[OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning Keynotes

[Jeff Aitken]

In case anyone wonders, FUBAR was a term in the US army that gives an
official-sounding name to a situation where things are really going
badly. It's intended as a joke, like laughing in the face of the
absurdity of life. It stands for "F**ed Up Beyond All Recognition."

A really handy term in this life of complex and wicked problems. No
wonder the computer folks picked it up, tho I note it's spelled
"foobar".

So I proudly note that Open Space is a pretty good antidote to foobar!

Jeff
San Francisco

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:01 PM, doug <ost at footprintsinthewind.com> wrote:
> Harrison--
>
> I think both are an inside joke in computing circles, particularly those of
> the linux/unix flavors. They will often use example names of files and
> applications that have the word foobar in the title. To translate to Windows
> users, it might be something like, "To do X, first execute the foobar.exe
> file, then...."
>
> Harold I would presume can give you the more juicy details, but I wanted to
> demonstrate to all that I had run into the term before, although that and $2
> will get you a cup of coffee.... <grin>
>
>                        :- Doug.
>
>
> On 04/11/2012 04:06 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:
>>
>> Harold – Sounds wonderful! And … could you answer a stupid question that
>> has niggled my mind for a while: What is the derivation of “BarCamp?”
>> “Camp” I understand, but “bar?” And while you are at it – how about the
>> same for “Foocamp.”
>>
>> Harrison
>>
>> Harrison Owen
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>> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Harold
>> Shinsato
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:18 PM
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>> *Subject:* [OSList] Missoula BarCamp 2012 - Open Space with Lightning
>>
>> Keynotes
>>
>> Dear OSList,
>>
>> If any of you are in Montana this weekend, you'll receive a very
>> friendly welcome at the premier Montana Open Space event - Missoula
>> BarCamp. April 13-14. http://missoulabarcamp.org.
>>
>> Inspired originally by O'Reilly's FooCamp and the spinoff BarCamp until
>> Kaliya Hamlin educated me about Open Space Technology. I eventually
>> learned OST was the pure lineage from which sprang BarCamp. So though we
>> use the BarCamp title, I launched it straight from the OST manual back
>> in 2008 after I took Lisa Heft's awesome training.
>>
>> We're in our fifth year. It's a conversation between artists, techies,
>> and people who want to make the world better (change agents).
>>
>> Inspired by the awesome work Peggy Holman has done with the Journalism
>> That Matters conferences - we start with warm up talks. We now call them
>> "Lightning Keynotes" so we can attract bigger names with giving them the
>> "bully pulpit" for a short time - and they usually stay and get involved
>> in the Open Space as well. We've partnered with IgniteMissoula - so we
>> also opened up for some community submitted 5 minute talks. I'm excited
>> that OSList member and fellow JTM-er Sono Hashisaki will be one of those
>> Lightning Keynotes.
>>
>> This is our fifth year - and it's exciting to see it happening in a
>> beautiful facility - the Native American Center - a gorgeous new
>> building with a circular lobby that seems built for Open Space. The
>> University of Montana president will kick us off. I'm very much excited
>> - and deeply grateful to all the support I've received from this
>> community over the years.
>>
>> http://missoulabarcamp.org
>>
>> Blessings!
>> Harold
>>
>> --
>> Harold Shinsato
>> harold at shinsato.com <mailto:harold at shinsato.com>
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