This week’s DemoCampGuelph8 was my favourite we’ve held so far. The part I love about hosting this event, it feels like I’m just taking a bunch of friends out for pints, which is a dream for me.

While we are very lucky to be sponsored by Communitech and Sun, these events are not your typical conference affair. They aren’t museums or corporate deals you just show up and walk through while keeping to yourself. These events will only be as great as what the community decides to put into them. Myself and the people who organize these do nothing beyond simple promotion and organization. They live and die on what you all bring to them. What I’m trying to say is you’re all doing a great job because these events are getting better each and everytime so thanks to all who attended, helped organize, demo’d etc.

Now, for those of you who missed out. If you aren’t making it out to these events because demo’s don’t interest you then I’ll let you in on a poorly kept secret. The demo’s are not the point, they’re the gravy. This event is purely about connecting and strengthening our local tech community. That’s done through relationships and everything about how we plan these events is focused on facilitating that. If you aren’t part of that then what are you up to exactly?

What’s Coming?

We’ll pick a date and announce DemoCampGuelph9 in the coming months, likely with a May date. I grabbed us DemoCampGuelph.com to create a simple one stop shop for all info about dcg. If you’re interested in activity around this event, sign up to our google group as well.

I love hearing feedback about these events, so please comment here or contact me directly. Please forward all purely negative comments here or start your own event.

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