Liveblogging Barcamp Africa

Can I just say that I love the ‘Barcamp’ format? I love the tempered disorganization, the surprise presentations, putting faces to people you’ve previously only met online. It all works and I’ve never attended at Barcamp that I didn’t take incredibly useful knowledge away from. The energy in the room at Barcamp Kampala was incredible and it was inspiring to see the things that began to take place as the result.

As I write this I’m counting down the last few hours before I board a plane headed for the U.S. to attend Barcamp Africa in Mountain View, CA at GooglePlex…(a.k.a. the Magic Kingdom of Nerds).

I’ll be live blogging the days event here (sorry, if you’re reading this in an RSS reader) ==================>

The link leads to a Tumblr blog that is aggregating various feeds that have BCS information, photos, videos and tweets. I chose to use Tumblr rather than using Twitter again as it would disrupt my normal followers. Also, Tumblr allows me to use an IM client where Twitter has removed that service…something I found useful for liveblogging. This allows me to focus when I need to and blog only when I want or have time to without having to think too much about it. After Barcamp Africa the Tumblr will serve as a place for me to post my longform notes and thoughts, hopefully others will find it useful as well.

To everyone from the African Tech scene who’s managed to make it to America for this unconference, I’ll see you in little more than a day. To anyone else hopefully you’ll follow my liveblog here, bca’s blog and #barcampafrica on Twitter. If you’re first-time camper, make sure to get some advice on what to expect here and here.

Remember the first rule of BCA is to talk and blog about it until your lungs and fingers hurt!