A session at Foo Camp last weekend put on by Christy Canida and Jane McGonigal was meant to teach "things like empathy, how to play a role in a larger group, confidence in social settings, and supporting them in creating meaningful relationships online and in the real world." Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales seems to have spent it text messaging — click for the full photo. Have a better caption? The best one will become the new headline. Friday's winner: "The number of good ideas I've had" by [Fake] Michael Arrington. (Photo by Jane McGonigal)

With 600 conferencegoers, attendance is down, but not dramatically. It's not a boycott; it's a borecott. But 600 followers devoted enough to trek to Alexandria are more than enough to puff up Wales's ego. They think they're attending a conference; like the postadolescents ringing Wales at Foo Camp, they're really just playing his game.

Ordinary hackers have to drive two hours to get to the rural Northern California town of Sebastopol to attend Foo Camp, the Tim O'Reilly-sponsored geekfest. Google cofounder Larry Page? He shows up in a helicopter, landing on a reserved patch of grass. Just another perk of being one of the richest nerds on the planet. (Photo by Marc Davis)

• A compelling play-by-play of the goings-on at FOO Camp '06. We don't know about you, but starting the day watching Kevin Rose popping a zit at an Addictive Users seminar and ending with Moshe Cohen entertaining the masses with his zany clownish antics is well worth the privilege of being a Friend of O'Reilly. [Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog]

This past weekend, whether you know it or not, dozens of Silicon Valley socialites camped out with tech publisher Tim O'Reilly in Sebastopol for this year's Foo Camp, cookin' up ideas and impressing eager reporters, same as every year.

• Unless you're a Friend of Tim O'Reilly, you're not invited to his Foo Camp. So you can't go; I just wanted to remind you of that. [Upcoming]