Comments on: ProductCamp Austin was our Woodstock. Can we morph from Folkfest to Rock Spectacle?

By: PR - Product Mgmt.

PR - Product Mgmt. — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:03:22 +0000

ProductCamp Austin was our Woodstock. Can we morph from Fol… http://bit.ly/KIi9I #postrank #prod_mgmt

By: Gwen Gyldenege

Gwen Gyldenege — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:55:36 +0000

#prodmgmt must read: http://tinyurl.com/ngfy93 Well written, funny, and thoughtful! Well done @onpm.

By: Paul Young

Paul Young — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:51:47 +0000

Woodstock is a cool comparison, although before my time! What a great day though, and one that would never be possible without the energy and enthusiasm of the community.

I’ve been on a mission to amp up the Austin PMM community. Our ProductCamp may never reach the numbers of Rich’s out in SV, but I’ll put our quality up against anyone and our participation per captia is also amazing if you think about it.

RE: Rock Concert, I believe that there is an upper limit to what a ProductCamp style event can accomodate and still maintian the right spirt. We’re bumping up against it now. Our challenge will be how do we maintain that spirit without turning people away. IMO it would be a bigger violation of the unconference spirit to turn away willing participants in order to maintain a number than to accept more and embrace the chaos that comes with the people. Chaos is a good thing at ProductCamp.

We’re about to release the survey data from this year’s event, but it’s as high as ever, and almost everyone says that they will return and recommend PCA to a friend. Those are my key metrics.

What is the new folk festival? We’re about to try something new by organizing an ongoing PMM Austin around ProductCamp. We’ll have the normal networking over beer events, but also smaller ProductCamp style talks to fill the 6 months between ProductCamps. Product Picnics, if you will.

Great post BTW

By: Jason Brett

Jason Brett — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:59:14 +0000

I really wish I had made the trip to Austin to attend. I’ve heard some great feedback and had my spies send me some photos of some of the new approaches.

My question is this: What did participants think of the new approach with the voting, and more specifically the departure from up front session pitches?

I see the scheduling benefit, but I really enjoy the chaos and improvisational feel that comes from giving a 30 second elevator pitch at the beginning of the day.

What did you think?

By: johnpeltier

johnpeltier — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:18:51 +0000

RT @onpm ProductCamp Austin was Woodstock. Can we morph frm folkfest to Rock Spectacle? http://bit.ly/mExyM #pca09 #prodmgmt #marketing

By: John Peltier

John Peltier — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:55:14 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know I played a small part in something THAT cool!

By: Chris Sherrod

Chris Sherrod — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:31:51 +0000

http://bit.ly/mExyM 2/2

By: Rich Mironov

Rich Mironov — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:30:45 +0000

Double-take and then belly laughs from @awarmstrong #PCA09 Woodstock post. I must be Mick. http://tinyurl.com/ngfy93

By: Mike Boudreaux

Mike Boudreaux — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:11:45 +0000

@RichMironov comment: "Hey, man… be careful! There’s some bad MRD being passed around." http://bit.ly/mExyM #PCA09 Too funny!

By: Ann Collins

Ann Collins — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:47:25 +0000

Check out @SmartWoman featured as Janis Joplin at Product Camp Austin! http://bit.ly/mExyM #PCA09