click on cutest to see more pics from barcamp nyc 3

barcamp nyc 3 was this past weekend and once again i found myself on the winning team at half baked 2.0. maybe i should think of future business plans that can make money.

not like we ever need an excuse to promote politeness, but today is favorday. a day where you do a favor to someone you don't know. if you happen to be a member of an organized crime gang, please don't kill anyone today. check out the

if you get a chance, check out the favorday facebook event.

my dear Drupalistas,

every day the sun peaks up just a tad bit earlier for you to code. the birds sing in delightful syntax. the temperatures rise giving you another excuse to keep the air conditioner on and to stay inside. these are just a few good reasons, to break out of your shell and once again join fellow drupalistas at Polytechnic University for DRUPALCAMP NYC 3

when :: saturday and sunday, july 14 - 15, 2007

what is drupalcamp?
modeled in the *camp unconference structure, drupalcamp is a no-holds-bars discussion, workshop/code-a-thon involving the open source content management system Drupal. at drupalcamp you ask the questions and the experts provide the answers. at drupalcamp you discover your solutions to your most pressing problems. like previous drupalcamps, there will be a number of break out rooms...

- Beginners Room: Several advanced Drupal Ninja's will take shifts in this room covering the basics of Drupal and its various systems.
- Sessions 1: Room available for user generated sessions - throughout the day we will cover intermediate concepts of Drupal and Howtos - Propose a session, anyone can teach!
- Sessions 2: Room available for user generated sessions - throughout the day we will cover intermediate concepts of Drupal and Howtos - Propose a session, anyone can teach!
- Advanced Room: This is where the ninjas hang out. they might write a module for drupal or hold a patch marathon. sometimes you can walk in and find them drunk on the drupal and Redbull.

where is drupalcamp?
Polytechnic University Brooklyn Campus - Building A
Six Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Subway Map

what can you talk about at drupalcamp?
you can talk about anything related to drupal. from business practices to code, all is welcome. if you have a topic to discuss, a problem to pose or a session to present, check out the sessions / schedule page on the wiki and then register to attend. (pwd c4mp)

how do i register?
it's super simple! unlike most conferences, this conference is FREE, as in beer. just visit the register page and add your name to the list. please be mindful that there is a limitation to 100 attendants and the organizers take every name to heart. if you can not make it or you are passively thinking attending, please make that known. (pwd c4mp)

on a personal note, this is the first drupalcamp i will not participate as an organizer. while it does make me sad, it's been wonderful to see the new york city drupal community mature from a rag-tag group of disparate coders to a cohesive structure. many kudos to jacob redding for the monthly meetups, hans-christoph steiner for being a tireless soul in coordinating access at poly, good luck to the ingenious michael mandiberg.

Technorati Tags: Drupal, drupalcamp, IDMI

i saw this in my inbox and chuckled. lightly humored activism brushes this grain of grass in the right way...

COME MEET SANDOR KATZ, AGRI-ACTIVIST & AUTHOR OF THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE MICROWAVED: INSIDE AMERICA’S UNDERGROUND FOOD MOVEMENTS.

When: June 8th 7-9pm

Where: The Tank, 279 Church Street between Franklin & White
No cover charge, but donations to offset our food costs are encouraged

"Sustainability is Participation," is Sandor’s motto, so please come participate in Eating Liberally’s book party for Sandor. Hear his vision for a sane, humane food chain, and share some sustainable snacks with us!

A sampling of Sandor’s candor:

“Our food system, in which barely one percent of the people produce food for the other 99% to eat, is producing diseased people, diseased land, diseased animals, and diseased economies. We must break out of the restrictive and infantalizing role of consumer. We are all inherently capable of producing food. More of us must make that a focus in order to create better food choices.”

From Amazon:

An instant classic for a new generation of monkey-wrenching food activists. Food in America is cheap and abundant, yet the vast majority of it is diminished in terms of flavor and nutrition, anonymous and mysterious after being shipped thousands of miles and passing through inscrutable supply chains, and controlled by multinational corporations. In our system of globalized food commodities, convenience replaces quality and a connection to the source of our food. Most of us know almost nothing about how our food is grown or produced, where it comes from, and what health value it really has. It is food as pure corporate commodity. We all deserve much better than that.

In The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, author Sandor Ellix Katz (Wild Fermentation, Chelsea Green 2003) profiles grassroots activists who are taking on Big Food, creating meaningful alternatives, and challenging the way many Americans think about food. From community-supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community-based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

Dear Friends of Noneck,

If you haven't heard, in two short months, I will depart from my beloved city of New York to explore this planet. On 7 July 2007, and traveling for seven months, my feet will wander the earth, while I contemplating seven topics of freedom. On the way, I'll be documenting the experience on the "Luck of Seven" travel site (Lo7). While on the way, I'll be blogging on seven topics of freedom: free culture, free and open-source software, couchsurfers and bloggers, agents of progressive social change, happenstance, and our environment.

