Following a link in another Martin Fowler’s blog post, I stumbled upon his thoughts on Open Space events – a way to set up self-organizing events.

I’m not sure I’m brave (or young) enough to try it out, but if you’re planning to organize a small gathering (like a local Network Operator Group), this might be an interesting, slightly more structured approach than a Net::Beer event. It would also be nice to know whether someone managed to pull it off in an online format.