Raincity's international man of Drupal - accompanied by a retinue of Drupalists - are jetting off to Barcelona today fresh off the networking success (and curious food) of China.

While on their trip, Robert and Kris organized BarCamp Beijing and BarCamp Shanghai - a series of unconferences in which participants are the show - with free form workshops in 4 languages organized on the fly on a giant (and very analog) planning board.

Raincity's international man of Drupal should be rolling in jetlagged and brimming with anecdotes from a exhausting and exhilarating trip to China ... whoa and right on cue, here he is, Robert Scales ... still on China time and with a bulging in-box to sort out and an empty stomach.

I'll surely get the full recap on the podcast recorder but, suffice to say, Scales was in China with Kris Krug of Bryght (and noted Vancouver fashion photographer) to promote Raincity and BC business in general at GDC Shanghai, confer on best practices at China Access and to catalyze Bar Camp "un"conferences in Beijing and Shanghai.

Huh? Where??

As part of BarCamp Shanghai, the first of its' kind in China, Kris Krug from Bryght will be facilitating a PhotoCamp and PhotoWalk through the streets of Shanghai, and no doubt schooling on the wonderful ways of flickr to boot!

Do the bloggers and internet geeks in China know about Flickr? Do they use it? Can they? Apparently so. Check out these recent photos of some crafty "goods" that will be needed at BarCamp - Scotch tape lives in China!

Welcome To The YouTube of China

In a country in the Old World Hemisphere, on a continent far, far away, BarCamp Shanghai has an official venue and the organizers from this side of the world and the other are steaming ahead at all the pertinent BarCamp details.

Tudou, coined in our parts as the YouTube of China, will be hosting the event on September 24th. Picture a 3000 square foot space (aka WorkSpace style), but with Chinese character graffiti all over the walls, et voila!

Raincity & The First-Ever BarCamp in China

Raincity Studios and Bryght are taking the world-wide success of the ad-hoc un-conference BarCamp and bringing it to Shanghai, China this September.

Scales and Crystal of Raincity, and kk+ from Bryght are heading off to China this September as part of the next wave of the China Access 2008 project, while also gearing up to initiate the first China BarCamp.