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There is a possibility that we will have around 200 people coming to BarCampSydney this weekend.
At 9am we will be attempting to:

register people at the door.
giving out 100 BarCampSydney t-shirts to the first 100 people who signed up on the wiki
give a quick rundown on how the event will work
point people to the “room charts”, […]

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I’ve been speaking to a range of people over the last week and there has been a bit of concern about the “no spectators” phrase.
So, what does it mean?
It does not mean that you have to present. BarCampSydney is not about formal presentations. It is about discussion, debate, involvement and energy!
The event is designed so […]

Thanks to Mauricio Samy Silva, the article Styling abbreviations and acronyms is now available in Brazilian-Portuguese.
Tags: abbreviations, acronyms, css, html, markup, semantics

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We had planned to make BarCampSydney a two day event - Saturday and Sunday. However, we’ve decided to make BarCampSydney more intense event by making it a one-day only and then have another BarCamp in April/May.
So the plan is;

9am to 4pm, Saturday March 3, 2007 - BarCampSydney
4pm ish, find a great pub nearby and have […]

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The first BarCamp is being held in Australia this year! BarCamps, those crazy unconferences, will be held in states across Australia at the same time on the 3rd and 4th of March.
BarCampSydney is calling you. Come along, join in. There are no spectators, only participants!
What is it?
BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire […]

Imagine if you could get some of the most relevant Google experts on the same stage, at the same time, and ask them any question you’d like around the topic of web standards… What would you ask?
Funnily enough, I will be moderating a panel at this years Search Summit where we will have our change […]