{"id":364,"date":"2009-11-20T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.setfiremedia.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2009-11-20T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T15:39:30","slug":"barcamp-manchester-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.setfiremedia.com\/blog\/barcamp-manchester-2","title":{"rendered":"BarCamp Manchester 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 7th and 8th of November saw BarCamp Manchester 2 descend on the Contact Theatre. Setfire were proud sponsors<\/a> of the weekend, and Sam<\/a> and I<\/a> popped along to get involved. <\/p>\n

The introduction, which culminated in beatboxing with freestyle rapping and an impromptu name-tag swapping session, set the scene nicely for the rest of the weekend.
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\"TheThe sessions board, Saturday morning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Following the usual rules<\/a> of Barcamp, everyone who attended was expected to hold a session on any topic they wanted, leading to a schedule including Google Wave, Numeracy, making a good curry, CloneZilla, usability aids for pensioners, Balloons App<\/a>, the influence that fixed cost contracts have on risk, and loads of other things.<\/p>\n

\"GoodGood Curry!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The clear highlight for me was the impromtu session in the main auditorium where us geeks were taught how to flirt by Nicole Mathison<\/a> – Sam volunteered to be a subject for the demonstration, proving to us all what a charmer he is!<\/p>\n

Of course, Sam and I both gave sessions of our own. I ran a talk entitled Implementing Agile<\/em>, where we discussed practical ways to implement Scrum and Kanban in place of existing processes. Sam gave an introduction to Compass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Contact Theatre was an excellent choice of venue and it was great to see some of their staff getting stuck in with sessions – even volunteering for Mike Nolan’s<\/a> ‘Slate My Website’. <\/p>\n

All in all, it was a great event, full of useful and unusual ideas as well as some real surprises; all the things that make a Barcamp great. Although there is potential for chaos when running a Barcamp, the fact the event smoothly is a great credit to the team of organisers, Andrew Disley<\/a>, Tim Dobson<\/a>, Ian Forrester<\/a> and their many helpers. See you at the next one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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