Category Archives: Foo Camp 2003

First Movie From Foo Camp: “Concentrated Foo”


This movie is titled “Concentrated Foo” because it really seems to encapsulate the spirit of the conference. The film is unedited and shot entirely in sequence! It just worked out perfectly on its own. (As those of you who shoot video probably know, this almost never happens, so it’s quite exciting.)
The interviews within Concentrated Foo and all of the other movies are also available separately.
But first, a bit of explanation. The “session” in this case was taking apart a rental hybrid vehicle in order to see what makes it tick. I forget whether it was a Honda or a Toyota, but I’m sure someone will refresh my memory at some point.
There were self-imposed “rules,” however. For instance, no one was allowed to take anything apart that they weren’t reasonably sure they could put back together. The group was quite conservative in this respect. The team was meticulous about keeping the parts in order and even replacing each screw in its exact previous location, etc.
Other than that, it was a free-for-all 🙂
At that said, it was pretty amazing how far we took things apart — and how elegantly everything went right back together.
I was interviewing folks in-between documenting the car exploration.
There’s a lot more where this came from, but this ought to wet your whistle for a bit.
Foo A-Z

Concentrated Foo – All
(Small – 64 MB)

Concentrated Foo – Part 1 of 3
(Small – 20 MB)

Concentrated Foo – Part 2 of 3
(Small – 21 MB)

Concentrated Foo – Part 3 of 3
(Small – 24 MB)





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Foo Camp Movies and Interviews On The Way

So I just got back from O’Reilly’s Foo Camp yesterday and will be posting a bunch o’ stuff early in the AM.
The first movie is titled “
Concentrated Foo
” — and encapsulates the spirit of the conference in many ways. The film is unedited and shot entirely in sequence.
Foo Attendees: This film must not be confused with the footage of the “Wandercam” — a handheld that was roaming around the conference on its own from 9am on Saturday morning on. I myself have not looked at this footage yet, though I have digitized it.
That’s tomorrow’s little task 🙂
More on the Wandercam soon…
I’ve also created an
A-Z page
for both my little foo movies and the interviews themselves within the movies, so we can keep track of them all. I’d hate for any of it to be “lost” because I had forgotten to link to it. So I’m linking to it from there first, and then if I have time I’ll link to stuff from here too.
Yeah all the above stuff I mention will be linked to in the am. Plus three movies from the “making of the RetarDEAD theme” video I shot in Seattle last weekend.
But now I gotta catch some zzzz. Lotsa great stuff I tell ya. I just can’t believe how great some of it came out.
But I’m a sentimental fool…
Back soon,
lisa