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Webjam 8 Photo Gallery

If there is a Web 2.0 version of heaven, it must be Webjam. Last night Sydney's Bar Broadway was packed to the nines as 18 presenters got three minutes each on stage at Webjam 8 to show off their hot Web work. We were there to see it all go down.
By Renai LeMay, Contributor
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Presenters spent a lot of time looking down at their laptops (typically MacBook Pros) as they demonstrated their work to the audience.

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Elcom marketer and Web entrepreneur Josh Anstey (left) and Builder AU editor Chris Duckett (right).

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Pollenizer co-founder and former Omnidrive and Kazaa CTO Phil Morle (left) and Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes (right).

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Webjam organiser and MC Lachlan Hardy

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This presenter keeps his business card on his shirt courtesy of a QR code.

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One of the first presenters kicks off the night.

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The bar. A number of Webjam sponsors, such as browser company Opera, just kept on topping up the tab.

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One of Opera's team brought his OLPC laptop.

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The main MacBook Pro used for presentations was covered in geeky stickers.

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Just one of a number of cool Web-related T-shirts to be found at Webjam.

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We spotted a Windows Vista T-shirt in the crowd. The wearer, Will Mason, later confirmed he was indeed a Microsoftie.

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The only female presenter talked about local government and Ironman, to popular acclaim.

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Webjam 8 was booked out and it showed.

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Another Opera staffer, with a great shirt.

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One of the last presenters prepped his presentation. Most, if not all of the audience members and presenters, sported some form of smartphone or laptop.

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Another great shirt.

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These cool people got their table (right next to the bar) early and stayed there all night. Admittedly they didn't have the best view of the presenters.

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Does this shirt come from London?

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Riges Younan, CEO of just-launched start-up 2vouch, seemed involved in stuff all over Sydney last night.

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Just one of several Twitter shirts.

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Consultant, author and Twitterer Steve "Doc" Baty.

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TechNation.com.au writer Kim Heras (left) and uTag co-founder, Massive Interactive developer and ePharmacy.com.au founder David Vandenberg.

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Massive Interactive CTO James Mc Parlane.

Barbie beanie? What was he thinking? On the other hand it does look pretty cool. But where do you even buy one of those?

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This presenter made the pretty lights flash on his circuit board. Purty!

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