Blog Entry
Northern Voice warmup
It's coming up on the end of February and the third incarnation of Northern Voice is the end of this week. For those living in Vancouver that might not already be aware, Northern Voice is a two-day, non-profit personal blogging conference that's being held at the UBC main campus on February 23-24, 2007. I haven't been involved in the organization of this one, due to my SIGGRAPH responsibilities, but I will be in attendance for certain. If this all seems familiar, most of it is stolen from the update email I received.
Important: If you're planning on coming to the Thursday night party, please fill out this 14-second survey as soon as possible. They need to know how many people to cook for. If you're bringing guests (which you're welcome to, within reason), complete the survey for each guest.
The Schedule
The format will be the same as previous years, with a new Thursday night reception:
- Thursday evening, 7:00pm, February 22 - Opening night party at Heritage Hall -- here's a map. There will be great food for everybody, and Lee LeFever will be talking about how he blogged and podcasted his year-long trip around the world . Admission is free, but they need to know if you're coming.
- Friday, February 23 - An unconference nicknamed Moose Camp
- Saturday, February 24 - A keynote by Anil Dash, followed by more traditional talks and panels For the complete schedule, visit the Northern Voice website. They'll also be distributing a paper schedule at the event.
Getting to the Conference
This year Northern Voice will be at the UBC Forestry Sciences Centre (some photos, some more photos) on the University of British Columbia's main campus. It's about 30 minutes west of downtown Vancouver (not quite due west, that's underwater). Here's a map of UBC with the building marked, and the building's location on Google Maps.
How to get to UBC
- Drive. The lot closest to the Forestry Sciences Centre is B4, and apparently costs $4.25/day. There are also parkades, which cost $12/day. If you are driving, you may want to visit the ride-sharing page to see if anybody needs a lift.
- Take the bus. Here are instructions
- Get a ride via the ride-sharing page.
- Share a taxi via the ride-sharing page.
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Bicycle. The Forestry Sciences building has bike racks and public showers. For more information on cycling to UBC, check out this page.
Planet Northern Voice
There's also an aggregator which -- assuming you provided them when you registered -- will display recent blog posts from all the attendees. Check it out at http://planet.northernvoice.ca.
Tags Du Jour
The agreed-upon tags for the weekend, so we can all see what each other has done and said:
Technorati tag: northernvoice
Flickr tags: nv07, northernvoice