barcamplondon2

Yesterday was good fun, some great presentations and a bunch of interesting people and old friends. I'll be putting up a slightly revised version of my presentation tomorrow, I need to check the copyright on one of the images. I had a nice appreciative audience for my session on time, history and the internet, which was lovely.
Some thoughts for next time, better coffee would be appreciated, but there were several coffee places nearby. The free pay for wifi was actually a bonus, as there was sufficient infrastructure so that the wifi only got slower, it didn't crash. I only was there til a bit after 6pm on the first day, so I can't comment on the overnight and Sunday experiences, but catching up today it seems to have been really good. I missed the werewolf sessions, boo.
The quality of the talks I saw was really good, barcamp is open to all and free so on that basis it is to be commended, This was my first and I'd definitely go again. I think there is something about it being free that means people seem to try hard to make a good talk, as you can get in for free anyway. Maybe not the effect you'd expect, but I think the peer pressure makes people speak if they have something to say.