Podcamp Halifax 2010.

Last weekend I made the trek to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, for the second annual Podcamp Halifax. I had heard about last year's podcamp at the last minute, and was unable to go at that point. When I heard another one was in the works for this year, I figured I should probably check it out.
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Podcamp Halifax was also my first experience with an unconference, and the sessions I made it to were all very well done. I had hoped that more of the sessions would be on digital media creation/distribution/etc., but really, it seemed that media producers were few and far between. I know it's nothing new, but the open and free feeling of the unconference is very refreshing. I could get used to it. McLean Greaves was the keynote speaker, and gave the roughly the same presentation he did at the ITAP session in Charlottetown at the first of December. His presentation, Web 5.0 ("5.0," he said, was "a random number for random times"), was a detailed overview of today's digital landscape, and made for some great discussion.
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Other than McLean, I'm pretty sure I was the only cat from out of province. I know there was buzz from other Islanders about going, but I seemed to be the only one to survive the trip over. There's already of Podcamp Halifax 2011. Will I go? I'm not sure. While I certainly enjoyed 2010's, I probably wouldn't go next year unless I was inspired to present. We shall see. It was great to meet and chat with those I did. Lots of interesting folks we have here in the region. Big thanks to everyone who organized and sponsored the event! It was greatly appreciated.