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InfoCamp: Cross-pollinating the information ecosystem

October 13-14, 2007, 9am-6pm
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW

In the unconference tradition (which stretches waaaay back to 2004, or so) comes InfoCamp, a BarCamp-style event for designers of information-delivery systems. The website promises that “whether you’re a librarian, information architect, technical writer, usability engineer, interaction designer, cataloger, or information science researcher, this conference will have something for you.” Nick Finck of Blue Flavor and Bob Boiko of Metatorial Services will provide keynote talks, and the rest of the conference will be planned on the fly by the participants. Meals will apparently be provided, so hey… that’s worth the $20 admission alone!

Hypothetical: Seattle Maker Faire

Some time in 2008
Puyallup Fairgrounds?

Next weekend the Austin Maker Faire is happening down in Texas. This is actually the third Faire, and the first one to happen outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. Why does this matter to you, faithful Seattlite? Well, I have a proposal…

What would it take to have a Maker Faire up here in Seattle? We’ve got the makers: just check out any meeting with Dorkbot or Ignite or the Seattle Robotics Society or the Hazard Factory or the Burning Man Folks. And we’ve certainly got the fairgrounds. So, I’m opening up this thread. How do we make it happen? Who do we have to talk to? Add your thoughts and comments to this post, and let’s see if we can get something started.