Yesterday, I sent out a message to my beloved donors, facebook and flickr friends. Much to my surprise, several previous donors chipped in a few extra bucks, forwarded my email around the globe and blogged about the Lo7. Luck of Seven is now at 24% of the way to fundraising USD$ 7,777. THANK YOU!!!

With 07/07/07 quickly approaching and my first month planned out, I see a wealth of opportunities to explore, BUT I can't do it alone.

1. A small donation of USD $11.11.
Thank you donors!! In return, I promise you an autographed copy of the book. In the meantime, luckofseven.com will continue to tell the story though rich media. < http://luckofseven.com/donate >

2. Spread the word and connect me with your other friends.
There is nothing more important to me than my friends. Though my past years of traveling and countless workshops, I know that we can make this a better place. Regardless if it's just a smiling face, a pint of beer or a hard floor to sit on, I want to visit your friends and say hello. Forward this message to your friends! Then, if you have a blog or social networking site, spread the word. I really need the link love ;)

3. Organizational sponsors for equipment and travel.
In Prague, Transitions Online has asked me to teach on new media journalism to former Communist countries. While "on the way," I look forward to teaching, conversing and interviewing citizens of this earth. If you know of an organization that might be a good fit, please don't hesitate to forward this email or make a formal introduction. I'm quite keen on helping organizations adapt technological frameworks for their own uses, elevate the seven topics of freedom, and share my experiences as an organizer. Otherwise, I'm looking for sponsors to acquire equipment: an HD Camcorder, a GPS device, an GSM cell phone, etc... I have a list and would love to entertain any ideas. Have your people call my people!

... and with that, I hope you place your luck on seven and at least give a donation.

be seeing you...
noneck noel

to bask in the glory of like mindedness is one thing... to bask in the glory of an unconference is similar to making a space voyage. you never know what's going to be on the other side, but without a doubt, the relationships you build are life altering. for the past two years, the Drupal / Civicspace community have gathered around the Personal Democracy Forum to build these relationships.

after two years of bragging and ragging on the closed structure of PdF, last fall the editors of PdF agreed to do an unconference! on Saturday, May 19 at Pace, participants of PdF will gather to talk about how politics and technology are changing each other. as we are smack dab in the middle of a presidential campaign, i can promise you some very interesting conversations.

PdF unConference
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Pace University, Student Union, New York, NY
Start Time: 10:00 AM

pdf conference page
pdf unconference wiki

i'm sure some of you may wonder why this is not a *camp (barcamp or drupalcamp)... why didn't we call it PDFcamp. for one thing we are charging a nominal fee $35, which includes morning mimosas and rental of pace. there is a long standing community rule, that *camps are free or next to free.

second, i'm sure you're wondering why we didn't find sponsors to cover the additional cost. to be honest, we tried... or shall i say, i push for that to be the case. in the end, the editors of PdF felt that having people pay a little bit provides a control variable that entices people to attend. throughout all of my attempts, i've only seen an attrition rate of 1/3.

in this exploration of the unknown, i'm ecstatic to see what cross party relationships are forged.

also, after spending the past two years of advocating a non-profit / campaign staffer rate. Google and PdF are sponsoring free registration! Deadline is May 7th, but don't delay these are COVETED SPOTS!!!

Technorati Tags: barcamp, drupal, open government, personal democracy forum

excuse me for not being as prolific in writing on this half of my existence. as i'm a few months away from leaving NYC, i'm spending more time on the luck of seven.

as my world turns one more rotation, i've been contemplating the world though the basic lens of cause and effect.

the past few months have seen unprecedented announcements promoting corporate environmentalism or the popularization of environmentalism capitalism. sadly, these all come with a cost. just like the (red) campaign seem to bring AIDS activism into the act of consumerism. on earth day, PC World featured another disturbing statement of reality.

"Most large enterprise companies have strict rules for IT procurement and deployment, but only vague guidelines for hardware retirement and disposal, [Bob Houghton] said. Many of those companies are glad to make grand statements about upholding their environmental responsibility.... Generating revenue from the process can change the whole equation."

WELL thank goodness things are profitable for hardware recyclers. my good friends at greenpeace have been articulating a similar statement within their ToxicTech campaign.

extrapolating this argument a few steps out... what would happen to profitability when governments forced recycling? would the recyclers become the new barons of the world or worse? would we this be part of a more regimented, regulated society?

tomorrow, my good friends at the change you want to see will host author / filmmaker Heather Rogers and Freegan activist Adam Weissman for a feast of a conversation. we will masticate on the the history and politics of household garbage, and yes, it will be a catered event!

Wednesday, April 25, 7:30pm
84 Havemeyer Street, store front
at Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
917-202-5479 or 646-221-7845
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org

Technorati Tags: (red) campaign, freegan, greenpeace, heather rogers, not an alternative