Author Archives: Roz Duffy

We want your feedback!

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 16, 2009
(photo by Kevin Monko / Monko Photo) We’ve been watching the #bcphilly tweets and you guys have shared some really great ideas, praise, and observations. We ask that you continue to do so by commenting on this post. Your feedback is invaluable to us for creating an even better BarCamp next year. For those of [...]
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Kevin Monko / MonkoPhoto ROCKS!

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 16, 2009
HUGE THANKS goes out to our friend Kevin Monko from MonkoPhoto for taking beautiful photographs all day long at BarCamp Philly on Saturday. We hope you had the chance to get photographed and please consider hiring Kevin if you or your business ever needs an incredible photographer! Check out the full set of photos, and [...]
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Time Lapse Video of Creating the BarCamp Schedule

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 15, 2009
Thank you to laan labs for creating this!
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BarCamp Philly… going on NOW!

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 14, 2009
If you weren’t able to make it today, please tune in to our BarCamp by… checking out our mobile schedule watching the #bcphilly tag following mention of @barcampphilly
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Howie Ross, Homebrewer & Web Developer

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? I solve problems, many of which involve ctrl+s alt+tab ctrl+r, you know…web development. I code ecommerce sites for Weblinc and fun apps like Maps for The Art Blog What do you wish you did? I’m doing it. Living the Dream. Some day I’d like to run my own software and website development shop / [...]
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Seth Horwitz, Community Consultant

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? I’m a consultant in knowledge management, online collaboration and social capital. I’m working nowadays with the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), helping peace and justice activists around the world collaborate. I’m also a founding organizer of Philly NetSquared, which sponsors Net Tuesday, a monthly gathering of folks who resonate with the theme of [...]
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Duran Goodyear, IT Ninja

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? I’m the Manager of Web Services at The University of the Arts. What do you wish you did? I wish I was working for an international non-profit of some kind using my IT skills to support aid agencies in helping 3rd world nations develop sustainable economies. Have you ever been to a BarCamp before? If [...]
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Geoff DiMasi, Community Pioneer

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? Make things happen. Have you ever been to a BarCamp before? If so, which one(s)? Yes! I have been to various BarCamps and related conference in this format. They are, by far, the most engaging and authentic. And, of course… last year’s BarCamp Philly was the best one of all. If you were to [...]
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Kyle Burton, Principal Software Engineer

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? Principal Software Engineer at Algorithmics. Ruby, Clojure, Open Source, messaging, functional programming developer. What do you wish you did? Attend more conferences! Give more back (esp wrt the open source community). Have you ever been to a BarCamp before? If so, which one(s)? No, heard great things about last year, very much looking forward to it. If [...]
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Mark Magliocco, Independent Consultant

By Roz Duffy | Published: November 13, 2009
What do you do? Independent Consultant Technical Project Manager for large corporations. Building Web sites and applications for both internal users and the public. What do you wish you did? Selling sunglasses on the beach in Maui or Ski instructor in the alps of Italy. Have you ever been to a BarCamp before? If so, which one(s)? Yes last year. If [...]
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