SocialDevCamp East, May 10 in Baltimore

The last few weeks have been really busy. So much has been going on I haven’t had time to blog.

Since last time, I’ve launched a new company called Roundhouse Technologies and helped to organize an unconference here in Baltimore called SocialDevCamp East.

I’ll be talking about Roundhouse Technologies in more detail in the coming weeks. In the meantime, it’s important to get the word out about SocialDevCamp, as it’s coming up fast — on May 10.

SocialDevCamp will be held in Baltimore and is an unconference focused on the future of the social web. We’re looking for developers and thought leaders who are interested in imagining the future of the web, not just where it is today.

While “monetizing Facebook applications” might have been a good topic for six months ago, we’re after a little deeper reflection than that. What are the long term implications of platforms like Facebook? What effect will Google’s Application Engine have on creativity? What direction is the ideation, funding, and liquidity process going in? Do we need to create new paths to liquidity, as some have suggested?

SocialDevCamp is an unconference, so the agenda is not cast in stone; we’ll form the agenda based on the interests of the attendees. It’s also free to participants. Our costs will be covered by some sponsors; we need sponsors. My new company is one, but we could use more. Please email me at dave at roundhousetech dot com.

Why is SocialDevCamp East in Baltimore? It’s central to DC, Philly and pretty accessible to NY and Boston. Our hope is to draw deep thinkers from each of these markets. This kind of conversation is happening much more frequently on the west coast, but as a friend of mine recently said with tongue firmly in cheek, “the people in San Francisco are all smoking the same air.” There’s something to that. We have an opportunity to have a thoughtful, realistic conversation that’s influenced by reflection and not so much by what might be happening on Sand Hill Road.

We expect to have about 100 people. Please spread the word. We’re planning to have four separate break out session periods, plus lunch and an after party. We hope you can make it to what should be a great event!

Sign up to attend with the event page on Facebook and the Barcamp PBWiki event page.

And if you know someone who would be a great fit for the event, please pass on the word. We’re really looking forward to meeting all of the fantastic thinkers in our midst here on the east coast.

And yes, the venue has not yet been confirmed, but we’re working that now. We’ll update as soon as we have more specific details.