Purely Random

This weekend, I’m going to attend PodCamp Pittsburgh. I only heard about the event on NPR while driving home from work yesterday, but it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for lately. PodCamp falls into the genre of the un-conference. These are a big deal in the Silicon Valley and aim to dismiss what traditional conferences have become: big commercial affairs that seem to focus more on volume than actually assembling a synergetic group. In an unconference, anyone who wants to claim a session can sign up for the room and go for it—maintaining much of the low barrier to entry that typifies the Internet. (more…)