After spending Friday at Area15 setting up and dropping things off for Charlotte’s first Barcamp I ended up standing with a beer in hand outside the building watching the sun going down over the city skyline – wondering how the big day would go, and knowing that due to Chicken Pox I would need to sit it out.
Well even though I can’t say I was there – everything I have seen and heard has told me that it was a great success. All the basics were covered, breakfast, tents, wifi connections and projectors – but in the end the event was only ever about one thing, the people that came and made it what it was – and they really did come out and create a great atmosphere.
We’ll be publishing out the final costs and I’m sure you’ll see more pictures, video streams etc over the following days. I personally want to thank Justin Ruckman for his constant support, the endless hours of design work from the website to the t-shirts, then setting up to lead the event and also Carlos Espin for his enthusiasm and connections which meant that we had both an extremely cool facility and great food! Also there is Brian Flaherty and Tyler Williams who both jumped feet first in to keep things running – and all the people that worked so hard on the day to keep the event humming.
Hopefully the end of Chicken Pox is just a day or two away now and I’ll be back at work – in the meantime I am able to reflect on the fact that Charlotte has a community that really wants to come together, now we just need to take the energy that has been started and work out where we want to take it.
Here are a few of my favorite pics from the day.
by Andy Ciordia
by Andy Ciordia
by Mtyndall
