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BarCamp Sydney 4: Photos By Renai LeMay, ZDNet.com.au November 17, 2008 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/BarCamp-Sydney-4-Photos/0,139023769,339293333,00.htm
On Saturday 15th November, Sydneysiders converged on the University of NSW for the city's fourth self-organised BarCamp unconference. From PHP hacking to OLPC laptops, Google Android and even hypnotism, BarCamp had it all. 
(Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
(Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Attendees who wished to present at BarCamp simply added their name to this list; the 'unconference' spirit cut all the formality out of organising a conference. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Silicon Beach Australia organiser Elias Bizannes holding an OLPC laptop brought to the conference by Pia Waugh. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Open source specialist Pia Waugh during a presentation on the current status of the OLPC project in Australia. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
The unconference didn't reach World Youth Day proportions. Maybe next time. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
The laptop of choice at BarCamp was the MacBook — or ASUS' Eee PC. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Not all of the talks dealt with mundane technological matters. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Microsoft software evangelist Nick Hodge and local technology consultant Kate Carruthers. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Similar conferences are in the works. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
(Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Spellr.us founder Kevin Garber tells the audience about the start-up's experiences attending the TechCrunch50 conference in the US earlier this year. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Open source evangelist and consultant Jeff Waugh (he's also married to Pia). (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
The "mind hacking" session kicks off, hosted by a trained hypnotist (we didn't get her name). (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
The hypnotist's husband helps out with the presentation. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Developers, developers, developers. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
Laptops were never far from hand. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au) 
A group of volunteers about to be hypnotised. (Credit: Renai LeMay/ZDNet.com.au)
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