Posts Tagged ‘PodCamp Barcelona’

Monday, August 9th, 2010

PodCamp Barcelona 2010

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Well it's hot and sticky in Barcelona & while the country is closed, we're busy preparing PodCamp Barcelona 2010 – the post below is cross-posted from the PodCamp Barcelona site:

PodCamp Barcelona 2010 will take place in El Masnou from September 13 to September 18th. Yes, that's right, five days of PodCamp Barcelona  — because this year we have a new venue, a new format and a theme: community. PodCamp Barcelona has always been about community — in fact, the original idea of the event was to create a community out of the various people and projects using what could loosely be termed "web 2.0". But this year, the theme is going to be more explicit and for this reason we have decided to change the format.

So what's going to happen in El Masnou from September 13 to September 18?

From Monday, September 13 to Thursday, September 16 there will be workshops every evening. The idea of these workshops is to give back to the people of Masnou through our knowledge. If you want to run a workshop at PodCamp Barcelona, please contact us.

Friday and Saturday will be different however. Friday evening will see two sessions and a wine tasting. Saturday will have four sessions in the morning and after lunch, a sobremesa where each table will be able to discuss, provide ideas and conclusions about each of the six community sessions. The idea is to get everybody to participate whether they are presenting or not, and to crowd source ideas to further develop the six communities presented. Of course, there will be another winetasting after the sobremesa session, and possibly a concert by musicians who use social media in their work. If you wish to lead a community session please contact us.

The conclusions from the community sessions will be filmed and put on the TalkingAbout platform where the debate can continue.

There will also be a Speaker's Corner where anybody will be able to present any project they want. The presentations at Speaker's Corner will also be filmed and posted online. If you want to present in Speaker's Corner please contact us.

All of this will take place as in a brand new building in El Masnou, Els Vienesos, gracias once again to the fantastic participation of El Masnou council in PodCamp Barcelona. We hope that PodCamp Barcelona 2010 will enable more people to participate in the debate and lead to practical conclusions for ongoing community activity.

Oh yes, and one more thing: this year there are two new members in the PodCamp Barcelona team – welcome aboard @pdavenne and @moof Bring it on!

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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

PodCamp Barcelona 2010

And we're back…

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PodCamp Barcelona 2010 will take place in El Masnou from September 13 to September 18th. Yes, that’s right, five days of PodCamp Barcelona  — because this year we have a new venue, a new format and a theme: community.

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PodCamp Barcelona 2010 se celebrará en El Masnou del 13 al 18 de septiembre. Sí, si, esto es correcto, cinco días de PodCamp Barcelona porque este año tenemos un nuevo local: Els Vienesos; nuevo formato: Talleres y presentaciones, y tema: Comunidad.

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PodCamp Barcelona 2010 tindrà lloc a El Masnou del 13 al 18 de setembre. Si, si, correcte, cinc dies de PodCamp Barcelona perquè aquest any tenim local nou: Els Vienesos; nou format: Tallers i presentacions, i tema: Comunitat.

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Sunday, October 11th, 2009

PodCamp Gives Back

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(image taken from the presentation "Citilab Model?" by Ramon Sangúesa at I+C+i at CCCB, Barcelona)

So it's pretty late and I'm thinking and watching the world go by on twitter and for some reason PodCamp Barcelona comes to mind. And I've got this idea that all of these incredibly talented, smart, creative, knowledgeable people coming together and sharing is great and that we are creating knowledge and social value with our peers, but it occurs to me that we should take it further. We still have to take an "official" decision about PodCamp Barcelona 2010, but as Cataspanglish we know we want to hold it in El Masnou. So what I'm thinking is that we should give back to the citizens of Masnou who have supported the PodCamp for two years. If all the people who participate in PodCamp are willing I would like to do some concrete things leading up the event itself, Birmingham style Social Media Surgeries, Podcasting workshops, mashup sessions, whatever. Let's share the knowledge and skills we have with the people who are giving us the opportunity to get together – what do you think? Are you in for giving back?

