Of course Steve makes a bunch of good points, but the caption caught me. Appears that we Canadians sure are orderly...

Well, maybe not. But certainly worth aiming for, no? At least that's the hope we have for mesh, the little shin-dig me'n the boys are pulling together for mid May here in Toronto. I am frankly pleased to see some pushback from Euan Semple on the whole unconference meme that has been floating around of late. Not to say that an unconference is a bad idea, but rather that saying it is the only way is as bad as saying *anything* is the only way.

Mathew seems to be of the same view, and Mark has a nice laundry list of what he's like to see. We are trying for a lot of that. My comment on the mesh blog here. Also, seems that mesh-er to-be Stowe Boyd is in the Euan camp (or should that be "Camp" as in "XxxxCamp"?).

Us? Well, we are trying for balance and thoughtfulness, being structured enough for newbies to be able to "get it" while being flexible and conversational enough to be engaging.

Will it be a spectacular train wreck? Hope not.

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