Shirts have arrived

The DrupalCampNYC3 shirts have arrived! Tomorrow over 130 Drupalistas will descend upon Brooklyn Polytechnic to meet, talk, learn, network, hone, discuss, hack, polish and other things Drupal. With a crowd consisting of Ninjas to Newbies we'll be diverse enough to cover all topics Drupal.

If you're reading this and you haven't signed up do it NOW.

Drupal Camp is a free unconference styled after barcamps which basically means that we make it up as we go along. Traditional conferences usually have predefined sessions, lectures, etc. and, in recent years, have become more about marketing that the actual transference of knowledge. Barcamps and "unconferences" attempt to flip this trend by focusing on getting people together of various backgrounds and focusing the conference on moving knowledge from one to another.

The knowledge transfer is primarily by allowing the people to define what the conference is about. Of course each conference has some sort of theme like "Drupal", "Web 2.0", "Technology for social change", etc. but the session themselves are not defined until the conference. In the first part of the day everyone gets together, mingles, discusses and come to a consensus as to what they'd like to learn and/or discuss. This not only forces people to meet and talk with each other but also sets the tone for remainder of the conference. The other major difference in an "unconference" is that the attendees are the one that are presenting although they are often augmented by professionals and prepared lectures no single lecture is dedicated to a single person. The audience is free, and encouraged, to interject presenting new ideas, a new take and to interact with the presenter.

If you've never been to an unconference this is a great time to check one out! I'll See everyone Tomorrow!!