Finding John

Orlando may not be an internationally recognized hub for new media…yet, and I do stress YET, but the growing awareness of our tech and new media potential has been the talk of the town lately. Several of the pillars of our local tech consciousness have been hard at work behind the scenes over the last few months laying the foundation for what will be Orlando’s seminal technology and digital media un-conference.

BarCamp is a conference which encourages interaction between web-centric workers and visionaries in a collaborative and intentionally unstructured format. The magic of this framework is that it fosters meaningful conversation, synergistic creativity and the connecting of the oft reclusive wizards of the web working world. Attendees are encouraged to participate in the ’show and tell’ structure of the event, sharing their best ideas, practices and joining in the collective syncretism.

While a BarCamp can take place in any city, the list of 31 cities in the US and abroad were camps have been held since its inception reads like a who’s who of the web world. It is with great excitement that Orlando is joining this pantheon of Wired cities. I hope that BarCampOrlando continues in the tradition of its forbearers brining together the scattered web working brethren of Central Florida and rallying us to work towards a day where Orlando is the new media and technology hub we all dream about.

So if you are living in Central Florida and want to attend a conference where the best and brightest net-minded creatives will be talking about the next best thing than head over to the Barcamp Orlando website and get involved. This is about us joining together to put Orlando on the new media map, so….GET INVOLVED!!