The concept is easy. Show up. Express interests and ask questions. Break into small groups and exchange knowledge. Become a better freelancer.
// January 29th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Always look forward to the badge designs of Camps in San Antonio. Luis showed creativity when adding the Texas flag to the Camp logo. So here’s the badge and another great design for my San Antonio Camps collection.
Come over to Radius Cafe on Saturday January 31st and join us at Freelance Camp San Antonio.
Alysan
// January 29th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Drum roll please. The Freelance Camp San Antonio Tshirt is officially off to the printer. Quantities are limited. Be there early on Saturday at Freelance Camp San Antonio to get yours. Freelance Camp San Antonio starts at 9 am at the Radius Cafe
Thanks to John Navarette for the design assist.
// January 28th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
The idea for Sweet Leaf Tea was conceived while Clayton was living on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. He and his friends couldn’t understand why bottle tea never tasted as good as homemade. Inspired by the homemade tea Clayton’s grandmother used to make, he began tasting teas from all over the world and brewing countless batches in his kitchen. with all $10,000of Clayton’s and an old delivery van, Sweet Leaf tea was born. Soon after David Smith, Clayton’s childhood friend, joined him in the quest to create the best tasting highest quality bottled tea on the planet (and have as much fun as possible along the way).
A lot of what makes Sweet Leaf Tea comes from the well-traveled taste buds of David and Clayton. They came up with the idea of Mint and Honey Green Tea after a trip they made on their bicycles through North Africa and the Middle East. There, they were served a lot of mint tea. Clayton is constantly tasting and testing new, great flavors from all over the world.
Today Sweet Leaf Tea is one of the fastest growing bottled tea companies on the market. With new flavors and new fans added every year, Sweet Leaf Tea promises to keep doing the one thing they do best, making great tasting tea.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Sweet Leaf Tea is one of our most generous sponsors. With the hours freelancers work Sweet Leaf Tea is there for them providing delicious refreshment round the clock in San Antonio and beyond. Thanks Sweet Leaf Tea!
// January 28th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Reawaken and engage your senses on San Antonio’s Auditorium Circle. The old Studebaker dealership now houses Radius, a community of arts- and education-oriented nonprofits in a partnership to inspire the community through furtherance of their missions.
In addition to the cost efficiency and synergy resulting from the cooperative, Radius generates engaging programs and a wide range of activities – music, movies, art, dance exhibitions, book reviews, contests, classes, conversation and quiet corners for reading and relaxing.
Surrounded by San Antonio history and architecture, Radius shares the Circle with SBC, the Municipal Auditorium, the 19th century Carter House, and the Toltec Apartments. Building on the good taste of its neighbor, The Original Hemisfair Bunuelos, Radius serves distinctive desserts at the “Pi Counter” and on the terrace, “Tangent. ” In addition to these menus, Radius offers a changing menu of mental desserts, samplings of everything from astronomy to zoology.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Radius is one of our most generous sponsors. Radius is there supporting non-profits, the arts, and thought in San Antonio. Thanks Radus Center!
// January 27th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Blellow is a social network allowing freelancers and professionals to collaborate, find work, and solve problems through a friendly, familiar micro-blog interface by answering the question: “What are you working on?”
We’re all faced with daily challenges that consume our valuable time, and some of these challenges can take hours to overcome if it’s not your core competency. But with a little expert advice from a friend, the problem may be solved in minutes.
Blellow offers the ability to communicate with groups of people based on skills and interests. You can direct your posts, so you get better answers to your questions, relevant feedback when you need it, and can engage in conversations you are most interested in. All responses are posted in threaded discussions, so it’s easy to keep track of it all.
Credibility is earned with “kudos”. Each time you help someone, you can earn a kudo from that person. The more kudos you have, the higher you rank in searches, gaining you higher visibility with peers and potential clients. In the current economy, finding work can be difficult. But with Blellow, members can search the Job Board and can collaborate on projects, working together through these tough times.
And while collaborating virtually is great, nothing beats meeting in person. Find Blellow meetups and coworking opportunities at home or when traveling.
At Blellow, members can take advantage of the site’s tools to further their knowledge, extend their network, and discover and develop new ideas to get things done.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Blellow is one of our generous sponsors. Blellow is there in San Antonio supporting freelancers and those who need freelancers. Thanks Blellow!
// January 27th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Houston-based House of Talent Group, LLC, (H.O.T.) is a full-service company providing virtual staff across a broad range of administrative, marketing, financial, and computing tasks and projects for executives and companies. The concept enables small businesses to include a group of experienced professionals on their team immediately. H.O.T. enables large corporations to extend their current staff for a project without compromising expertise.
The House of Talent Group was formed to assist high-tech startups and emerging growth companies as well as established service firms and corporations interested in recession-proofing their businesses. H.O.T. delivers the service promised in their slogan: “We’ve got your back office.”
