Kudos to Jackson, Jason, and Justin for putting together a great event.  BarCampDC was a blast.  The participants were engaged and really into sharing their knowledge and opinions — something we’d all like to see more of in the DC area.  There was so much interest that an ad hoc unconference even spilled into the nearby coffee shop for folks who couldn’t get in because of space limitations. 

If anything, I think it was too full — or too short.  There were so many great topics to cover and good people to lead discussions, I felt like we could have filled 3 days.  Andy and I did our best to take notes throughout the day on the Four Labs blog.

In addition to Jackson and Andy, we had Thanny, Rob, Erik, Jim, and Trace from Viget there too.  Trace gave a talk on Google Analytics, Thanny and Rob coordinated a discussion around design process, and Jackson did one on mobile web (in addition to being the MC).  Had the the Ruby Hoedown (also this weekend, also sponsored by Viget) down in North Carolina not attracted most of our development group, they would have been there talking about Rails in a heartbeat.  Check out Ben’s recap of that event.

We’ll be moving into our new space at Viget soon, and we’re excited about hosting similar events there to help keep the community active and connected.