Comments on: TransitCamp http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/28/transitcamp/ Adaptive Path Blog Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jay Goldman http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/28/transitcamp/#comment-176503 Jay Goldman Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:46:49 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/28/transitcamp/#comment-176503 Alexa — I'm glad your impression of the event was positive! We had the same feeling when we ran the first TransitCamp in Toronto: could this seemingly random group of creatives be the future of the third largest transit system in North America? I think the answer for us was a resounding "Yes!" and led to coverage in <a href="http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?_requestid=31369&ml_subscriber=true&ml_action=get-article&ml_issueid=BR0802&articleID=R0802A&pageNumber=1" title="Sick Transit Gloria" rel="nofollow">HBR</a> and the support of the our new regional transit authority to <a href="http://remarkk.com/2008/02/05/accelerating-the-transitcamp-community/" title="Accelerating the TransitCamp Community!" rel="nofollow">run a series of Camps around the city</a>. We were thrilled when Tara and Chris took up the TransitCamp mantle and brought it to the Bay Area, and delighted by the general post-event consensus that new ground was broken. Applying the BarCamp ethos to a non-tech event was an experiment which I think we can judge quite successful :) Alexa —

I’m glad your impression of the event was positive! We had the same feeling when we ran the first TransitCamp in Toronto: could this seemingly random group of creatives be the future of the third largest transit system in North America? I think the answer for us was a resounding “Yes!” and led to coverage in HBR and the support of the our new regional transit authority to run a series of Camps around the city. We were thrilled when Tara and Chris took up the TransitCamp mantle and brought it to the Bay Area, and delighted by the general post-event consensus that new ground was broken. Applying the BarCamp ethos to a non-tech event was an experiment which I think we can judge quite successful :)

]]> By: Charles adler http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/28/transitcamp/#comment-176469 Charles adler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:24:28 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/28/transitcamp/#comment-176469 wow, great story and perspective. Will there be more events like these? wow, great story and perspective. Will there be more events like these?

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