Eric invited me to join him to go to [BarCamp Waterloo](http://barcamp.org/BarCampWaterloo). I’d always meant to go to one, but I kept missing them for one reason or another. I wouldn’t have known about this one if Eric hadn’t given me the heads-up.
Eric did a demo of installing Debian in 6 minutes over the network. There was also a Windows 7 demo, a potentially religious discussion about languages, a demo of [FOSS Factory](http://www.fossfactory.org/), a demo of an intranet video training thing in Rails, and something I’m forgetting. I also got a private(ish) demo and beta invitation to [CastRoller](http://castroller.com/).
I also got to find new, intriguing things out about local companies. I’ve been out of the loop for too long. I’m impressed that the crazy-sounding local startups actually have compelling business models behind them. It makes me feel better about the tech economy here in town.
Hey!
Glad to hear that things are going well on the local front!
BarCamp sounds like a pretty nifty thing.
Hope to touch base in a more focused fashion soon!
It was really nifty, actually. I’m don’t know why it took me this long to get to one. (Maybe I was afraid I’d be roped into presenting something unprepared…).