Emerging companies and those ready to expand don’t always have the expertise in house ready to take them to the next level. H.O.T. provides professionals so a company doesn’t have to hire staff or consultants. The staff a company needs to have is available for an affordable monthly price. H.O.T. offers professionals flexibility and the ability to use their talents in a supportive yet innovative environment.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say H.O.T. is one of our most generous sponsors. H.O.T.’s recognition of the need for flexibility shows H.O.T. understands freelancing. Thanks H.O.T.!
// January 27th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Imagine being able to provision a server in minutes. To upgrade it automatically. To bring servers up and down as needed. This is the idea behind Cloud Servers. Totally customizable, each Cloud Server gives you full root access to the Linux distribution of your choice. You pay depending on how large a server you buy.
Based on Xen Virtualization technology, Cloud Servers brings the power of the cloud to the traditional server hosting based model. Just like a dedicated server, your Cloud Server provides total flexibility for you to run anything you want from a Java website to a Ruby on Rails application.
The simple explanation: one stop everything for your online needs-domain, hosting, backup, scaling together with the reliability and dependability of Rackspace. (Mosso is a division of Rackspace)
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Mosso is one of our most generous sponsors. Mosso is there supporting tech infrastructure in San Antonio. Thanks Mosso!
// January 27th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
Headquartered in San Antonio BlogCatalog is more than just a social community for bloggers. They are one of the largest blog directories on the internet. Whether you are looking to search blogs, connect with bloggers, learn more about blogging, or promote your own blog, BlogCatalog is for you.
Bloggers, BlogCatalog is the place for you to connect with other bloggers, become a better blogger, attract more blog readers, participate in groups and discussions, find the latest tools for your blog, and much more!
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say BlogCatalog is one of our most generous sponsors. BlogCatalog knows blogging freelancers want a place to connect and promote their blog. Thanks BlogCatalog!
// January 26th, 2009 // Comments // San Antonio 2009
FreelanceCampSA is an opportunity for freelancers, entrepreneurs, independent business owners and individuals to come together to learn from one another, connect with opportunities by expanding their network, and finding answers to some of the questions enabling them to expand their business, start their business or develop additional income streams.
Freelance Camp SA will be the second Freelance Camp in the nation. The first FreelanceCamp was held in Santa Cruz CA in August 2008.
In addition, FreelanceCampSA will offer a Teen/Young Entrepreneur’s session. Many of the newest online entrepreneurs are those in their teens. Many teens are already building websites and actively participating online. The track will be coordinated by Chance Sanford manager of Sea World’s San Antonio Adventure Camps.
The BarCamp movement started in August 2005 as a reactionary spin off of an invitation only participant-driven, idea-sharing meeting sponsored by Tim O’Reilly. Tim O’Reilly is a technology publisher credited by many as being an articulate advocate for developing technology especially open source programs.
Barcamps are organized around a general theme or idea. The unconference draws upon the experience, curiosity and expertise of the participants. It is called an unconference because of its participant generated sessions determined at the location, at the time, and interest of those attending.
There is no pre-determined schedule of sessions, though pre-registered participants can offer sessions. The format encourages sharing, demonstration, and interaction.
The Unconference is organized and promoted online through a wiki. “A wiki is a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a coding system.
Proposed topics are posted on flipcharts, wall posters and live online on the unconference wiki for the listing times and room locations. People then attend the sessions, which interest them. Depending on interest some sessions will be packed while others will have only a few interested participants.
Wifi and often live video streaming is provided during these Unconferences. This leads to online participation and contemporaneous blogging of the Unconference events. It is not unusual for people from across the country or even the world to tune in and either watch, listen, or question during the events.
Funding for these events happens through the generosity of sponsor/partners. Expenses can include facility rental, meal and break food costs, name badges, banner and T-shirts. Participants are generally admitted free, with a donation, or for a minimal charge. Organizers are not paid but serve as volunteers. All funds go to event expenses there are no profits.
San Antonio has been host to several Camp style conferences. There have been PodCampSA focusing on podcasting, Start-Up Weekend focusing on new company startups and BarcampSanAntonio focused on technology platforms. People who have attended have been of all ages from 13 to in their 80’s.
In addition to FreelanceCampSA, other 2008 Unconference style camps being held in San Antonio include ones focusing on online accessibility (AccessCampSA) and environmental issues (GreenCampSA).
Most often the participants are tech savvy ranging in age from teens to 80’s. People who come are from corporations, organizations, self-employed, students, retired and those merely curious. The tech savvy are drawn as most of the promotion is done online through forums, social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, wikis, blogs, and video.
Using online communication tools (usually called Web 2.0) such as wiki’s. Wikis are online tools people using to collaboratively share information.
Freelance Camp San Antonio will be held January 31st 2009 in downtown San Antonio at the Radius Cafe. Sign up for Freelance Camp
