PodCamp Boston 4 Schedule Posted!

The formal discussion schedule for PodCamp Boston 4 has been posted and can be viewed on our Schedule page. A few notes:

1. Don’t print it out just yet. It’s subject to change.

2. You’ll note there are 3 rooms and 1 space (possibly more) that are designated as open/unplanned. These are spaces that are lounges with comfortable seating designed for all the impromptu conversations, discussions, guitar performances, etc. that happen at PodCamps. We’ll have a wiki page up on the day of the event that will let you schedule these spaces freely, and they’re being left up to you entirely.

3. Did we mention it’s subject to change?

4. The most important part of PodCamp isn’t the schedule or planned discussions. These are at most a third of your PodCamp experience, if that. The real juice is in all the hallway conversations, all the side chats, impromptu activities, etc. that happen spontaneously. The planned discussions are there just to give you some starting points for discussions.

5. PodCamp obeys the Law of Two Feet: just because you sat down in a scheduled discussion doesn’t mean you have to stay there. You are expected- obligated, really, to get up and walk out if you’re not getting what you want out of the discussion. Go to another one. Go to an unplanned space. Get the most out of PodCamp by doing what you want to do, listening to the conversations you want to listen to.

Session registration is now closed!

Thanks to everyone who has submitted a session, the schedule is now full up and we’re working on getting it up for you to print/view/make your own list.  Those who have registered sessions but not yet registered at Eventbrite to attend the event have their sessions on hold and will be receiving notice of that via email.

We should have the final version posted this weekend.  Stay tuned.

PodCamp Boston Wireless Access

The UMB Guest network is the correct network to use, but a lot of people are on it.

Please, if you have a laptop and the know how, plug into an Ethernet jack in your room and create your own access point!

PodCamp Boston Open Area Signup Sheet Open

The Google Doc for open signups is now open for you to add your own stuff!

Click here to access and edit the doc.

Session Descriptions

A few folks requested more information on the individual sessions. We’ve put up a link of what session presenters originally proposed. Bear in mind that they may have changed their presentations since the descriptions were first published.

Click here to read the descriptions.

The Official Guide to PodCamp Boston 4

Thanks to the hard work of our organizers, we’re happy to present the Official Guide to PodCamp Boston 4 in Google Documents Presentation format. You can view and download the full size version by clicking here, which will also allow you to print it out (the Actions button at the bottom lets you print).

Discussions and Questions

This note was sent out to all attendees earlier today, we’re re-posting on the blog to make sure it reaches everyone.

I want to take a moment and talk again about why we chose to present sessions as discussions this year as it’s important for everyone to understand.

We’re asking discussion leaders to help the people in their audience answer any questions they have about the topic they are speaking/leading.  Putting the emphasis on takeaways for the conference and attendee’s time. If we can help the people who have to come learn and grow by sharing our knowledge and having a discussion, that’s a pretty good return on their investment into PCB4.

This weekend if you have a question, here’s your chance to get the answer.  If someone isn’t leading a discussion on the question you’ve come to answer, take advantage of the open areas and open document (location will be announced on Sat. AM) to get your questions answered.

In the meantime, you can check the schedule for topics of interest to see what people are looking forward to discussing this weekend.