2017/Bellingham

 IndieWebCamp Bellingham 2017  was the first IndieWebCamp held in Bellingham, WA 2017-05-04 through 2017-05-05.

IndieWebCamp is a gathering for independent web creators of all kinds, from graphic artists, to designers, UX engineers, coders, hackers, to share ideas, actively work on creating for their own personal websites, and build upon each others creations.

= IndieWebCamp Bellingham = One of several IndieWebCamp events in 2017.

Own your data.

We should all own the content we're creating, rather than just posting to third-party content silos. Publish on your own domain, and syndicate out to silos.

Join us for two days of brainstorming &amp; creating at IndieWebCamp Bellingham 2017 and be a part of advancing &amp; growing the indieweb.

When
From Thursday May 4, 2017 at 9am through Friday May 5, 2017 at 5pm

Where
The Foundry, 1000 F Street , Bellingham , WA 98225

Accessibility Notice:
 * The meeting space for the first day (2017-05-04) is on the second floor, only accessible by stairs. Unfortunately it is not wheelchair accessible.
 * The meeting space for the second day (2017-05-05) is on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible.

URLs

 * https://indieweb.org/2017/Bellingham
 * https://2017.indieweb.org/bellingham
 * https://gregorlove.com/2017/05/indiewebcamp-bellingham/
 * https://upcoming.org/event/indiewebcamp-bellingham-35bs12h270
 * https://www.facebook.com/events/283727805371801/
 * http://www.bellingham.org/events/indiewebcamp-bellingham/

RSVP

 * Please register and RSVP on the Official Event Page.

Optional:
 * Add yourself and what projects you’re working on to the Projects List.

Schedule
2017-05-04 (Thursday) through 2017-05-05 (Friday)

Participating

 * Code of Conduct
 * Session Proposals
 * Schedule Grid - hyperlinked to actual session pages
 * 2017/Bellingham/Demos
 * Discussion
 * Etherpad index: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/2017-Bellingham

Remote Participation
IndieWebCamp has a strong tradition of remote participation, typically using IRC, Google Hangouts and Etherpad during as well as after the event.

If you can't get to the Bellingham event, consider remote participating or finding/running an IndieWebCamp remote party near you.

Livestream:
 * Livestream was over Talky, not recorded.

Indieweb Remote Parties:

Public Transit
If you are flying into BLI, unfortunately it is a small airport and public transportation does not go directly to it. The closest stop, route 50, is about 0.9 miles. Otherwise, public transit around town and to the venue is good. See: http://ridewta.com

Taxi
See: https://www.portofbellingham.com/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?lngBusinessCategoryID=84

Uber
You can also take Uber from the airport. The cost from the airport to the venue will be about $17-21 for UberX. More info: https://www.uber.com/cities/bellingham/

Hotels
Here are some hotels sorted by proximity to the venue:


 * Hotel Bellwether - website
 * Days Inn - website
 * Motel 6 - website
 * Hampton Inn Bellingham Airport - website

AirBnB / Couchsurfing
Some alternatives to hotels are AirBnB and Couchsurfing.

Organizers


See 2017/Bellingham/Planning for planning and organizing archive.

Sponsors

 * How to sponsor

Day 1 Photos
Ginger made this awesome sign for the event. May the Fourth be with you!

Day 2 Photos
Sign updated for day two. Revenge of the Fifth!

Adjacent Events

 * LinuxFest Northwest 2017-05-06..07