Base Camp 2008 !!!!!
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@aidanchopra said:
@lewiswadsworth said:
There is a kind of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory excitement to all of this....
I like that -- that's one of my all-time favorite books. It's a good thing we aren't making anyone buy 6,000 chocolate bars to have a shot at coming, though.
If you wanted to really freak us out, all you Googlers should turn up at the opening ceremony dressed like Oompa-Loompas and speaking in rhyme. I know that I would probably just collapse to the floor and start gibbering...
Someone will have to play Wonka, of course. Got anyone on staff who is tall, thin, and slightly creepy in a tophat?
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@aidanchopra said:
Oh -- and we are planning to have a band, but we're not sure who, yet. Anyone have any suggestions? We're thinking something between CraigD with an iPod, and U2...
Just find out who is currently deejaying at Club Technochocolate, and get them to moonlight at the Googleplex.
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@lewiswadsworth said:
deejay/genius at the end of the room surrounded by holograph projectors and keyboards, remixing Autechre and NIN instrumentals...
druel
If only the droves of unwashed SUers had such 'generative' taste...
There should be a dedicated YouTube account for this as well so we can all get in on the action.
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Just saw the announcement for Apple's WWDC* in SF June 9-13.
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- World Wide Developer's Conference
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@unknownuser said:
Just saw the announcement for Apple's WWDC* in SF June 9-13.
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- World Wide Developer's Conference
Hmmmm, spend the week with a homogenous group of psuedo-social-elite-ists or come to basecamp with a diverse group of planetizens trying to learn from eachother and expand the collective human intellgience through SketchUpping.....
Chris
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"a diverse group of planetizens trying to learn from eachother and expand the collective human intellgience through SketchUpping"
That's fantastic, Chris. Do you mind if I quote you on the 3DBC micro-website we're building? I'm not sure where it will appear, but it's too good to leave out : )
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Sure, feel free to quote anything you'd like that won't get me thrown into jail
Chris
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I've been wondering the same thing, been checking periodically all day.
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I have also been wondering the same thing. Seems like I big, oops...forgot to post that on the blog today mistake. I guess we can just wait and see.
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Hi folks,
It's live!
http://sketchup.google.com/3dbasecamp
Sorry it took us all day to get the site up -- it was a launch, two newsletters and a blog post, and we wanted to make sure we didn't mess anything up. In our defense, it's still before midnight in Boulder
I think CraigD is going to elaborate some more in this thread, but please let me know what you think!
Aidan
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Also, thanks again to Chris Fullmer for his most excellent quote.
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Thanks Aidan.
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Aidan,
Please make sure that everyone who gets an invite to Basecamp actually receives it...just recently I have begun noticing that emails with gmail.com or google.com in them in the sender category (including mine...I use gmail to send and collect my own domain's emails) are being blocked by certain common commercial Spam filters (like Barracuda). I think this has something to do with Google's CAPTCHA being publicly cracked a few weeks ago. Worse--intended recipients do not know that their Google-origin email has been blocked. (I know that we have a common friend, Diego Matho at the BAC...I work for him sometimes, and he hasn't been able to receive my emails unless I use my own mailserver without gmail routing.)
--Lewis
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Hey guys! As Aidan implied, there was a lot of work and coordination going into the newest newsletter so it took a little longer to post than normal. But it's worth it!!! Check it out!
3D Basecamp 2008 (June 11-13) is going to be a total blast! If you look at the Event Program, I think you'll find tons of cool stuff to get involved in! Digital imagery/Photoshop techniques, Geomodeling w/SketchUp and Google Earth, creating custom Styles, Ruby-ruby-ruby, working with terrain and irregular surfaces, plus techniques for promoting you work using Google resources and tons more!!! I can't wait!
http://www.google.com/events/3dbasecamp/program.htmlI really look forward to meeting you all at the awesome Google California campus!! Maybe someone can model Stan, the full size Tyrannosaurus Rex and Google mascot!!
So, if you want to receive and invitation (and who doesn't?!), sign up here! http://services.google.com/events/3dbasecamp_2008
Again, I (and the whole SketchUp/Layout team!) am really psyched to be able to meet with you all in person! Should really be fun and we'll learn a ton of new techniques, become totally inspired to make great work, and we'll make lots of new connections with fellow Sketchers!
See ya there (I hope!)!!
Cheers,
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I am hoping there might be some ad hoc discussion/presentations, perhaps by attendees if not the google staff.
For example, reviews of various rendering products.
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If you go to the link I posted above(http://www.google.com/events/3dbasecamp/program.html), you'll see a session just for that:
Photo-Rendering Your SketchUp Models: Some Options
It's a big world of rendering options out there, and this session will attempt to provide some guidance about where to start. If you want to make your SketchUp models look more photographic, this will be the place to be.See ya there!
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Sounds very interesting, Craig..!!
Now... As you may already know, I'm in the KT Team... What should I/we do if we want KT to be among the render applications presented at this Base Camp..??
Is it like a trade fair, where various companies can sign up and have a stand - or..??
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Also, on Frederik's note; if they (as a non-commercial product) have to "compete" for participation what guarantees that there will be at least one member of the KT Team picked? I really like these guys and their enthusiasm creating this great, free software which could definitely be compatible with most top commercial renderers but I doubt that they could afford to "hire" a stand as it is generally the case with trade fairs.
(FYI - I'm not connected to Kerkythea in any other ways that their team are members here and I'm a member at their Forums
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And well, yeah, I'd really like to meet them, too - as I would many-many other members here and elsewhere...
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Well, unfortunately I can't make this one, but others on the FF team will be there. As for a trade fair, the last Basecamp was nothing like that formal. The, then smaller, group of developers were simply given a room, some power hook-ups and a few tables on which to strut their stuff on the final day, after lunch.
We were there, as was Susan for Entourage Arts, I can't remember whether the Piranesi Boys were still around at that point, but Erez Anzel was also there demonstrating SimuTerra. Sorry if I've forgotten anyone; I met a few people who were developing fledgeling support at that stage, but just can't remember if they actually had "booths" or not. I do remember we gave away our entire supply of FF baseball caps.I'd imagine some similar, but grander, arrangements might apply this time around.
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