Going to Camp

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My summer is about to end.  The evenings of unchecked sloth will be replaced by paper writing and lecture watching, even as the weather continues to tell me otherwise.  *Sigh*  I suppose it’s time.  But, I do have one last hurrah planned before the great hunkering down.  On Sept. 27 and 28, I’m going to InfoCamp in West Seattle.  InfoCamp bills itself as an “interdisciplinary un-conference” where students and informational professionals get together to share ideas and find out about each other.  Its organizers do not pick the presenters.  Instead, participants sign up to speak about whatever topics interest them.   Through a wiki, participants can list topics they are interested in hearing about, as well as sign up to give a presentation.  It looks like there will be quite a bit about information architecture and the semantic web.  This event sounds like a lot of fun; I can’t wait!