Taking online communities and putting them in a physical space
Johannes Kuhn interviews Chris Brogan, co-founder of PodCamp
Chris Brogan is co-founder of PodCamp (together with Christopher S. Penn). He works as a community developer for Video on the Net, a conference that brings together leaders of the Internet, media, and entertainment industries to discuss a range of strategies, solutions, and best practices.
Brogan lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children. He speaks at conferences and attends several social media networking events. He is currently writing "a few books."
Johannes Kuhn: How did you start PodCamp?
Chris Brogan: My friend Christopher S. Penn and I put this together in the late spring of 2006. I had gone to a paid conference that was interesting, but that left me wanting more interaction. Chris Penn and I met at BarCamp Boston, along with Bryan Person and Eric Skiff, and we liked the model of an unconference, but wanted to talk more about new media tools instead of programming. We felt that we could organize something like this, and so we decided to try. (interview with Chris Messina, creator of BarCamp here)
