http://twitter.com/#!/barcampsarasota http://www.facebook.com/barcampsarasota http://www.linkedin.com/groups/BarCamp-Sarasota-2726179 http://www.youtube.com/user/BarCampSarasota

Camp Out

By: Mark Gordon | Deputy Managing Editor

A diverse contingent of entrepreneurs and small business owners in Sarasota and Bradenton has been gathering regularly to talk shop, life and being better at both.

But this isn’t the standard chamber power networking lunch event. It’s called BarCamp, though it’s only occasionally held at a bar, and it isn’t a camp. The oddly named group is instead based on the unconference concept — a session where there’s no set speakers and no agenda.

Read more at the Gulf Coast Business Review…

Trading expertise at a tech festival

By CHRIS HAWES Correspondent
Published: Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

SARASOTA – In one room, former Yahoo employee Ryan Teixeira counseled his audience on the importance of “getting out of their bedrooms” and mingling face-to-face with people.

In another room, 13-year-old “R.A. Spyder” (her pen name) provided a professional-level tutorial on how to use print-on-demand and other technological advances to tell your own story.

Read more at HeraldTribune.com…