We shot a ton of video on our way to and from Baconcamp 2009 in San Francisco. We even shot some video from the judges panel as we tasted all the bacon samplings at the event. We then compiled all the videos into a YouTube playlist, which you can watch in the player below. Hover your cursor over the player below and use the navigation arrows to toggle through the individual videos.
We streamed video on Ustream live from the plane’s WiFi internet connection. The video is incredibly boring, but we just wanted to prove it was possible. Check it out — live video from on board an airplane at 30,000 feet.
Thanks again to everyone at Baconcamp for a fun event. Thanks also to Virgin America airlines for making our flights very enjoyable.
On Saturday, March 21, 2009, we attended the very first Baconcamp. This un-conference was held in the spirit of Barcamp and was attended by a wide range of bacon lovers from all over the place.
I’m borrowing a bit from Scott Kveton’s recap of the event (and using some of his super cool photos too), so thanks to Scott and all the folks at Bacn.com for that and working hard to put on a great event.
Mike & I sat on the panel of celebrity judges for the food+bacon portion of Baconcamp. Joining us were (listed by Twitter name) @iamcal, @arielwaldman, @micahsaul, Otto Von Danger (founder of BaconFest), and @kveton. Our Twitter name is @bacontoday in case you were wondering. With over 40 bacon-related dishes to sample, it was a long and bacony journey and very difficult to keep sharp on our scoring as we neared bacon coma.
We’ll list all the bacon dishes in a later article. For now, we’ll just list the winners. Quoting from Scott Kveton’s recap:
“The audience was given 3 votes which they could put towards the “Best Overall” and we recognized those with “Grand Prize” and “Runner-up” trophies.
Best effort, worst food: Bacon Brownies (hint: don’t mention poop during your preso)”
That ought to whet your bacappetites just enough for now. Check back soon for more updates and our video documenting the event titled “24 Hours of Bacon”.
Photo credit to Scott from the place where you should buy bacon.
This Saturday, March 21st is going to be the day that the first official BaconCamp San Francisco will be held in San Francisco. Learn all about it, including where it is and how to RSVP on the BaconCamp site.
YouTube user fugitivepeas has provided the first teaser video to get us all excited about the event.
Both Corey and I plan to attend and we’d love to seet as many of our San Francisco readers as possible, so please come if you can.
