First Day Round Up Pt. 1
the view from the front of the inernational house was excepional, looking out west towards the bay the golden gate bridge was clearly visible.
registration was pretty breezy and everyone was incredibly helpful and patient. once you got through registration, you entered the main hallway that was packed with a dozen or so vendors. the eff and creative commons were there in force, as were representatives from the wikimedia commons, one laptop per child, and the us pirate party.
this was really interesting display where you could check out an archeological site that a group of berkeley students had exactly recreated in second life which was a step towards what they had termed “open archeology.” heady stuff indeed.
i got to play around with the one laptop per child laptops, which was cool. i wasn’t a huge fan of the interface they had going, but the idea behind their organization is a pretty awesome one.
this was the conference space before people started filing in.
next post i’ll break down the individual panels and keynote speakers for everyone back home.
