Registrations are open! Show up or you owe me a beer.

But seriously, Laurent, Sylvain, and Laurent (2), and Michelle are doing a great job with this, particularly since running a bilingual event is a bit more complicated than your usual Podcamp. It should be pretty damn cool.

Filed by Julien at 2:12 pm under events, podcasting
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Here’s Hugh McGuire (of Librivox) and me on a boat at PAB2007. It’s a great pic, even though we look like a gay couple. :)

Filed by Julien at 5:15 pm under events, random
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So I’ve been reading a bunch about Le Web 3, a conference in France happening at this moment. I considered going early on, could have done it, and then saw the list of over 700 people attending. “Why bother,” I figured. I see no interest in attending a conference where I know no one aside from fellow Montrealers. No way into interesting discussions (the real ones always happen after hours) unless you know people. That makes these things just annoying.

Now I’m reading Dave Winer’s comments, and I realize that, yeah, I think I’m done with conferences unless they’re unconferences - like the spectacular Podcamp I attended in September. I’m done with the elitist attitude, I guess.

I’m thinking back now, and I realize that attending the second Portable Media Expo sort of felt the same way. There was a special meetup place for speakers - specifically dividing the priest of new media from the flock. I tried to sneak in, of course! :) I don’t like those barriers, and never will.

Instead, I ended up spending some time this afternoon hanging out with Mitch Joel. I think we both care more for rock and roll than elitism - for this reason among many, we get along pretty damn well. If what I’m reading can be believed, I’ve had a better time here. :)

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Currently in-flight, heading straight to Banff from Montréal. The next four days will be spent at the Interactive Project Lab representing HAL, and talking with other participants from all around the country about new media projects they are involved in. Exciting possibilities.

Although I don’t know a hell of a lot about this place, the centre is apparently the size of an entire campus. No idea who inhabits it though- it isn’t a school, but more of a general place-of-learning. People do gather there every year for a variety of art and media stuff, however- and hopefully leave with a better understanding of how to apply it all to the real world.

Despite this, neither Pascal nor myself have any clue whether this place will have wifi, never mind any of the other high tech stuff we are used to working with on a daily basis. The location is apparently remote, far removed from the usual hustle and bustle of large Canadian cities. At the least, it should be a cool change of pace.

Whatever the case, there’s a lot of excitement and mystery in the air for us. I hope I’ll find a place where my usual jolt of RSS can keep me at arm’s reach from the world at large. The launch of CC’snew company is happening today (right around now actually), so there’ll be a lot of cool stuff to watch out for in the next few.

Filed by Julien at 4:38 pm under HAL, projects, events
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