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Unconference

Originally published by "dbarker" on 2007-06-30 17:17:00Z

Unconference: Ran into this term twice today. Never heard of it before.

An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance. To date, the term is primarily in use in the geek community.

Really interesting article.

Comment by "aaron" on 2007-06-30 14:30:00Z
Barcamp dude. Do it.
Comment by "Deane" on 2007-07-01 15:20:00Z
>Barcamp dude. Do it. I knew you were going to bring that up. I looked at it, but I didn't have anything to talk about, really. We're just not as cool as you.
Comment by "Matt Smith" on 2007-07-01 16:12:00Z
>Ran into this term twice today. Never heard of it before. [http://www.swoofware.com/posts/2006/03/28/baader-meinhof-phenomenon/](http://www.swoofware.com/posts/2006/03/28/baader-meinhof-phenomenon/)