I’m in Porto, Portugal for WikiSym08 (4th annual), through Wednesday. Porto is a beautiful city in the north of Portugal, on the Atlantic Ocean. The photo in the banner above is of the hills overlooking the river. The entire conference will be visiting this spot tomorrow evening for port wine sampling, dinner and a boat ride.
This morning about 100 of us (we’re expecting 140, so they’re still arriving) heard a brief welcome and short words from the various chairpersons. They highlighted all of the really great research submissions, tutorials, workshops, keynotes, panels, and then handed the floor to me, for personal favorite part: OpenSpace. Starting from a blank wall, the participants organized a really fantastic schedule for breakout sessions. Since I put the schedule into the wiki it’s already grown, and I’ll be adding to it throughout the event. Check back on that link to see notes from sessions as they get posted.
One person missing this year is Ward Cunningham (originator of the wiki and AboutUs CTO). He’s given keynotes at the first 3 WikiSyms (San Diego; Odense, Denmark; Montreal). I’ve already heard rumors of Portland for WikiSym09, which would really be great for AboutUs and would make sure Ward was there again.
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I miss you all, too. — Ward
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