WhereCamp: Unconference for Geohackers

Geo-enthusiasts are gathering on the Yahoo! Sunnyvale campus on June 2-3 to participate in the WhereCampSF, The first WhereCamp, an the unconference for geohackers. They are calling all Geohackers, geowhackers and geoslackers to participate.

WhereCampSF will be the premiere gathering of geo-enthusiasts, web 2.0 and mobile developers, social place hackers, artists, grad students, geographers, earth scientists…

“We’re going to get together to share ideas, hack on projects, have high bandwidth real time discussion among an extended network of friends and peers within an unconference format. Topics may end up including social cartography, software and hardware, context awareness, mobile development, ‘geeks with conscience’ kinds of discussion, humanitarian mapping efforts, food webs and local food transparency, psychogeography, geo games and place hacking.”

Unconferences are getting popular and attendees drive the content of the sessions the same day instead of a prescribed schedule. Register by adding your name, website and interests to the page and there is a photo wall at the end of the page to recognize everyone.

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