13 April 2006
BarCampBoston
Posted by Ryan Sarver under: BarCampBoston; Business; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Technology .
I have been working since the Palo Alto BarCamp to organize an instance of BarCamp in Boston, but to little fan fare until recently. As of a few weeks ago the mailing list and BarCampBoston wiki page have suddenly gotten a lot of traction. The toughest part of getting an event like this off the ground is getting the major logistics out of the way and it sounds like we are on our way to tackling that. As of last week, we were lucky enough to have Monster Worldwide step up and not only offer their awesome facilities (photos) at the Old Mill in Maynard, MA but they were gracious enough to also step up as a major sponsor.
We have been lucky to have a few other local people (Lee, Shimon, Ron 
help coordinate and it’s been great to meet some other local people who are interested in helping bring Boston back to its previous throne in tech innovation. I am starting to see more and more movement at the grassroots level for meetups and events here, and it is a welcome site. Not long ago I joined the Boston Startup Meetup group for local startup founders, and it seems to be a great group, so I look forward to catching up with those guys.
A few of the local guys also just launched a local weblog, called Boston Web Technology Forum (BostonWTF), focused on tracking the current resurgence in the local web community — so be sure to check it out.
