BarCamp comes to LA on 4-5 March

Xeni Jardin 8:25 pm Sun Jan 8, 2006

This oughta be crazy delicious: Link to info on BarCamp LA, March 4-5 at an as-yet undisclosed location. It's a sprawling, free-form slumber party where you go to get your geek on. Cool stuff just kind of happens. Here's more about editions that have taken place elsewhere, including CESCamp last week in Vegas. (Thanks, Sean Bonner!)

Previously on Boing Boing: Bar Camp Photos

Reader comment: John Resig says,

Bar Camp NYC is happening this weekend (Jan 14-15)- and it's shaping up to be a pretty happening event! More info here.

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