2016/MIT/Introductions

The opening IndieWebCamp MIT 2016 session.

IndieWebCamp leaders will lead you through:


 * 1) Announce: Welcome to IndieWebCamp MIT 2016!
 * 2) Show Squarespace parody video
 * 3) Tell brief history:
 * 4) * why: control your online presence, user experience and design, own your content
 * 5) * &  with Amber & Crystal organized the first IndieWebCamp in 2011
 * 6) * now hosting IndieWebCamps worldwide
 * 7) Show http://indiewebcamp.com/ home page and principles
 * 8) Note explicit decision to focus on
 * 9) * personal site "scratch your own itch" doers, doing, selfdogfooding, demoing
 * 10) Show code-of-conduct, point out organizers to go to in case of anything
 * 11) Thanks to our Sponsors
 * 12) Note our public IRC channel (and livestream if available)
 * 13) Explanation of today (discussion sessions)
 * 14) Overview of IndieWebCamp Hack Day:
 * 15) * hack sessions, lunch, hack sessions, demos
 * 16) Demos of what works on your site today
 * 17) Intro to how Barcamp sessions are scheduled: write THREE THINGS on a notecard:
 * 18) session name,
 * 19) your name,
 * 20) session #hashtag - used for tagging and etherpad.indiewebcamp.com/hashtag
 * 21) Session scheduling!
 * 22) Camp leaders call *start your sessions* at start time