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009

PodCamp Barcelona 2009

Well PodCamp Barcelona 2009 last weekend was a great success and we'll be writing more about it over on the PodCamp Barcelona website. I just wanted to say a quick thank you here to everyone who participated and made it such a great event. Cheers! We've put together a page to gather all the media generated by PodCamp '09 here and plans are underway for 2010 – WATCH THIS SPACE

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009

PodCamp Barcelona 2009

http://twitter.com/PodCampBCN event hashtag #PBCN09

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Back by popular demand – PodCamp Barcelona '09 sees us joining forces with Ernest Suñé and his team at the council of El Masnou again for a new, improved PodCamp. PodCamp Barcelona'09, 19/09/2009, El Masnou, Barcelona

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Segunda edición de PodCamp Barcelona, repetimos con las mismas ganas e ilusión del año pasado, con más experiencia, y con algunos aspectos mejorados. Esta edición durará una sola jornada. Otra vez juntamos nuestras fuerzas con el Ayuntamiento de El Masnou, Ernest Suñé y su equipo colaboran en la organización. PodCamp Barcelona'09, 19/09/2009, El Masnou, Barcelona

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Segona edició de PodCamp Barcelona, repetim amb les mateixes ganes i il.lusió de l'any passat, amb més experiència i amb alguns aspectes millorats. Aquesta edició durarà una sola jornada. Un altre cop juntem les nostres forces amb l'Ajuntament d'El Masnou, l'Ernest Suñé i el seu equip col.laboren en l'organització. PodCamp Barcelona'09, 19/09/2009, El Masnou, Barcelona

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009

PodCamp Barcelona 2008

http://twitter.com/PodCampBCN

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We were doing the slow spain podcast and working on Montse Guitar Sessions and wanted to attend a PodCamp. As there wasn't one in Spain we decided to hold one one ourselves and so PodCamp Barcelona, the first PodCamp in the south of Europe, as well as the first trilingual PodCamp anywhere was born. After contacting various spaces to hold the event under the right conditions (free entry, free wifi), our peep Alex suggested we approach the council of El Masnou. Fortunately they saw potential in the project and we developed it with them, working alongside the Councillor for New Technologies Ernest Suñé and his team. The response was fantastic, both from the local emerging social media scene as well as internationally known podcasters & bloggers. PodCamp Barcelona took place the weekend of September 26-28, 2008 in El Masnou, Barcelona.

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Estábamos haciendo slow spain podcast y Montse Guitar Sessions y queríamos asistir a un PodCamp. Descubrimos que en España no había ninguno y por eso decidimos organizar uno nosotros mismos, así nació PodCamp Barcelona, el primer PodCamp en el sur de Europa, y el primer PodCamp trilingüe. Después de contactar con diversas entidades buscando un lugar que cumpliera con unos requisitos mínimos (entrada y wifi gratis), nuestro amigo Alex nos sugirió contactar con el Ayuntamiento de El Masnou. Afortunadamente vieron el potencial del proyecto y lo pudimos desarrollar con ellos, trabajando con el regidor de Nuevas Tecnologías Ernest Suñé y su equipo. La respuesta fue fantástica, tanto por parte del emergente mundo social media catalán y español, como por parte de reconocidos podcasters y bloggers internacionales. PodCamp Barcelona se celebró del 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2008, en El Masnou, Barcelona.

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Estàvem fent slow spain podcastt i Montse Guitar Sessions i volíem assistir a un PodCamp. Vam descobrir que a Espanya no hi havia cap i per això vam decidir organitzar un nosaltres mateixos, així va néixer PodCamp Barcelona, el primer PodCamp al sud d'Europa, i el primer PodCamp trilingüe. Després de contactar amb diverses entitats buscant un lloc que complís amb uns requisits mínims (entrada i wifi gratis), el nostre amic l'Alex ens va suggerir contactar amb l'Ajuntament del Masnou. Afortunadament van veure el potencial del projecte i ho vam poder desenvolupar amb ells, treballant amb el regidor de Noves Tecnologies l'Ernest Suñé i el seu equip. La resposta va ser fantàstica, tant per part de l'emergent món social media català i espanyol, com per part de reconeguts podcasters i bloggers internacionals. PodCamp Barcelona es va celebrar del 26 al 28 de setembre de 2008, a El Masnou, Barcelona

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Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation

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I met Michel Bauwens, the founder of the P2P Foundation, at UrbanLabs which took place at Citilab in Cornellà, Barcelona. He kindly agreed to record an interview for the PodCamp Barcelona Podcast, but due to his hectic schedule it was impossible to do until recently. I finally caught up with Michel when he was in Amsterdam and we recorded this conversation over Skype from his hotel room. I think the recording provides a very good introduction to the work of the P2P Foundation and Michel’s vision.


