OggCamp '13
18 - 20 Oct 2013 at Liverpool John Moore's University Art & Design Academy

Brilliant event! Warm, Passionate and vibrant community. Like a software rave with physical withdrawals.

It has given me the courage to step out from behind my monitor a bit more.

Another review blog: http://t.co/IYdF6pq6Kk

Found this review blog: http://blog.breez.me.uk/2013/10/oggcamp-13.html

I'm guessing that I put any feedback here; there were two-three comments that I overheard/were mentioned, so to summarise..

Some wanted a 'break' or 'chill out' space, this kinda existed with the beanbags but not really as I was probably getting in the way of people. If it was possible to have these in a room with power points then that might be nice but perhaps security of peoples things not being in plain view could be an issue / might be easy to leave things there.

A cloak room, maybe, would be good. People such as myself had checked out of their hotels so were moving/carrying a lot of stuff around. This just gets in the way and ends up hitting people (sorry people). Sometimes a raffle ticketing system (which you then pin/attach to coathanger(s) and hand the ticket back to the person) and a small charge for leaving your items can help bring in some support for the oggcamp.

My legs got cramped up in the main stage area, but fortunately I was able to find a suitable place to sit and stretch my legs.

It was my first oggcamp, I enjoyed it and I shall be returning :) along with spreading the word about it !

Thanks :D

On the venue:
Loved the layout. It made much more sense to have all the non-main-stage rooms in the same space. Having the registration desk at the front helped out too - and it was great having the projector rendering the timetable in the registration area. Ideally, this would have been more publicised - I only realised it was there on the Saturday afternoon, and then forgot it again on the Sunday. Aside from the beanbags, I didn't really feel like there were many places to sit down and talk to people, especially as the coffee shop area was very popular and busy. I ended up sitting in a corridor and felt very in the way!

On the locations inside the venue:
The open hardware space felt a little crowded, perhaps it might have made more sense to put the tables with the mugs on them down the middle of that space (mostly unused), and have a table or two around the bottom of the stairs. The individual rooms were well equipped, and a good size for the number of attendees.

On the attendees:
I'm always struck with how friendly and relaxed people are at OggCamp. I don't know whether this is a testament to how well run the event is, or how relaxing the venue is, or whether we're all just amazing ( :) ) but it shone out time and time again.

On the socials:
I think it might have been a bit better to reduce the time between the day event finishing and the evening socials starting. I appreciate people may wish to go back to their hotels before coming out, but it feels a bit like dead space to me.

On the whole event:
Just amazing. Thank you!