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From Barcamp to Shift

Fred Oliveira on September 6, 2006 Comments (6)

This past weekend we organized the first portuguese Barcamp. The event was a success and made us consider working closer to the portuguese IT market – something we’ve been kinda skeptical about mainly because it always seemed like it wasn’t ready for the kind of services we offer. Check out the event photos over at Flickr.

Anyway, speaking of Barcamp, I definitely need to mention Shift, a conference happening on the 28th and 29th of September in Lisbon – with a schedule so surprisingly good that you can’t really afford to miss it if you’re close by (heck, anywhere in Europe, really). I’m definitely looking forward to hearing Peter Merholz, Luke Wroblewski, workgroup-partner Stowe Boyd and Ulla-Maria Mutanen (among many others, just check the program) speak.

Part of the team here at Webreakstuff is going to be present at the event and we’ll most likely be showing Goplan to some people, as well as giving out beta passes to the application (emails to the people who’ve asked previously will be sent sometime this week, so keep an eye out). We’ll see you there!

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Goncalo Fonseca

“…it always seemed like it wasn’t ready for the kind of services we offer.”

I think it steel remains true. :-(

I may be wrong… but by my experience, most of the people in Portugal, doesn’t know how to use the web. They look at web apps the same way as they look at Macs (cute, but serious).

I think you should continue your path (you’re doing great) or you’ll end up with your heart broken.

Goncalo Fonseca

Errata:

steel -> still
(cute, but serious) -> (cute, but not serious)

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[...] While I’m at it, I should shout out to Fred and co. for organizing a very successful BarCamp in Portugal. Perhaps the most inspiring result of this event relates directly to Goplan: The event was a success and made us consider working closer to the portuguese IT market – something we’ve been kinda skeptical about mainly because it always seemed like it wasn’t ready for the kind of services we offer. Check out the event photos over at Flickr. [...]

helle

Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

hello

Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

Sten44310

Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven’t been up to much these days. I just don’t have much to say right now. I can’t be bothered with anything , but whatever.

Something to say?