Join us in LA (Santa Monica) for two days of a BarCamp-style gathering of web creators building and sharing open web technologies to empower users to own their own identities & content, and advance the state of the #indieweb!
The IndieWeb movement is a global community that is building an open set of principles and methods that empower people to take back ownership of their identity and data instead of relying on 3rd party websites.
At IndieWebCamp you’ll learn about ways to empower yourself to own your data, create & publish content on your own site, and only optionally syndicate to third-party silos. Along the way you’ll get a solid grounding in the history and future of Microformats, domain ownership, IndieAuth, WebMention and more!
For remote participants, tune into the live chat (tons of realtime notes!) and the video livestream (URL TBD).
General IndieWeb Principles
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Your content is yours When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation. Too many companies have gone out of business and lost all of their users’ data. By joining the IndieWeb, your content stays yours and in your control. |
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You are better connected Your articles and status messages can go to all services, not just one, allowing you to engage with everyone. Even replies and likes on other services can come back to your site so they’re all in one place. |
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You are in control You can post anything you want, in any format you want, with no one monitoring you. In addition, you share simple readable links such as example.com/ideas. These links are permanent and will always work. |
Where
Pivotal
1333 2nd Street, Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA, 90401
United States
Map
When
Friday (optional): 2016-11-04
Saturday: 2016-11-05
Sunday: 2016-11-06
RSVP
Indie Event
Eventbrite
Lanyrd
Facebook
Guest List
For more details see: IndieWebCamp LA 2016
Tentative Schedule
Day 0 Prep Night
Day 0 is an optional prep night for people that want to button up their website a little bit to get ready for the IndieWebCamp proper.
18:30 Organizer setup
19:00 Doors open
19:15 Introductions
19:30 Build session
22:00 Day 0 closed
Day 1 Discussion
Day 1 is about discussing in a BarCamp-like environment. Bring a topic you’d like to discuss or join in on topics as they are added to the board. We make the schedule together!
08:00 Organizer setup
08:30 Doors open – badges
09:15 Introductions and demos
10:00 Session scheduling
10:30 Sessions
12:00 Group photo & Lunch
13:00 Sessions on the hour
16:00 Last session
17:00 Day 1 closing session, break, meetup later for dinner
Day 2 Building
Day 2 is about making things on and for your personal site! Work with others or on your own.
09:30 Doors open – badges
10:10 Day 2 kick-off, session scheduling
10:30 Build sessions
12:00 Catered lunch
14:30 Build sessions continue
15:00 Demos
16:30 Community clean-up
17:00 Camp closed!
Sponsorship opportunities are available for those interested.
@ChrisAldrich fyi #indieweb IWC Berlin will take place parallel to LA – just got the venue confirmed – let’s get in contact…
@indiewebcamp Register now – indieweb.org/2016/Berlin – parallel to LA #indieweb 🐻 @chrisaldrich @angelogladding …
@ChrisAldrich indieweb.org/2016/Berlin 🐻 expects 50 people as well. Leaving it open for * 1 more day * !
Last and urgent call, everybody .
https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/793572235441082371