BarCamp
BarCamp is an annual relaxed, friendly, free, geeky unconference. In Portland the most recent event took place on Friday March 29th & Saturday March 30th, 2013. Traditionally BarCamp takes place at First Unitarian Church's Eliot Center.
BarCamp 2013
According to a woman eating a too-spicy meal and attending her first BarCamp in 2013, the 2013 BarCamp (Friday March 29th & Saturday March 30th, 2013) is the 7th in a series. She could not confirm if all seven events took place over a 7 year span. But according to Melissa Chavez, the communications chair for BarCamp 2013, all seven Portland BarCamps took place over seven consecutive years.
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Letters drawn by BarCamp attendees, being voted on for collation into a crowdsourced BarCamp font.
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Nerd-infested courtyard, and the Eliot Center's cool hanging art.
BarCamp 2011
At BarCamp 2011 (and on Friday, May 20th & Saturday, May 21st), a great session about PortlandWiki was held by our own Matthew Spellman. But as any BarCamp attendee knows, every single session had great conversation and was a learning experience (see picture listing all sessions). Great geeky friendly energy all around. Also delicious food from Nicholas Restaurant, somehow plentiful enough for over a hundred ravenous nerds.