SxDS

WordCamp Birmingham Speakers

Ike Pigott — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:02:16 +0000

WordCamp Birmingham is starting to take shape, but need people to commit to be speakers.

If you’re interested (and interesting), then go to the WordCamp Birmingham Wiki and leave your information.

link fixed, thanks

(for ye of little faith, our offically-endorsed logo should arrive soon…)

It’s a Date!

Ike Pigott — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:34:55 +0000

The inaugural South by Deep South will be held September 26th-28th in Birmingham, Alabama.

We’re still working on the number of tracks, but they will include:

Social Media/PR/Marketing
Web development
A full-blown WordCamp

That’s right — a full-blown WordCamp, the first we know of to be announced in the Southeastern United States.

Oh… there will be plenty to do, and plenty to see in the evenings, as Birmingham will also be hosting the 10th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival that very weekend. (For those of you from out of town… Sidewalk is getting to be a pretty big deal. Come now so you can brag to your friends about how ‘you knew it when…’)

Birmingham Barcamp

Ike Pigott — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:32:56 +0000

The second Birmingham BarCamp is coming in less than two weeks. We imagine many of the people interested in BarCamp would be equally interested in South by Deep South.

Locations and times:

BarCampBirmingham Friday night party / dinner / drinks mixer
- April 11th, 8 to 11 PM
- Jim ‘N Nick’s Barbecue, 1908 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL / Google Maps (we have reserved their back room)
BarCampBirmingham main event
- April 12th, 9 AM to 3 PM
- Innovation Depot, 1500 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL / Google Map
- Upcoming Event Page: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/440570

2008-03-14 Twitter Aggregator

Ike Pigott — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:59:59 +0000

It’s becoming clear that we will have several parallel tracks - and will probably need key organizers for each. Nominations? #
Anyone want to contribute some Blog Button designs? #
@spxds - Wow. Our accounts are running the risk of some SERIOUS confusion. #

Website Design

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:29:48 +0000

A new design for SxDS is on the way, thanks to the generosity of Mitch Canter at StudioNashvegas.

Thanks Mitch!

Blog buttons, anyone?

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:12:03 +0000

I know we’re not done with the graphics yet, but it’s not too soon to have some Blog Buttons so folks can go ahead and kick up a little interest.

If you come up with a design you’d like to share, I’ll build a page and we can host them for people who want to show off.

New Logo Proposal

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:05:57 +0000

Lucretia Pruitt sends us this:

What think ye?

Expectations

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:01:47 +0000

Wow. The response to the notion of SxDS has been many things.

Awesome
Humbling
Scary
Encouraging
Diverse

Based on the diversity of the comments (and of the potential areas of interest), it’s become apparent that we’re looking at the same name (and logo) with different degrees and layers of expectations.

So — tell us:

What do you want to get out of SxDS?
What size groups are your ideal for interaction?

That will go a long way in determining how much help we’ll need in putting this together, how much sponsor help we might need to solicit…

My original vision was somewhere between Blogger Social and SxSW — WAY closer to the Blogger Social end of things. What we might end up with are five “Blogger Social” style unconferences going on in the same city, with ample crossover opportunities. The PR/Marketing people, the Web Development people, the Code People — we all can coexist, as long as we don’t assume that everyone wants to sit through the same sessions.

2008-03-13 Twitter Aggregator

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:59:59 +0000

We’ve got the Twitter account fired up, follow us here and at http://southbydeepsouth.com #

We Love LA

Ike Pigott — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:19:50 +0000

LA meaning Louisiana, of course.

And Kentucky, and the Carolinas.

No slight was intended with the graphic. I threw it together very quickly this afternoon, using whatever base graphics I had at hand. (In fact, the whole ball started rolling at 1:30pm when I purchased the domain — BIG props to Wordpress for letting us get this far this fast!)

So — Southerners of all stripes are welcome. (and non-Southerners too, provided they pay the Carpetbagger Fee.)