BarcampBelfast 2008 is planned for Saturday 21st June, 9am – 5pm. Last year I had other commitments and couldn’t make it but I intend to turn up this year. Mac-Sys did sponsor it last year and will be doing so again. I think we need more of these events.
There’s already a set of speakers lined up but they’re looking out for more if you’re interested. I would like to speak on something but fear that my areas of knowledge are sufficiently shallow that there’d be nothing I could really teach anyone, especially when faced with the people speaking there.
The subjects do tend to be tech-heavy but that’s the problem. The subjects I know well enough to talk about (or could brush up on) would be of little relevance to the audience (unless people really want to know about OSPF or MLTs…I know I don’t!) and I’m sure no-one wants to hear about my epic failure at becoming a programmer (it’s code night tonight in Bangor, oh yes…)
Make the effort to turn up.
Everyone has something they can speak on – I’m not talking on anything “technical” – most people there will have a similar skillset and won’t need to be “taught” very much, so I’m going to talk on a personal level about something like blogging or freelancing maybe. Theres plenty of potential!