Language, Place, Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

A question I had going in to Drumbeat, and one that I still have, is why Barcelona? I was hoping that once I attended drumbeat the reason would become more apparent; Perhaps it was a bastion of thinking of Freedom, learning and the web? Maybe the local school system is\/was doing something super future thinking? Maybe Mozilla Europe has a big, giant installment? Perhaps Barcelona is home to the biggest hacker movement in Europe?<\/p>\n

As far as I can tell, all the answer to the above questions are no, no, not really, and no. \u00a0It is to the point where when people ask me \u201chow was Barcelona?\u201d I honestly do not have an answer. The festival was kind of a Mozillaland (with a heavy North American Flavor) that was implanted on top of Barcelona. It was very disorienting both for me and for local people I came in to contact with.<\/p>\n

That being said, it was nice to meet \u00a0people from the other side of the pond who had a much easier time travelling to Barcelona than they would have had travelling to North America. I am thankful for the voices I was able to hear that I wouldn\u2019t have otherwise. Maybe that was the point?<\/p>\n

Independent of Mozilla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barcelona is a beautiful city. Unfortunately I did not have much time to explore. I did happen upon a random youth Rally to celebrate the Pope’s arrival in the city, an arrival that happened to coincide with the ending of the festival. I think the experience of the Rally was the only time I really felt like I was “in” Barcelona. \u00a0I captured some of the rally in the video above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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