As my two-year Kate would say after a meal, "All done." The 1st BarCampBank in Dallas is officially done. Pictures here. Videos coming soon.

Originally written @ bradgarland.net:

It seemed like a whirlwind weekend but I'm thinking that's the status quo for these things. We ended up having 29 people show up to the event and the majority were at their very first Barcamp experience. After I kind of kicked things off and let everyone know how this experience worked it flowed pretty well. It was tough, being a person that naturally wants to teach and lead folks, to just stand back and let them mold the event that they wanted but it was worth it. I did get nervous at the very beginning when the 1st sessions didn't start on time. I was afraid it wouldn't ever start but finally, someone piped up and said "we're starting in here" and everyone dispersed to the rooms of their choice and began.

And the conversations were great!

I spent the first half of the day not participating at all and just letting the attendees get involved (per the 'Open Space' recommendation). I wanted to jump in there two or three times but held back and again, glad I did. There were so many smart people there and I love the fact the smaller the groups for the sessions, the better the conversations were. What was interesting, for me, was what happened at the end of the day. It seemed like the majority of the people were not going to be able to make it for the 2nd day. So I did a quick poll and asked if we should do the 2nd day at all? The ones interested said yeah but it didn't make sense to do it in this space. So we decided on a brunch meet-up and afterwards, calling it a day. So the beauty of the unconference wins again. People voted with their feet and it worked out great.

Lastly, one of the best parts for me was the after Barcamp stuff. A group of us went out to eat together, laughed, drank beer, and just hung out. We all ended up at Mark's for a while and had some REALLY great conversations that I wished got recorded (but maybe that's what was supposed to happen). I'm just a sucker for some real good conversation I guess.

I definitely want to again thank everyone for attending. It wouldn't have been as good without you all and I hope to see you again at a BarcampBank in your area.