These guys tried to get a mesh network going but it failed. That was one of the low points of Mind Camp 1.0 although this situation did add some comedic value. Campers could break the ice meeting each other by complaining about how much the internet connectivity sucked. Late in the evening it got a little better connecting to “working_damn_internet.”

Suggestion for Mind Camp 2.0, if/when that comes to fruition
Charge each attendee who wants internet connectivity 20 bones or so and get some good bandwidth piped in (at least 100k per user). This is the most common problem with computer related conventions and it makes zero sense. I don’t want to sound like a complainer because Mind Camp was a free event (thank you sponsors) and Andru seems like a pretty good guy, but if he can take something away from this event to improve for next time (if there is a next time), get some better internet connectivity for the attendees.

I’ve gone to conventions in other industrys and the internet connection has been great. The only internet-related convention with a crowd of more than 100 people I’ve been to that had decent internet connectivity without an extra fee was Northern Voice which is getting together for version 2.0 this coming February.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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