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title: 'Pibb-powered backchannel for BarCamp Block'
date: '2007-08-17T06:55:52-07:00'
type: post
word_count: 193
char_count: 1234
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categories:
  - BarCamp
  - Events
  - JanRain
  - Pibb
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# Pibb-powered backchannel for BarCamp Block

Headed down to [BarCamp Block](http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampBlock "BarCamp Block"), this weekend? Yeah, me neither. I mean, it’s [Multnomah Days](http://www.multnomahvillage.org/joomla/content/view/16/42/ "Multnomah Days"). I can’t miss the parade.

But, even though you and I are miles away, Portland-based [JanRain](http://janrain.com "JanRain") will make it feel like we’re there, making snarky comments on the backchannel like the rest of the folks, thanks to the [Pibb BarCamp channel](https://pibb.com/go/BarCamp "Pibb BarCamp channel").

They’ve even built a bridge to IRC:

> As an added bonus the [Pibb developers](http://janrain.com/about "JanRain Internet Ninjas...") have setup a Pibb <-> IRC bridge, so all the people on the [\#Barcamp IRC channel](irc://irc.freenode.net/#barcamp "BarCamp on IRC") will be able to see whats going on in Pibb and vice versa. Cheers to [bridges helping people](http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/08/09/we-need-bridges/ "The Bridges of HorsePigCow") break out of their communication silos!

For more information on Pibb’s at the BarCamp Block, see the [JanRain blog](http://janrain.com/blog/2007/08/16/lets-get-ready-to-barcamp/ "JanRain").