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October 10, 2003

[FOO] Geek Camp

I ran into Tim O'Reilly as I entered the door to FOO (Friends of O'Reilly). "Is this the first one of these?" I asked.

"Yes," said Tim. "In fact, it was just an idea we had six weeks ago."

So, here I am with 200 geeks for two days of, well, whatever it is that we decide to do for two days. At last the conference I've been waiting for: Hallway talk with occasional self-organized colloquia. At least that's what I think is going to happen. Maybe we're all going to get naked except for "Burning Man Sucks" baseball caps.

I've already ran into bunches of people I either know and love or know of and respect. I'm so excited to be here that I actually went out and bought a tent. Me in a tent is like a trout in a holster.

Everyone here is smarter than me. I'm really excited about being here.

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 10, 2003 10:33 PM


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Interesting how a conference with no agenda but a bunch of interesting guys willing to go with the flow, sounds REALLY exciting.

Posted by: Euan | October 11, 2003 03:35 AM


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