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Mitch Canter

What I learned at BarCampBirmingham

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  • Nathan Ketsdever knows everything you need to know about SEO.  Ever.  And he can tell you all of it in one hour.  It’s not that there’s not a lot of information; he just talks really fast!
  • The Gang War between Macs and PC ever intensifies, and the lines have been drawn.
  • The Birmingham tech community is strong, and not just with coders.  There are some great designers, developers, and entrepreneurs in Birmingham
  • The office space in Birmingham is frickin’ sweet!

Seriously, I had a great time today at BarCampBham.  They have a lot of other events happening this year (including WordCamp and SocialSouth) so stay tuned because I’ll be talking about them on here I’m sure.

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