Yesterday, I attended LaidOffCamp in San Francisco, which if accuracy is the goal, should have been called something closer to WorkCamp.

The point was to bring together both folks who’ve been laid off (God knows there’s a lot of them right now) as well as people who are untraditionally employed (think freelancers) in a loose “unconference” format where topics and presenters are decided on the spot. You’d expect some sort of screaming match to erupt in this intentional disorganization, but amazingly the whole shindig went off without a hitch.

24-year-old San Franciscan Chris Hutchins was inspired to create LaidOffCamp in January after being laid off himself. Since then, many more planned LaidOffCamps have sprung up around the nation and there has even been international interest, which speaks to the fragile state of the global economic system, if anything.

Throughout the day, I sat in on sessions on Startup Basics, Building a Resume 2.0, Def Leppard Networking (yes, you heard that right), and Freelancing Tools to name a few.

Lucky for you I documented the whole experience and also got the opportunity to sit down with Chris in between his New York Times and other media interviews. Here’s what you missed and what Chris had to say: