Well, yesterday was the first TeenCamp Ireland event. I was planning to Live Blog it as it happened, but I couldn’t find a socket for my laptop, and Wi-FI was patchy, so this will have to do.

Bloggers from all over Ireland came to meet others, give talks, and be inspired (as I was). There were some well known bloggers such as Damien Mulley, Tommy Collison and Alexia Golez (I’ll admit I only ever heard of Damien before TeenCamp), and much less known bloggers such as myself.

The event started about half an hour late, but that’s generally happens with any event. Enda was first up on stage just welcoming us all, followed by Alan with a short presentation outlining the point of TeenCamp. (Video coming soon). Next up was Tommy, and his talk on community on the internet. (Again, video coming soon)

Aaaaaand that’s where I stopped recording it… There was other talks from Klaraflame on Anime and Manga, TheChrisD on gaming, David Doran on his experience as a web developer, and his tips for others looking to go down the same route, Ben Kenealy with a quite light hearted talk on meeting new people online. Sorry if I missed out others, I’m surprised I remember that many!

During the event everyone got up on stage, introduced themselves and answer questions. A great way to break the ice with people, as we were all doing the same thing, it didn’t feel awkward or in any way uncomfortable.

All in all, TeenCamp was a great success, and I can’t wait for the next one. If I find any more videos of talks, I’ll embed them here.

Ben Kenealy on social aspects of the internet: (thanks Damien)