly too. Make sure you get in early, because it fills fast
As for sponsors, you're welcome anytime. You're the ones who let us make events free! So, if you or your company can help out with prizes or a little funding, please contact us on welovesponsors@webjam.com.au
Enough!
I'm out. If I missed anything, let me know. We'll see back here, much sooner, with a fresh post