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Foo Camp 2009

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It's structured as an unconference, where the 300 or so folks showing up design the conference program of roughly 70 sessions in about an hour the first night. My understanding is that this was very important to the University of Michigan, one of the key libraries at the center of the Google Book project.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Burlington, Vermont: Working Board Lunch: Embrace the Future — Transition Planning. Saturday, May 6, 2017. Ottawa, Ontario: FYI: 3rd International Hockey Analytics Conference. Monday, May 8, 2017.

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Voices from the Community: Accessibility

Tech Soup

Peter Cheer shares the upcoming 2011 da Vinci Awards celebrating global excellence in assistive technology, slated for September 22 in Dearborn, Michigan. There is also the Accessibility Unconference in Boston on September 17, 2011. And coming up in October, Accessibility Camp has events planned for Washington, D.C. and Ottowa.