Tiring of the life of a pixel-bound hermit, this morning I put my name on the BarCampRDU wiki as an attendee. What to present about will come to me later.

On the surface, BarCamp is a concept that fills me with nostalgia for my days as an NCSU undergraduate. That was in the halcyon (or notorious, depending upon your perspective) 1960s. The BarCampRDU wiki explains:

A BarCamp is an unconference where people interested in a wide range of technologies come together to teach and learn. Unfamiliar with unconference? Here's the idea in a nutshell. Rather than having scheduled speakers, everyone pitches sessions the morning of the BarCamp. Those sessions are put on a schedule, and lots of little groups form for intense group learning. Everyone is expected to teach, to talk, to participate. Yeah, its different from a regular conference - but it works!

The founding BarCamp rules declare that it is not a spectator sport:

Attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one. This is called sharing and we like it."

+1 on that ...

BarCampRDU is in Raleigh, at the Red Hat HQ on NCSU's Centennial Campus, on July 22, 2006. If you're interested, the time to sign up is right now. There is room for 150 attendees. About one-third of those places are taken as of this writing. (Update: The Wiki shows 114 registered as of 10:16 p.m., Wed., July 7.)

Sign up.

I'll look for your presentation.

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