As host of the Online Community Camp, Forum One is especially excited about the Unconference book project. For the uninitiated, an unconference is a conference with an agenda and sessions driven entirely by the attendees.

The following quote from this Biz 2.0 article sums up the spirit of an unconference:
“We figured there was much more expertise in the audience than there possibly could be onstage,” says BarCamp co-founder Ryan King.

The wisdom of crowds in action.

It’s exciting that someone is writing a book about unconferences and that the book is being authored collaboratively on the web via a wiki. The project originated in India, and the project team is encouraging global contributors.

Very cool.

The project’s genesis was at Wiki Camp 07 held in Chennai, where the project was announced by Jimmy Wales. Kiruba has more background on Wiki Camp, and some really cool photos of Jimmy visiting his house on his blog.

Thanks to the Somewhat Frank blog for the Unconference book link.