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Before it was over, some 40 people took part in the OneWebDay celebration in Vienna, Austria. Most came thanks to the generous cooperation of Quintessenz.org, an Austrian EFF-like posse. But some were there thanks to net-o-genic serendipity -- let me explain. (a) I didn't remember that Lee Dryburgh was a part-time Vienna resident until I saw him on my Skype buddy list with "Vienna GMT+2" by his name. Lee and his girlfriend showed up. (b) On some list or other Elliot Noss mentioned in passing that he would be in Vienna. I emailed him, and learned that he and his wife would arrive from the airport around 1800! And they did!!!

Of course Dave Farber and I were there -- that decision was at least two weeks old. The Quintessenz gang decided to host the event, oh, maybe 36 hours ago, and they did the bulk of the heavy lifting, including a competent remix of the OneWebDay logo for local consumption (lousy photo, sorry):



Here's an early picture of the crew, taken while there was still daylight:


Here's one of Dave Farber and me in the Quintessenz office, cruising for OneWebDay info while Big Brother looks over our shoulder:


Here's Erich Moechel, who does the Big Brother Awards with Simon Davies:


Here's Erich and Adrian on what "OneWebDay means to me." (video at 11):


And here's another shot of the celebration!

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