Podcamp London!

Podcamp London was this weekend.

I’ve been looking forward to this event for a while. It was the first of its type in London and it was a fantastic opportunity meet people, talk with people I already knew, and think about ideas and stuff.

I also got a wordpress temporary tattoo…things that make you go wtf?

One session in particular that resonated with me was Rewiring the Homosapiens with James Shelley

Once the whirlwind of the weekend is over I hope to take some time to write a real post about some of the questions I think came out of that discussion.

There was also a lot of discussion about Twitter and I came to the conclusion that I love Twitter for the same reasons I’ve always had a soft spot for LiveJournal. Despite their drastically different images, the fundamental way users connect and interact is strikingly similar. I might explore that later too…

The day went a bit long I think – after telling 3 people they sucked for leaving early, I went into a session only to come out 15 minutes later to learn the suck was contageous. There was a mass exodus in those 15 minutes and the thunderstom was rolling in. What a sudden change in atmosphere inside and out.

A number of people ended up coming back for the afterparty which was great. Spent a long time talking to Will Spaetzel of Castroller.com about potential future events in London and I’m excited to see what might become of that. I’d love to help out with bringing another event with the same spirit to London.

I Still feel like I’m still in way over my head with people that are so much more experienced and knowledgable about this stuff. But I’d rather be the least experienced/skilled person in the room than the most.

Here are some pictures taken by Jason Fredin who was nice enough to respect my aversion to the camera and got a decent shot anyway.

The rest on Flickr