Today I attended
Barcamp Perth 2010
It was good. Lots of people, great talks, good topics!
Some of the topics included web security, fixing forms, cloud computing, foursquare chat, geotagging, and more.
I figured it would be a great idea to stream the talks to uStream with my trusty HDV camera and Macbook Pro. Epic Fail. Here's what went wrong, for those that are wondering:
- My mac hates FLASH. Safari, Firefox, and Chrome all crashed out because of FLASH.
- The dedicated uStream Producer app (for mac or PC) hated the proxy server provided and wouldn't stream vid
- I booted in to windows *vomit* and streamed it via the uStream web UI. Windows doesn't know that my HDV camera hosts an audio interface, so the two recordings I did basically recorded audio with my Mac's built in mic, URGH.
- The provided wi-fi became saturated
- The proxy server failed several times (overload, or just junk?)
It's funny, I attended AMTC (Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Centre) which is now Central Tafe back in 1995, fresh out of school. It was the year it commenced operation, and was freshly built. Nothing really worked properly, including the proxy server. And that was fifteen years ago. hah.
You can read up on the event by checking out #bcperth4 and #barcampperth in twitter, maybe also check youtube and vimeo. I'm encoding a couple of HD sessions now for upload and will notify all when the uploads are done.
