BarCamp Brisbane

I came, I saw, I had fun.

Lots of great talkfest on tech, culture & business.

Should have posted this almost two weeks ago.

BarCamp Brisbane III was in East Brisbane on the 18 July. Well worth the trip. It's part on BarCamp Queensland (yes, there is a BarCamp Gold Coast).

Gnoll110

BarCampCanberra1: I

Hi All

Well last saturday saw the first BarCampCanberra. @trib, @pureCaffeine and the other orginazers did a great job.

About 50 to 60 people attended.

During one of the Open Source session we got onto Open Source design of physical objects and then sustainable manufacturing of goods.

I had one comment to contribute. A major book on the subject is 'Cradle to Cradle', written be an American architect and a German chemist. I also noted Ford and a major up market chair maker were doing this kinda work.

Here a the details:
Title: Cradle to Cradle
By: William McDonough & Michael Braungart.
Ford redeveloped its River Rogue plant at Dearborn Michigan using these principles.
The up market chair maker is Herman Miller.
And the book is not made of paper. It's made of polymer, is waterproof and can be used as an industrial feedstock as is.

Hope this help those interested.


Gnoll110