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BarCamp London 4
Saturday May 31, 2008
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Sunday June 1, 2008
from
10:00am - 4:00pm
The hugely popular "un-conference" is back and being held slap bang in the middle of Leicester Square!Part of London Web Week
Update!
Second round of tickets go on at 11am on the 10th April from http://barcampgcap.eventwax.com/barcamplondon4
First rounds tickets went like hot cakes and we unfortunatly over-subscribed - this means that the 15th May round has now been canceled.
Further tickets will be released on the 24th April - plenty of chances for everybody!
Home to popular radio stations Xfm, Capital and ClassicFM the web dev team at GCap Media will be opening up their offices for a weekend of talks, networking and possibly the odd drink or two.
More details on places and ticket dates to be confirmed (very soon we promise).
Please note that saying you are attending on this page is NOT a guarantee of a ticket - you must sign-up for that. (sign-up details to follow)
Website: http://barcamp.org/BarCampLondon4
Category:
Education
Comments
oddly searching for "BarCamp London 4" doesn't bring up this page
Posted 1 year ago
How odd is that, I actually was wondering about the potability of holding a BarCamp in this venue (among others) a few days ago. Perhaps someone hinted at it. If I can get along then perhaps I should do something relating to the DAB work we partly did in this building.
Posted 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure what's "literally in the middle of leicester square" is a small park and sometimes a carnival fair. No large buildings unless they're going to hold the barcamp in the shack from which they sell the cheap west-end show tickets.
Posted 1 year ago
Tickets are open now, go get 'em
Posted 1 year ago
What happenned? Tickets opened earlier than advertised (just after 10:30 I think), and then all went in seconds. >:/
Posted 1 year ago
Hmmm... it's 10.50am here and all the tickets are sold out for today, -9 minutes before they open. Nice work, guys., :-(
Posted 1 year ago
WTF?! I wanted tickets, woke up for them, and now they are all gone. If you say they open at 11, open them at 11!
Posted 1 year ago
Grrr! I'm another unhappy geek :( . What time zone are you guys in?! Thought this barCamp was in London - i.e. UK time!
Posted 1 year ago
They're open again!
Posted 1 year ago
... and sold out again moments later (11:07)
Posted 1 year ago
Oh no they're not :( . That was a complete mess! Please confirm the *exact* time for the next release of tickets for the UK time zone.
Posted 1 year ago
Towelie, sorry but I've been hitting register since you posted live again, and I was instantly told no tickets available. I thnk a ballot would have been a lot more sensible than this who's got the best connection and sixth sense when a ticket gets added...
Posted 1 year ago
Yep, definitely a mess. It looks like they went up too early, at about 10:30, and they put a second set up at 11:00. But that means there is now one less alternative registration date (only Apr 10 and 24 are left on the list).
Posted 1 year ago
Fortuitously I managed to get a ticked on the second round of the first round, I think. Considering the mess up I think it was not a bad solution to release more tickets when planned. Hopefully the next round (10th April at 11am) will go without a hitch.
Posted 1 year ago
Guys - many appologies on this - it was a simple case of human (one human's) error.
We did ensure that extra tickets go live at 11 as planned but yes, as have been noted this does now mean that the 10th May release has been cancelled.
Again, many appologies for those who missed out this time.
We did ensure that extra tickets go live at 11 as planned but yes, as have been noted this does now mean that the 10th May release has been cancelled.
Again, many appologies for those who missed out this time.
Posted 1 year ago
Whew! Managed to grab a ticket in Round 2. See you there!
Posted 1 year ago
Ouch, just how fast do you need to type??? Accepting registration at 11.00 but all gone before hitting next, before 11.01 - but at least they didn't go up early this time. Were there more than 5 tickets?
Posted 1 year ago
@AnnW 5 tickets is probably an over estimate! :)
Posted 1 year ago
guys you really need to find something better for this. I got a notificatoin via dm from two people - both btw never reached me - and for me as much as I would like to attend that barcamp, i cannot play "come in and find if you might have one the next time" because plane tickets and such need to be done early.
As much as it sounds unfair, at first I think a ballot is actually a much better way for the london barcamps to go.
As much as it sounds unfair, at first I think a ballot is actually a much better way for the london barcamps to go.
Posted 1 year ago
Nicole has a point. Maybe overseas/out-of-towner registrations could be done a day ahead. Or all by ballot. At the end of the day, Londoners can queue hopefully at the door in case of no-shows for most similar events. It is a bit random that typing speed/ length of name and address is the determinant for getting tickets. Oh and hitting the refresh button at the right time to see the register link.
Posted 1 year ago
My suggestion for any barcamp is to have a special allotment of 5-10% of places for people from out of town/country. Barcamp Berlin for instance had separate list and if the foreigner's list doesn't get filled, you can always fill it up with locals.
Posted 1 year ago
Oh I blinked and didnt even get to fill in the details before being rejected this time
Posted 1 year ago
@alper: why would people do that? It's BarCamp London, not BarCamp Europe. Other towns/countries are free to hold as many BarCamps as they see fit.
Posted 1 year ago
If you need to book a plane to come to a BarCamp then you're doing it wrong. This is supposed to be a decentralised social event: if there isn't one happening near you, make one.
Posted 1 year ago
@intranation @kapowaz I actually agree with @alper. BarcampBerlin was extra interesting because there were people from over 10 different countries. Although BCL4 is a London event, BCL3 also had quite a few Germans and Dutch attendees which made it an interesting mix of people you would normally never see around during an average London event.
I agree though that it doesn't make sense to do this for "every" barcamp, but to have some special priorities towards out-of-town or newbie attendees does make sense once in a while to keep Barcamps "fresh".
I agree though that it doesn't make sense to do this for "every" barcamp, but to have some special priorities towards out-of-town or newbie attendees does make sense once in a while to keep Barcamps "fresh".
Posted 1 year ago
BTW: What woudl people think of an InternationalCitySleepover event. The idea is that people from one city would invite people from other cities/countries to come and attend a barcamp style event, but where people can stay over at a local's place. Attendee limit would therefore not be bound to the venue that much, but more to the amount of local's willing to have someone sleepover. We could start with London, and then people from Berlin invite people over, and then maybe a Dutch one, etc.
The cool thing is that it makes it far more interesting and cheaper to go somewhere else once in a while, in contrary to barcamps where as a foreigner you run into issues described above.
The cool thing is that it makes it far more interesting and cheaper to go somewhere else once in a while, in contrary to barcamps where as a foreigner you run into issues described above.
Posted 1 year ago
aw
just found out
never mind, another day
started music tourist board last month, we have gatherings regularly (board meetings are live music events, heh) hopefully will get as good as this in the end
x
just found out
never mind, another day
started music tourist board last month, we have gatherings regularly (board meetings are live music events, heh) hopefully will get as good as this in the end
x
Posted 1 year ago
Maybe the rest of us should have an unBarCamp actually hacking together "literally" in the middle of Leicester Sq, piggy-backing off the wireless... ;-)
Posted 1 year ago
Add a new performer
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