Today I’m up in Manchester, NH at BarCamp Manchester. It is quite different from BarCamp Boston, even though it’s just an hour away. The first difference I notice: I’m not an organizer. This means I don’t have to run around making sure nobody’s hair is on fire, and can focus on the presentations. But the first difference most people will notice is that it’s smaller and quieter.
Right now I’d guess there are about 50 people here, which is about a third of BCB’s Saturday attendees. A smaller camp doesn’t mean good or bad– just different. I haven’t found many common threads of interest; this may be because I ran a bit late and missed the initial milling about / introductions. Or it may be because there aren’t as many people with the same deep technical interests as me. I’m hoping to meet some of them at 1:30 when my boss Jim Cowie and I will give a presentation about BGP data mining, and how Renesys came to do what it does.
Now it’s time for lunch. More updates to come.
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