Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis hosts a session on The Economy at BarCampLA-6. "The best investment right now is in yourself," he advised. | Photo by Vaughn Hannon The sixth BarCamp Los Angeles is underway, with discussions, presentations, drinks, games, and more for -- and by -- the nearly 300 freaks, geeks, techies, and media mavens who registered for free via the BarCampLA wiki. Sessions continue through Sunday night at Mahalo / Causecast headquarters in......

Attentive BarCampers at Dan Kaminsky's Ask a Hacker session. Attendees range in age from 18 months (her 2nd BarCamp) to so old we're afraid to ask | photo by pinguino The twice-yearly, geek-tastic unconference for technologists, gamers, industry-folk, and Internet lovers of all stripes is again upon us. BarCampLA is in its fifth iteration and thanks to a collaborative effort fronted by Jason Cosper and Crystal Williams (and dozens of sponsors), it's shaping up......

BarCampLA-4 is here! LAist has been a friend, attendee and proponent of BarCamp since the beginning and this time is no different. What is BarCamp? Here is their definition (it's really the best): BarCamp ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. If you like, it can be overnight, like camp! BarCamps - and......

I'm really looking forward to StartUp LA which is kicking off today! It's a conference and an un-conference together. The idea came from a BarCamp LA session (which by the way is next weekend) and it's to bring together start ups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and let us all mix and mingle. For more information and to register click here.......

The third iteration of BarCamp LA is in full effect with a record number of attendee/participants. BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference produced, attended and presented by enterprising media/tech/Internet junkies, worker-monkeys, and inquiring civilians as an alternative to the overly-corporate, overpriced mega-conferences that commonly occur at the Convention Center, Loews Hotel, or somewhere-in-the-Bay Area. Still don't get it? Just come on down, BarCamp is free (thanks to sponsors) and its fun. Day one is winding down......