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I spent the weekend at BarCampNYC3, an unconference in the mode of the BrainJams I once attended. It was great to meet a bunch of new people, including some nextNY folks I had never met in person, and to get the chance to talk about interesting topics for a couple days.

Apologies to all, especially Matt, for a lack of blog posts. I’ve been a busy guy: In addition to a beyond-heavy workload, Heights Media Group in conjunction with iStragtegyLabs launched a social platform for Geico last week helping cavemen find dates.

What is Chumby? Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Technology This is a session to discuss Chumby, which I recall hearing about but have never seen. Alexandre Rafalovitch was the presenter. Chumby is Linux-based, uses wifi, flash lite widget, touchscreen, accelerometer, speakers, and usb.

Blogs as Community Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Technology Max from Microsoft started to speak about Microsoft Channel 9. The goal was to get information out to the developers within the company. It was called Channel 9 since that is the airline channel where the information between the pilots and the control tower can be heard.

WordPress for CMS Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Technology Took some doing to get connected to the network, but it was as if somebody flicked the switch, and the group of us waiting for the WordPress session to start are able to get on. It is now 12:10, and the WordPress session that ends at 12:30 still has not started.

Identity and the Future of Social Networking Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Technology What is wrong with social networks? There is a problem about having to move back and forth with identities and social networking. The room is full, with people sitting on the floor.

Does Liveblogging Add Value? Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Liveblogging, Technology I decided to offer to lead a session. I do not have a presentation to give, as I do not want to use the one Robin and I presented at Northern Voice. I am much more interested in discussing this with other people.

Welcome to BarCampNYC3! Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer in BarCampNYC3, Technology There was a welcome by somebody who did not introduce himself. He did seem exciting though, and then asked who has NOT been to a BarCamp before? Most hands were raised. Interesting.

I’m planning to present at BarCampNYC3 talking about the office of the future. It’s my proposition that the office and work culture will be in a transition by 2013. Overtime, office environments will look almost nothing like the traditional office environments of today.

We’ve got BarCampNYC3 T-shirts! March 5th, 2008 We’ve got BarCampNYC3 T-shirts thanks to the extremely awesome Mr Joshua Keay of Insanely Great Tees!. The BarCamp logo is traditionally just the flame next to name of your camp, and I LOVE how different, quirky, and inspired this new design is.