BarCamp ce samedi

Quoi?
BarCamp Montréal, édition #3

Où?
Société des Arts Technologiques, 1195 blvd St. Laurent, Montréal.

Quand?
Samedi, 3 novembre 2007, de 9h00 à 18h00.

C’est quoi ça?
C’est expliqué ici. Mais en gros, voici le résumé:

Un BarCamp, c’est un rassemblement ad-hoc né du désir de permettre à des personnes de partager et apprendre dans un environnement ouvert. C’est un évènement intense comportant des discussions, des démonstrations et des interactions riches entre les participants.

Es-tu déjà allée?
Oui. J’ai raconté mon expérience ici.

Est-ce que tu prévois y aller samedi?
Je suis dans un grosse période de rush au travail et je rate tout ces jours-ci, mais j’espère tout de même pouvoir me libérer samedi pour y être, du moins pendant une partie de la journée.

The acceptable face of blogging

From BBC news, this gem:

Facebook is the acceptable face of blogging – you can reflect your life and personality online without being seen as a « blogger », which often carries a geeky stigma.

There are quite a few things wrong with this statement. First of all, I don’t think there is such a thing as a geeky stigma anymore. If any person looks at your blog and says to you « oh, you are so geeky for having a blog », trust me, it will feel like a compliment (especially coming from that person).

And not every personal space on the Web is a blog. Facebook has attracted a lot of ex-bloggers (and bloggers) because it is less demanding and perhaps, to some people, more entertaining than a blog. They can keep in touch with their network of friends (a lot of them who were never tempted to read blogs before) and have fun with silly applications (drinks! zombies! pokes!) without the weight of responsibilities and the occasional bout of loneliness and introspection that come with a blog.