CreativeCamp in a Castle
5th of December 2007 by conor
The best news I saw this week is that CreativeCamp 2008 is to be held in Kilkenny Castle on March 8th. I love seeing the BarCamp idea pushed forward and I'm so excited by the venue! I grew up down the road from the castle and spent many happy hours trying to find the secret tunnels that must exist.
The idea behind calling it CreativeCamp is to extend the reach beyond the core BarCamp audience of early stage start ups and tech entrepreneurs. This worked out very well for PodCamp which was also held in Kilkenny and where I was amazed to find that I knew very few of the attendees. This is as it should be; BarCamp should be about learning new things and meeting new people, not hanging out with your clique.
I really think Kilkenny City (yes it is a city!) is a perfect venue. Ignoring the touristy aspects, it has been transformed from the dour midlands horror I left in 1986 to the star of the south-east with a big creative community and tons to see and do.
Now to think of something to talk on!
Comment posted by Ken McGuire
at 12/5/2007 4:45:01 PM
Rumour has it the mohawk ninja is keeping an eye on how this develops as well.
I'm delighted we're pushing ahead with the creative theme, especially around the time of year. With Spring hitting Kilkenny, the opening of more galleries, the interest being reported from the local Arts Office and creative types amongst Kilkenny business and tech circles it should make for a great day!
It's nice too that that the entire castle will have about 90% wireless coverage (6 floors, 3 wings), we should have no problem reporting from CreativeCamp on the day.
Comment posted by Walter Higgins
at 12/6/2007 3:34:57 AM
I'm really excited about this one. I'll probably pass on giving a talk this time and just soak up the creative atmosphere. Looking forward to it. Keith did a great job of organising the Waterford barcamp earlier this year so this should be a great one too.
Comment posted by keith bohanna
at 12/7/2007 1:53:45 AM
Thanks for the nicely put write up mention Conor – expectations are running high for this one 
Appreciated Walter. Got to say that Tom Corcoran of WIT (http://www.raicentre.com/) did more for Waterford than I.
keith