Barcamp Scotland 2009
Event Details
When:
March 14, 2009 - 10:00am to
March 14, 2009 - 9:00pm
Location:
School of Informatics, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LE
Contact Name:
Danny Helson
Contact Email:
d [dot] helson [at] ed [dot] ac [dot] uk
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
We are please to announce that a special guest from Silicon Valley will join us, Mike Masnick. Mike is the founder of Techdirt, ranked No. 2 in the world for technology business blogs http://www.techdirt.com/ and the founder of Floor64 http://www.floor64.com/.
More About Mike:
Mike is the visionary behind Floor64, building up the core idea into reality and recruiting the management team. In addition to providing the strategic direction for the company, Mike oversees all editorial aspects of the Floor64’s public and customer sites. Mike’s insight into the realms of business and technology are the basis for his frequent posts to the award winning Techdirt blog. The widely followed, often quoted blog was launched in 1997. Prior to founding Floor64 Inc., Mike worked in business development and marketing at Release Software, an e-commerce startup, and in marketing at Intel. Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA -- both from Cornell University www.cornell.edu.
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