Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: April 3, 2010 from 9am to 6pm
Location: Wall Street Cantina, downtown Orlando
Street: North Orange Avenue
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f…
Event Type: unconference
Organized By: Gregg Pollack
Latest Activity: Mar 30, 2010
Are you a developer, designer, podcaster, photographer, involved in technology of any sort? Then check out Barcamp Orlando 2010.
Barcamp is a free impromptu conference (unconference) run by those people who attend Barcamp. There is no predefined schedule of speakers or sessions. Those who want to give a presentation, simply sign up on the white board in an empty time slot.
If you want to present though, you need to get there early before all the time slots are filled (plus you get a spiffy t-shirt if they haven't run out yet :)).
Lunch is provided for free thanks to our excellent sponsors. It's a great day full of networking, learning, and fun.
For more information check out the barcamp website:
http://www.barcamporlando.org/
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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