On Saturday, if you are attending Barcamp Nashville, sign up for my session called Wiki 101: How to Use Wikis to Do Just About Everything, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (Rejected titles included: “Wikis are way more cool than Twitter” and “Wkis & SEO: Your secret map to world domination.”)
How good will the session be? In the video on the right, Steve Jobs predicts it will be incredible, amazing and great. By attending it, you could learn such exciting things as:
*Why wikis could be the best model for your corporate website.
*Why a Wikipedia entry nearly always shows up on a Google search.
*Why wikis are a better way of covering breaking news than traditional news writing.
*Why wikis are better knowledge-management platforms that “knowledge-management” platforms.
*The secret life of a Wikipedia entry.
*How Wikipedia is #1 music site on the web.
*5 ways to create your own wiki.
On the other hand, if the people attending the session want to talk about something else, I’m up for that also. Heck, it’s a barcamp and you may want to talk about bars, or something.
I don’t know the exact time of my session, but I’m hoping it’s not 1 p.m., because I’m scheduled to get a haircut then. However, the session schedule
My session has been scheduled for 2:30. See the Barcamp Nashville session page for a complete list of sessions and times.
Did I mention it’s going to be incredible, amazing and great? Barcamp, that is.
Oh, and the wiki session even has a Twitter tag: #bcn09wikis.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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October 15th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I don't know if I'm more interested in the discussion of Wikis or experiencing a BarCamp.
Do you think a BarCamp would work for a technical conference for electrical engineers? The format of the one I attended last week (as a sponsoring vendor) was pretty poor.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
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Feel free to use me as an example. 8^)
October 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
@b2blog – Barcamps (or unconferences of any type) are delicate balances of structure and chaos. The Nashville Barcamp is pretty amazing in its sophistication and structure (thanks to some amazing volunteers), but it's still “free.” Personally, I like less structure and more chaos…and I like it when the people in the audience are recognized for knowing as much as the people talking. I think electrical engineers are already having barcamps: They take place in bars during the official conferences they attend — that's where all the *real* information is shared among people.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
There's no entry in Wikipedia for hot chicken? That's an outrage.
October 16th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I have an assignment for your class: http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/bites/2009/10/y...
Feel free to use me as an example. 8^)
October 16th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
@b2blog – Barcamps (or unconferences of any type) are delicate balances of structure and chaos. The Nashville Barcamp is pretty amazing in its sophistication and structure (thanks to some amazing volunteers), but it's still “free.” Personally, I like less structure and more chaos…and I like it when the people in the audience are recognized for knowing as much as the people talking. I think electrical engineers are already having barcamps: They take place in bars during the official conferences they attend — that's where all the *real* information is shared among people.
October 16th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
There's no entry in Wikipedia for hot chicken? That's an outrage.
October 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
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