Comments on: BarCamp Houston 2008: I Am Still Exhausted

By: Downtown Cartel

Downtown Cartel — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:00:26 +0000

BarCampHouston 3…

On Saturday, a few of us from The Creative Space made it down to Houston for their 2008 BarCamp. I had not been down to Houston for any community/tech events lately and it was really nice to finally get a chance to see folks I hadn’t seen in a wh…

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By: Ned

Ned — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:22:02 +0000

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic event and truly unforgettable evening. Please keep watching us for more fun events in the upcoming weeks and months. Cheers!

-Caroline

By: Stephanie Edwards-Musa

Stephanie Edwards-Musa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:00:17 +0000

By the way, I’m willing to help out with the Green Barcamp..

By: Marc Nathan

Marc Nathan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:32:11 +0000

First of all, I just want to thank all of the participants of BarCampHouston for making it an incredibly successful event. You are who we do this for and I hope that it exceeded your expectations. Now that that is out of the way, I need to clear something up – Josh Tabin, Kelsey Ruger and Scott Stolz deserve the all the credit for making this years event happen. Yes it was a collaborative effort, but it was Josh who took care of the important things like the shirts from our friend Blake Poutra at http://www.youdesignit.com/ and the BBQ from Pappas. Not to mention the fact that Josh also did all of the heavy lifting when it came to sponsors and collecting the money. Kelsey not only helped plan and promote, but he also gave one of the most well-attended presentations – complete with props. Scott merged his Houston Business Networking Meetup with the Startup Houston Happy Hour to make the kickoff party a huge success.

We must be doing something right since BarCampHouston played host to lots of people from Dallas (Christopher St. John) and Denton (@stormy), a huge group from of San Antonio Podcasters led by Jennifer Navarrete and Michael de Leon (Don’t forget PodCampSA – September 6), a group of folks from Austin, and of course our good friends from Bryan / College Station – the http://www.downtowncartel.com and http://www.thecreativespace.org who came out in force with presentations, a full photo set up (thanks Michael Cummings) and just a ton of energy.

Also, I just wanted to say ‘Great Job’ to the Houston people and Tech press – we had wide support and promotion from Dwight Silverman and Brad Hem from the Chronicle’s Tech Blog, not to mention a very large contingent of Chron.com folks who attended like Steve Evatt, Steve Herrold, and Jason Armstrong; Steve Palkot from the Fort Bend Herald; the TechBytes crew (congratulations on your marriage Barrett, but your timing was a bit off and Michael Garfield, our very own High Tech Texan.

A very special thanks goes out to the Houston Bloggers and Twitterers who really got behind this event and live posted from it – @gdruckman, @KatherineD, @the_fuzzball, @labanjohnson, @drding, @fayza, @gracerodriguez, @aynbrand and @fave

See you all again real soon – since we are going to keep this momentum up with more tech events that support you and the Houston Tech Startup Scene.

Lastly, to all the people who ‘accidentally’ scheduled events out of town this weekend like Erica O’Grady, Dwight Silverman and Matthew Wettergreen – you were missed and I hope that you can join us next year.

By: Stephanie Edwards-Musa

Stephanie Edwards-Musa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:42:24 +0000

This was my first barcamp also! Had a great time, met some great people and did I hear Green BarCamp? Oh Yeah! Can’t wait.

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Barred, camped, and unconferenced. « I’m Awesome. — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:57:21 +0000

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By: Fave

Fave — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:45:54 +0000

This was my first barcamp and I was thoroughly impressed by the sense of community, knowledge sharing and fun! You guys did an outstanding job and I can’t wait until the next one!