Monthly Archives: September 2009

How to Win at WhereCamp

Are you planning to attend WhereCampPDX this weekend? Here’s a guide to making the most of it. Friday night: View Larger Map The kickoff party starts at 6pm sharp at Gallery Homeland. Help us finalize our plans by RSVPing on Upcoming. You can earn bonus points by helping set up and tear down (we need [...]

RSVP and Prepay for Saturday Dinner

Saturday night at WhereCampPDX, we’re having a pizza dinner before we move onto late night hacking activities, all hosted by the Portland Incubator Experiment. We’ll have Old Town Pizza, salad, chips, and beverages to fuel your brain for coding. Like last year, we’re asking dinner attendees to prepay, $10 to cover the cost. Use the [...]

Inspiration and PacMan

At the Westergasfacriek (or “gas works park”) as a part of PICNIC2009, there was a demonstration of 3D objects in the Layar Reality Browser. In one demo, a Boeing 747 flew over the grounds. In another (pictured), PacMan ran by, chased by ghosts.A video demonstration is available on the Layar3D site. Last year at WhereCampPDX, [...]

Another event of interest: “Transitioning to a Resilient Portland”, September 25-26

WhereCampers will be interested in another upcoming event: Details below copied from: http://www.thedirt.org/node/4112 The Transition Initiative in Portland invites you to meet with us to begin planning and organizing an effort to build community resilience in the face of climate change, rising energy costs and economic decline. Building on work started by many organizations, we [...]

Opening Night Party at Gallery Homeland

WhereCampPDX kicks off Friday October 2nd with an opening night party at Gallery Homeland (2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland OR). This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow WhereCampers, discuss session ideas before the Saturday schedule planning rush, and try a round of our Arrivals game (shown above). The party starts at 6pm, and [...]