Return on Intention

Jack Moffitt presented at BarCamp Albuquerque about start-ups and start-up related ideas. I’m pretty sure that Jack qualifies as a serial entrepreneur. I believe he is on his sixth start-up at the time of this writing. Jack also spoke on day two of BarCamp about xmpp, so stay tuned for that.

 

 Start up and technology by Jack Moffitt [64:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Emily Lewis spoke on the first day of BarCamp Albuquerque about web standards and markup. Her presentation wasn’t in keynote or powerpoint but rather a small standards compliant website you can find here.

 

 Web Standards Primer [43:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chris Kenworthy is the owner of the premier development site Dream In Code. Chris spoke at BarCamp Albuquerque this year about all the experience he has gained from launching and bringing Dram in Code to profitability.  Chris says that to get real results from a website you need to pay attention to the numbers. In this talk he goes over Web Analytics, Heat Maps and A/B Testing.

As it turns out, I believe that Chris is now offering his expertise to clients as a consultant.

 

 Chris Kenworthy on Web Analytics, Heat Maps, A/B Testing [42:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Frank LaFond knows more about QA than anyone I’ve met. This year was Franks second appearance at BarCamp Albuquerque, he spoke last year on testing. This year he talks about technical debt and the trade offs that companies must make between building their technical assets and the temptation of quick profits.

Running time is 25:27.

 

 ROI - Frank LaFond at BarCamp Albuquerque 3 - Technical Debt [25:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This isn’t my official post BarCamp post, but it will have to do for now. My router was in use throughout barcamp, so when I got home at night I had no internets. I haven’t really had a chance to blog about barcamp, post flickr photos or anything else and now that the event is over, I’m sick. I guess I should be thankful that I got through at least half of BarCamp before getting sick, but it now leaves me feeling completely drained and fuzzy headed. So, I will have to write a meaningful post later, but in short, BarCamp Albuquerque Rocked. I am super happy with how it all turned out. I have hours of audio to go through, and I will publish what came through as I get them done. I have a lot of crazy deadlines right now, so please be patient, but until I return, watch this… again (this isn’t new, but still great).

After some moving around of the dates, BarCamp Albuquerque 3 is now set for September 13th and 14th. BarCamp is an unconference, meaning that no one owns it, and no one profits from it. Without money, bringing in outside Keynote speakers is not possible. We can’t pay for them. This isn’t a problem at BarCamp because its all about leveraging the knowledge of the community. In other words, the attendees are the presenters.

BarCamps are happening all over the world, and they are all organized by people just like you. To get more information on BarCamp visit http://www.barcamp.org. See if there is one in your area and participate in it. If there isn’t one, why not be the one to get one going?

To learn more about BarCamp Albuquerque, check out http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampAlbuquerque, or check out some of the posts from this blog about past BarCamps here.