Once again, we had another great BIL Conference! This year’s was a bit smaller due to some last minute hiccups (like moving the event forward a day), but it was still a wonderful experience.
BIL 2010 By the Numbers
- Speakers: 30
- Attendees: 200
- Livestream Viewers – simultaneous: 1,000
- Livestream Viewers – total: 50,000
Articles
Photos on Flickr tagged BIL10 (see the sidebar)
Videos on Youtube
If you have an article or video you’d like added, post a comment or email me.
Thanks again to the whole BIL Community for putting together BIL 2010, and we’ll see you back in Long Beach next year.
The ’structured’ talks have ended and BILians have broken up into groups around Long Beach and LA. Sunday is a half hour away, and there are a variety of options to join on.
There appears to be three popular main options for Sunday — Visiting a Rube Goldberg Machine, Hike the Geek, and Whale watching.
Rube Goldberg Machine, 11 AM, Near Echo Park in Los Angeles
OK Go, a top group of musicians and Syyn Labs, a group of astounding engineers, teamed up to create a large-scale Rube Goldberg Machine for a video. One of the designers has agreed to give a talk about the design and construction of complex chain reactions. The talk will also include a tour of the Rube Goldberg Machine. The number of participants for this is limited by space, so please RSVP to oddboy@gmail.com if you would like to come and you’ll receive an address to show up at (confirmation e mails will go out at 10 AM).
An LA Times Article about the Machine, “A walk through OK Go’s new music video death machine”
One of their early videos…
Another popular video…
Hike The Geek, 12:30 PM, Bolsa Chica Wetlands
Hike The Geek is an attempt to increase Vitamin D production in, well, geeks. It’s one of the most intellectually stimulating events in the Los Angeles area, while remaining moderately physical. This week the organizers are catering to the BIL community by putting the hike near BIL.
http://www.hikethegeek.com/LA/
Directions From BIL, head south on East 2nd St to the Pacific Coast Highway. Continue South on PCH unitl Warner Ave. Take a Left on Warner Ave., and an immediate right into the Bolsa Chica parking lot.
The Good Free Parking, although may be crowded.
The Bad On Sundays, open from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Notes Bordered on one side by Pacific Coast Highway and oil fields and houses on the other, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve wetlands is a 300 acre coastal sanctuary for wildlife and migratory birds. There’s a wooden bridge crossing over a tidal inlet and a 1.5 mile loop trail providing spectacular wildlife viewing.
Whale Watching, 3:00 PM, Long Beach
It’s whale migration season and Long Beach is one of the best places to watch the whales, dolphins, and sea lions. In addition, a number of talks will be taking place on the boat on the way out and from the whale watching areas. Todd Huffman will be talking about the role crowd sourced communications played in Afghanistan and Haiti.
To attend this event purchase a ticket from the whale watching company: http://is.gd/8lCcu
If you have other activities you’d include BILians in please make notes on the wiki: http://bilconference.pbworks.com/BILxOutside
(Post rideshares as well)
Post what activity you’re going to be doing on Twitter with the #BIL10 hashtag, and @ www.twitter.com/bilconf to get it reTweeted.
Thanks!
BIL
