April 8th & 9th 2006 (Saturday & Sunday) Chennai
Latest Developments
1st April - Wi-Fi test-installation at venue. Also 4th organizers lunch meet at 12:00 noon at Anna University Cafeteria.
31st March - Sulekha.com sponsors Rs.10,000
- Wi-Fi equipment sponsor found.
30th March - Double checking things to do
28th March - Breakout sessions, Quiz, Debate to be finalized
- Story on Barcamp in this Sunday’s Economic Times
27th March - Riya.com sponsors Rs.10,000.
- Hospitality planning started.
26th March - Beta version of Tshirt design complete.
- Wonderful BarCamp poster designed by Hitesh Mehta
- More sponsorship drive.
25th March - Succcessful organizers meet. chennaiblog.com Photos here
- Poster design started
- 3rd Organizers meeting at Anna University at 2:30 pm
24th March - Meeting with Dr.Gopal of Computer Science Dept at Anna University
23rd March - Story on Barcamp appears in today's DNA newspaper.
- The beta 2 version of the online white board is ready. Users can try it out here. It is used to schedule presentations online.
22nd March - Sponsorship of Rs.10,000 by 360 Degree Interactive
- Video conference testing with Hyderabad Barcamp Organizers at 10:00 PM
- Economic Times Interview on Barcamps.
- Link to info on Easy steps to edit this wiki' prodvided
21st March - DNA Newspaper Interview on Barcamps.
- Sponsorship of Rs.15,000 by PodBazaar.com
- Reminder mails sent to participants on filling their full information - Mahendran Bala
- Banner Design started - Ravi
- Plan for food started - Ravi
20th March - Wiki clean up.
19th March - 2nd Organizers meet at Pizza Corner
11th March - Sponsorship of Rs.5000 by Rupya.com
Organizers, please update the work status here
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BarCamp is an unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. The BarCampChennai focusses on Web 2.0, Social Media and Next Generation Internet.
BARCamp is an open, welcoming, once-a-year event for geeks to camp out for a couple days with wifi and smash their brains together. It’s about love and geekery and having a focal point for great ideas, like FOOcamp but open.
The event will be free or very close to free. But there's a catch! Partipants are expected to contribute back to the conference by participating actively. "Active participation" might mean giving a presentation, helping with a presentation, blogging or podcasting the event, or whatever other creative ways to contribute people can come up with.
There is no audience. Only participants! This is unlike any conference you have been to before. It's new, it's different and it's going to happen in our city. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers. When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.
NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS
You can learn more about BarCamp here:
Videos
Photos
New York City BarCampNYC - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcn/tags/barcampnyc/
Los Angeles BarCampLA - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcampla/
New Delhi BarCampDelhi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcampdelhi/
Dallas BarCampDallas - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcampdallas/
Austin, Texas - http://flickr.com/photos/whurleyvision/sets/72057594057285817/
What will be Discussed at the BarCamp?
The Next Generation Internet, Web 2.0, Ajax, Mobile Computing, Open Source and such.
Note: The topics to be presented are platform independent and company independent.
If you are interested in a new topic, feel free to add them here.
Why?
To learn, meet people who share different interests, contribute, and push yourself and your thinking.
When?
8th and 9th April 2006. That's Saturday & Sunday. Yayy!
Where?
Anna University. We have two very nice air-conditioned rooms with Wifi at the famous Ramanujan Computing Centre at Anna University. Great support from the Computer Science Dept.
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Confirmed Presentations
- Building Brand 2.0 on Web - Dina Mehta - http://www.DinaMehta.com
- What/Where/Why of Web 2.0/"Live Web" + Demo of TracBac - Narain - http://www.360in.com
- Unconferencing the Conference: The Making of Barcamp - Kiruba Shankar - http://www.Kiruba.com
- SEO techniques & Google AdWords : Ganesh s - http://www.rupya.com
- Blogging as a career -Amit Agarwal -ProBlogger
- Ruby on Rails: The Un-Hype - Vamsee Krishna Kanakala - http://www.viamentis.com
- Project InfraNET: India's Future Depends on IT - Vijay Anand
- Corporate Blogging and Wiki Usage - Toufeeq and Natarajan - Infosys Technologies Ltd
- MindCanvas- Reimagine what online user research can be ..Amit Ranjan - Uzanto
- Atlas - Ajax in .net - Aswin Anand T H, Microsoft Student Partner, Computer Science Engineering Student
- Taazza - Desh,Videsh,Sandesh - Arjun Ram
- Podcasts: On the brink of a new media revolution - Sujatha Jagannathan - Podbazaar
- VoiceSnap - Simplifying Voice Mailing System - Ganesh, Director, Voice Snap Software Limited, ganesh@voicesnap.net, 98404 65375 http://www.VoiceSnap.com
- Rich Internet Applications and Flex - Ramanarayanan K, Engineering Manager, Adobe, rkrishnaiyer AT yahoo DOT com - http://labs.macromedia.com/flexproductline
- Introducing the new 2007 Office System Suite -::Live Demo:: Prathul Prabhakar, Microsoft Student Partner, prathul@gmail.com
- How we built a Web 2.0 Podcast Publishing Platform - Sriram Krishnan - Founder,Podbazaar
- How to contribute to [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubu
