Barcamp is returning to the real capital city - the People’s Republic of Cork - on the 1st of November. The event is being held at Webworks, a truly fabulous building, and there’s a lot of great discussion going on regarding panels and sessions and loads of people planning to come down already. Doors will open at 9:15 and events kick off at 10, and I’ll probably be shooting my mouth off about something or other.

Pat Phelan and Alexia Golez are organising a pre-event dinner on Friday, October 31st at the fabulous Bangkok93 (aka A Taste of Thailand) on Bridge Street. Seats are limited to 25 and you should budget about €25 per head for this event. RSVP over here while the RSVPing is good!

A student attending Barcamp had a nice - and given the economy, timely - idea for a topic and I am accordingly attempting to organise a panel on career paths to new media. I first had to look up what the hell new media is, so I’m perfectly prepared to simply moderate, but I have a nice structure in mind. I’m looking for four or five people across the widest possible range of experience, so if you’re working in new media and got there via a traditional or non-traditional path, please contact me - I’d love to talk to you.

Finally, also on Friday night, the gang from the Irish Webmasters Forum is planning a meetup, which should probably be more aptly titled a drinkup. This may or may not merge into the Noodle Nerds dinner and post-meal drinking but I’m sure it will all shake out accordingly.

I’ll update this post with more Barcamp-related events as they roll out, but feel free to steal the graphics and spread the word. (And if you need graphics for an event or talk, just drop me an email.)