Lunch 2.0 - No such thing as a free lunch...?

It's good to see that the social networking activities of geeks isn't restricted to interactions online....

It's good to see that the social networking activities of geeks isn't restricted to interactions online.

Lunch 2.0, apparently, is

a social phenomenon referring to a migration of web 2.0 company employees to other offices around the Silicon Valley area; characterized by open communication and freedom to share food and ideas

Interesting... and the phenomenon seems to have been spreading...

• San Franscisco
• Los Angeles
• San Diego
• New York
• Canada
• Berlin
• Amsterdam
• Bangalore

And informality is the key. Photos...

The concept has spawned some spinoffs... Oracle's The No Slide Zone, for example

"It's like the best bits of a conference, without having to go to the lectures" (CJ, Oracle)

Of course, no one can pretend that these subtle mixes of informality, networking and creativity are in any way exclusive to the Web2.0 or the IT world. There are plenty of other professions that play this game... marketing... training... Scottish lawyers... Irish technologists...

Could it be that Web2.0 is actually encouraging folks to actively speak to each other...? We live in hope!

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