About the P2P Foundation (from the P2P Foundation wiki)

We function as a clearinghouse for open/free, participatory/p2p and commons-oriented initiatives.

We aim to be a pluralist network to document, research, and promote peer to peer alternatives. Our political aims could be summarized under the following maxims:

  1. ending the destruction of the biosphere by abandoning the dangerous conceptions of pseudo-abundance in the natural world (i.e. based on the assumption that natural resources are infinite);
  2. promoting free cultural exchange by abandoning the innovation-inhibiting conceptions of pseudo-scarcity in the cultural world (i.e. based on the assumption that the free flow of culture needs to be restricted through excessive copyrights etc…).

For more information, or to get involved with the P2P Foundation, check out these sites:

p2pfoundation.net

blog.p2pfoundation.net

Michel Bauwen’s extensive collection of bookmarks http://delicious.com/mbauwens

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Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Ricard Espelt & Copons 2.0

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I talked recently with Ricard Espelt, councillor for new technology for Copons (a small village in Catalonia), about the project Copons 2.0 in episode 3 of  the PodCamp Barcelona Podcast. Click on the photo for the podcast (in Spanish).

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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Open Politics?

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Ahir es va celebrar la VIII Jornada Parlamentària sobre Mitjans de Comunicació Audiovisual, el tema va ser Societat, Mitjans i Política: Drets i Deures i segons la pròpia pàgina web del Parlament de Catalunya 

“Participació dels ciutadans: informació i finalitat del registre 
La Jornada serà oberta a tots els ciutadans, que hi podran participar virtualment i fer-hi arribar en temps real les seves preguntes, els seus suggeriments i les seves aportacions”

Els organizadors de PodCamp Barcelona vam ser convidats a participar-hi i vam seguir el protocol de registre rebent les claus per accedir-hi. Va ser impossible seguir l’esdeveniment a través de Safari. Disgustats vam canviar a Firefox però cada cop que intentávem obrir el visor, Firefox patia un “crash”. 

Vam escriure sobre el que estava passant a Twitter, on si podiem seguir el que passava a través dels twitts i els organitzadors de la jornada van repondre que estaven investigant que passava. 

Mentre rebíem altres twitts de gent que podia veure la jornada a través de Firefox. 

Vam preguntar si estaven utilitzant MAC o PC i tots els que van respondre estaven utilitzant PC. Vam posar en marxa un vell portàtil que té Windows dins d’Ubuntu i a Internet Explorer podíem seguir la jornada. L’únic problema és que aquest portàtil no té so, llavors el podíem veure però no escoltar. 

Vam rebre un altre twitt dels organitzadors dient que havien comprovat que no funcionava a Safari però si a Firefox. 

Vam intentar amb Firefox a Ubuntu però tampoc funcionava. 

Expliquem aquesta situació amb detall perquè creiem que demostra molt bé que el concepte “open” encara no està entès. 

No és suficient posar un esdeveniment “a Internet”. 

“Open” vol dir utilitzar tecnología que funciona a qualsevol sistema operatiu i qualsevol cercador. Si el Parlament de Catalunya vol que els ciutadans participem ha d’aqssegurar que s’estan utilitzant mitjans realment “open”. És vergonyós que serveis comercials com Renfe té un sistema de compra de bitllets que només funciona a Internet Explorer però és totalment incapceptable que el Govern utilitzi aplicaciones que només funcionin en certes plataformes i cercadors. Estem d’acord que qualsevol iniciativa per aconseguir que les autoritats públiques siguin més “open” és positiva, però el que ens ha passat posar en evidència la distància entre l’aparador i la realitat. 

És irònic però de l’única manera que vam poder seguir la jornada va ser a través de Twitter una aplicació web Open Source, cross-platform i cross-browser. 

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Ayer se celebró VIII Jornada Parlamentaria sobre Medios de Comunicación Audiovisual, el tema fue Sociedad, Medios y Política: Derechos y Obligaciones y según la propia página web del Parlament de Catalunya la jornada estaba abierta a cualquier ciudadano que quisiera participar virtualmente. 

