Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Upcoming Events
FoU Camp, Foss.in and Barcamp Bangalore in a row.
Tomorrow is FoU Camp, the sorta-annual gathering of members of Silk-list. Silk is now nine years old and easily among the more interesting lists I’m on. With attendees coming in from across the country, and some from around the world, this will be one event well worth attending.
Last year, six of us went to Coonoor for an extended weekend, discussed topics ranging from burnout to what it means to be a hacker, and took lots of pictures of the camp, and tea estates. This time the location is Bangalore, and a lot more people are attending. If you’re interested, join the list.
Barcamp Bangalore 2 is next weekend. You may recall the previous iteration in April, when we gathered 150 people into Yahoo!’s reception area for a day of unstructured discussions. Jess and I made plans then for what the next iteration would be like, partly resulting in FoU. Having not the bandwidth to organise another Barcamp however, we announced the list’s closing, when a new team sprang into action. They’ve done a great job putting it together.
The focus this time is on startups. Over 90 have been invited to participate. The list of registered attendees is already longer than April’s. This Barcamp will be on Dec 2 & 3 in the conference rooms of Thoughtworks, on Airport road. Register if you haven’t already.
The unacknowledged elephant in the room is, of course, Foss.in (I wish they had an appropriately sized image that I could use here). Now in its sixth year, this event has grown to be a significant gravity centre. It’s largely responsible for the date and attendee list of FoU Camp. I’ve been off the FOSS circuit lately, having wandered into open standards and other realms of intellectual property, but it’s hard to miss this event given its far-reaching impact.
FoU Camp has no event charges. Everyone covers their own. Barcamp is free thanks to sponsor support. Foss.in has a minimal cover charge, intended to ensure entry is limited to those who really want to be there. Pre-registrations close today. Hurry up!