BarCamp Geeks Celebrate Two Years of Organized Chaos

Entrepreneurs, coders and more from some of Silicon Valley's brightest startups converge at BarCampBlock in Palo Alto, California.
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Left: BarCampBlock attendees mingle at Blue Chalk, a large restaurant in downtown Palo Alto.
BarCampBlock sponsors
Photo: Lane Hartwell
Exceeding Expectations
Photo: Lane Hartwell
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Here, Brian Caldwell of plasq flashes his badge and a smile at the Blue Chalk party.

Blogged Twittered and Broadcast Live
Here, Sarah Meyers broadcasts live video of the event from a tiny webcam mounted on the shoulder strap of her backpack.
All I Got Was This TShirt

BarCampBlock co-organizer and former Technorati chief technologist Tantek Çelik shows off his spiffy red BarCamp T-shirt.

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"It's really all about accelerating serendipity," says Hunt. "These conversations exist out there -- we're just bringing them together by providing food, a venue and some Wi-Fi."

With Liberty and WiFi for All

Here, Enric Teller ponders the future of the web.

Dave Winer

smiles for the camera.

Off The Grid

DJ Fossil Fool provides the BarCamp soundtrack. Pedaling a wired-up bike, he generates the power needed to run his sound system and light show.

Pit Stop

Chris Heuer and Andy Kaufman get ready to chow down.

Rock On

, one of two sponsors of the Saturday evening party at Blue Chalk. (The other sponsor was Facebook.)

Deep in Thought

Kevin Burton (right) talks with friends at Blue Chalk.

Smile You're on Flickr

account in real time. Here, Drago Anguelov takes a self-portrait.

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Well Organized

BarCampBlock co-organizers Tara Hunt and Chris Messina contemplate the crowd of happy, shiny people geeking out all across downtown Palo Alto.

Free Stickers

What is a conference without swag? Sponsors send BarCampBlock attendees home with such essentials as stickers, brochures and more stickers.