Los organizadores de PodCamp Barcelona fuimos invitados a participar y seguimos el protocolo de registro recibiendo las claves para acceder. Fue imposible seguir el evento a través de Safari. Un poco molestos cambiamos a Firefox pero cada vez que intentábamos abrir el visor, Firefox sufría un “crash”. 

Escribimos sobre lo que estaba pasando en Twitter, donde si podíamos seguir lo que ocurría a través de los twitts y los organizadores de la jornada respondieron que estaban investigando que pasaba. 

Mientras tanto recibimos otros twitts de gente que podía ver la jornada a través de Firefox. 

Preguntamos si estaban utilizando MAC o PC y todos los que respondían estaban utilizando PC. Pusimos en marcha un viejo portátil que tiene Windows dentro de Ubuntu y en Internet Explorer podíamos seguir la jornada. El único problema es que este portátil no tiene sonido entonces lo podíamos ver pero no escuchar. 

Recibimos otro twitt de los organizadores diciendo que habían comprobado que no funcionaba en Safari pero si en Firefox. 

Intentábamos con Firefox en Ubuntu pero tampoco funcionaba. 

Explicamos esta situación con detalle porque creemos que demuestra muy bien que el concepto “open” todavía no está entendido. 

No es suficiente poner un evento “en Internet”. 

“Open” quiere decir utilizar tecnología que funciona en cualquier sistema operativo y cualquier buscador. Si el Parlament de Catalunya quiere que los ciudadanos participemos tiene que asegurar que se están utilizando medios realmente “open”. Es vergonzoso que servicios comerciales como Renfe tiene un sistema de compra de billetes que solo funciona en Internet Explorer pero es totalmente inaceptable que el Gobierno utilice aplicaciones que solo funcionen en ciertas plataformas y buscadores. Estamos de acuerdo que cualquier iniciativa para conseguir que las autoridades públicas sean más “open” es positiva, pero lo que nos ha pasado pone en evidencia la distancia entre el escaparate y la realidad. 

Es irónico pero la única manera que pudimos seguir la jornada fue a través de Twitter una aplicación web Open Source, cross-platform y cross-browser. 

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The 8th Parliamentary Day of Audio-Visual Communication Media of the Parliament of Catalonia took place yesterday. The theme was “Society, Media and Politics: Rights and Obligations” and according to the Parliament’s own webpage, was “open to any citizen who wanted to participate virtually”. After registering and receiving a password, the participant could watch the events online and send comments which would appear in the Parliament itself. 

PodCamp Barcelona had been invited to participate and we duly registered. However it was impossible to see the event in Safari. So, a little annoyed, we changed to FireFox which was crashed by attempting to watch the proceedings. We tried again and again and each time FF crashed. 

We tweeted this on Twitter, where we could follow events, and the organisers tweeted back that they were investigating the situation. Meanwhile we received other tweets from people who were watching via FF. So we asked them if they were using Mac or PC, and they were all using PC’s. Meanwhile we fired up an old laptop which has Windows operating inside Ubuntu and lo and behold, in Internet Explorer we could see the event. The only problem is that the laptop has no sound, so we could watch but not listen. 

We received another tweet from the organisers to say that they had checked and although the event page didn’t work in Safari, it was working in FireFox. We then tried FF in Ubuntu and it didn’t work there either. 

We are explaining the situation in detail because we think that it illustrates very well that the concept of “Open” is still not understood. It is not enough to put an event on “the Internet”. Open means using technology that will function on any operating system and any browser. If the Parliament calls upon citizens to participate they must make sure that they are using Open media – it is bad enough that commercial services such as RENFE have ticketing systems that only function in Internet Explorer, but it is completely unacceptable that the Government uses applications that only function on certain platforms/browsers. While we welcome any initiative to make public authorities more Open, events such as this only demonstrate the gap between the hype and the reality. 

Ironically the only way we were able to follow The 8th Parliamentary Day of Audio-Visual Communication Media of the Parliament of Catalonia was via Twitter, an Open Source, cross-platform, cross-browser, web application.

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

Adam Greenfield update

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/studies_and_observations/89045331/ 

Adam has kindly agreed to my request for an interview for the PodCamp Barcelona podcast. Watch this space

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