Apropos the title of this blog, Insufficient Postage spent the weekend at the Bolger Conference Center in Potomac, Maryland, an 83-acre govenrment training facility named after a former Postmaster General.
The venue was home to the first-ever Kinnernet USA, a camp for Internet and technology types hosted by Yossi Vardi and Jeff Pulver.
First started in Israel, Kinnernet is an "un-conference" in the mode of Tim O'Reilly's foo camp ("the wiki of conferences"). There are no pre-programmed activities, leaving the agenda entirely up to the participants. Everyone is encouraged to lead a discussion, share a talent or hobby and cook their favorite dishes.
With so much to learn and do, everyone's experience is different. Co-host Jeff Pulver writes on his blog about playing a game called Werewolf, introduced to the community by Jimmy Wales until the late hours of the evening. It must have been a success, because some people were still playing it when I awoke for breakfast the next morning!
Highlights for me included a workshop on documentary film techniques by Geo Geller...
a discussion on the economics and inner-workings of venture capital firms (hosted by Bill Janeway)...
the robots, gadgets, and various other technology "hacks" people brought along with them...
and eating lots and lots of delicious home-cooked meals...
It was a great event. And well worth writing home about.
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