The time is upon us once again for DefCamp!

This time all the stops have been pulled out:

• No Hints
• Be aware of your surroundings, shouldersurfing and ‘recon missions’ against other teams are permitted. You’re hackers, remember?
• Teams must be registered before the event to participate
• Prizes are larger
• Challenges are harder
• There are dead ends
• All clues are there for a reason - skipping clues means you’ll fall behind

Currently there are only two teams signed up on the wiki, there’s still time to go sign up!

Take a look at our wiki for the rest of the details!

www.barcamp.org/BarCampSanDiego

Also, check out the pictures from last time.

Based on feedback received from BarcampSD1, we’ve created a public Google calendar to help people keep track of all the Barcamp festivities over the next two days. Only the barebones schedule is in place now, but since this is an unconference be aware that this schedule can and probably will change throughout the weekend. Take advantage of gCal’s mobile notification features!

Calendar ID: 09a99o1iu60tilomhbccasq6a8@group.calendar.google.com
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I’ll also be sending out twitter updates before the start of each session to let people know what’s coming up next. If you’re not following BarcampSD on twitter, you really should be. :)

The time is upon it once again for another round of BarCamp in San Diego!

Here are the deets:

• When
  November 10 - 11, 2007
  10am Saturday through 5pm Sunday

• Where
  Technical Training Resources
  6920 Miramar Rd., Suite 105, San Diego, CA 92121

What to bring

• Laptop + power cord
• Sleeping bag + pillow + tent?
• Bean Bag Chairs, Beach chairs, and other fun stuff
• Cool stuff to share with new friends
• New ideas, new product demos
• Games for the evening
• A sharp wit for the contest!

Barcamp Contest: DefCamp!
-by Dan Tentler

Barcamps little slice of Defcon!
Think you have what it takes to hack/google/ninja your way past my challenges to the prizes?
No skimpy prizes this time around. This is for real!
Recruiting 5 teams of 3. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Contest details will be announced during one of my talks. Be prepared to to be challenged!

Get involved

• Sign up for the mailing list.
• Join us in IRC at freenode.net #barcampsd.
• Join the Facebook group and meet interested people.

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati, etc:

• barcampsd
• barcampsd2
• defcamp

I’m pleased to announce that the planning crew has begun meeting and going over the initial data points of getting BarCamp San Diego 2 off the ground!

Current News:
• Tentative Date: Nov 10/11 (dependent on venue)
• Sponsor roundup has begun!: Want to sponsor barcamp? let us know! we have a wide variety of sponsorship options available!
• Current Venue Ideas: We’ve begun the search for a venue, so if you have any leads for us, please let us know! All avenues will be explored.
• Current Information: Our wiki page has been updated to reflect the newest information after our first meeting! Visit http://barcamp.org/BarCampSanDiego
• Stay tuned for more updates!

Feel free to join us on irc! We’ve created a space for the Barcamp SD community to hang out on irc and chit chat!

• irc.freenode.net
• #barcampsd

Based on the feedback received from some very active post-barcamp twitter discussions, Barcamp San Diego now has their own Eventful group to publicize any kind of event the barcamp community would appreciate. Example gatherings might consist of user group meetings, brainstorming sessions, office hours (ie. tutoring on ruby, wordpress, etc), group dinners, movie/game nights..or whatever else you can come up with! Visit our group to become a member, and either subscribe to the group’s feed or check back on our Calendar page to learn and socialize with your fellow barcampers even more!