<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, mashup camp]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, mashup camp]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/mashupcamp http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/mashupcamp <![CDATA[To-Do: Camp, shine, stir]]>
  • Today and tomorrow: Catch the tail end of Mashup Camp in Mountain View, even though you missed lunch. Remember: "Camp" is what the kids are calling conferences. [Mashup Camp]
  • Tonight at 6: Two boys from Facebook speak at this month's Creative Commons Salon in Shine (the bar at 1337 Mission Street). [Creative Commons Salon]
  • Tonight at 6: Get shakin' at Stirr #4, where entrepreneurs schmooze for flacks, investors, and new employees. It's the most legitimate booze you'll ever expense to your company. Come give Valleywag tips in person. [Stirr.net]
    • ]]>     http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=186911&view=rss&microfeed=true     <![CDATA[Geeking out: Mashup Camp, Day 1]]>

    Tired of camps about actual from-scratch products, Valley developers, pundits, and businessfolk mixed it up at Mashup Camp, the two-day "unconference" about remixed tech. Laughing Squid tentaclemaster Scott Beale kindly let me abuse his pics from Monday.

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    Blogger Doc Searls rocks out the Microsoft-lanyard-Firefox-shirt mashup: business in front, party in the back.

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    "You'd think I'd shave it off, but when I'm in my bowler and three-piece it looks divine."

    White-hat lawyers, Mucho Camp invasion, and the hippest user-experience expert in the Valley — all after the jump.

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    Technorati's Niall Kennedy: "Seriously, you say it through that thing and I'll pay you ten bucks." David Berlind: "For ten bucks? You're on."

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    "Larry Lessig totally hearts the RIAA!"

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    He didn't even see the hand until his face was firm in its grip.

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    The goatse-ing of an entire audience proves disappointing.

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    Scott visits the nearby Meebo headquarters. "I don't know how he got in here, but I need him evacuated before he takes a photo of the blank whiteboard."

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    Preserved for posterity, a dot-com geek.

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    Lawyer Larry Lessig cannot believe you asked about the Eldred case.

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    Members of the nearby Mucho Camp join the Mashup crowd. But they are still indie, so they will code standing up.

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    When it's time to blog the camp, everyone cheats off ZDNet's Dan Farber.

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    Doc Searls: "Hey, my award, don't touch!"

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    "Psst. You. Wanna buy a mashup of Marilyn Manson and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?"

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    That's not even special ice. That is the bioluminescence of Jonathan Grubb's face.

    Mashup Camp photos [Laughing Squid]
    Mashup Camp [MashupCamp.com]

    ]]>     http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=156117&view=rss&microfeed=true     <![CDATA[Remainders: Only room in this town for one bald man]]> Scientists find the secret cause of flame wars. Surprise! It's not Kirk vs. Picard. [Slashdot]
    Community loans, free from the influence of rich banks. Funded by rich venture funds. [alarm:clock]
    Did Barry Diller buy Ask.com just to kill Jeeves? Coolest. Acquisition reason. Ever. [Search Engine Journal]
    Mashup Camp gets an overflow camp — Mucho Camp, hosted at Social Text — and becomes a wee bit less indie. [Mashup Camp]
    A suggested slogan to combat "Googling": "Yahoo that bitch!" [Yahoo 360]

    ]]>     http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=154578&view=rss&microfeed=true     <![CDATA[Mashup Camp asks attendees for money]]> mashup-tie-dye.jpgWhen Mashup Camp calls itself "the unconference for the uncomputer," is that like 7-up being "the uncola"? The upcoming camp sounded pretty indie at first. But after sponsorships from Adobe, AOL, eBay, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Sun Microsystems, it was more like Mountain Dew Code Red: another industry-approved "camp"-branded conference. No prob, that's still fun, and admission is free.

    But, uh, with all those sponsors, why did Mashup Camp need to send the attendees a plea for donations?

    The "please donate to our indie Sun/Microsoft/etc.-funded camp" e-mail after the jump.

    Mashup Camp is now less than 2 weeks away. The response to Camp has been phenomenal and we are looking forward to an informative, valuable, and fun 2-day experience for everyone. Now that David and I have gotten through the massive amount of email responses we received to attend the Camp, we are now in the final process financing actual Camp costs.

    As you may know, we have designed the Camp as an open program at no cost to all attendees. However there are some expenses associated with the camp, so we are appealing to all Camp participants to help out in any way they can. Any contribution is a help — — $50, $100, $200 or whatever you might spare ( $10 or $20) would help.. This money will be used to pay for incedentals and to improve the museum's communications infrastructure. Any moneys left over from Camp will become part of a permenent donation to the Museum from Mashup Camp.

    David and I have set up an account on PayPal under Mass Events Labs. You don't have to be a paypal member to contribute. Here's the link:

    Click Here to Donate to Mashup Camp

    Please let us know if you have any questions, we look forward to your response.
    Regards
    Doug Gold
    Mashup Camp co-organizer

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