BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering 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. Everyone should come prepared to stand up and talk about something - this is interactive
THEME - Technology, Startups, Media ...
Attendees - techies, coders, bloggers, designers, engineers, startups.
Event details
When
- Saturday - 31 March 2007 from 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Where
- University of Nairobi , Civil Engineering Lecture Theater
- Directions
- call 0724-334558 if you get lost
- It's free :)
Contact/Information
Mailing List - http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-nbi?hl=en (Add yourself!)
Sponsors
- Your friendly White African will ensure that everyone has an excuse to get their throats wet. I'll buy the first round of drinks (Riyaz, where can we send donations to this worthy cause?). :)
will hopefully provide a webcast of the event.- WiFi from Ashok and Wananchi
- Wananchi Online
- KENIC
Schedule
Starting at 1pm and going on to 6pm. WhiteBoard outside for signups - in classic BarCamp style
Please suggest venues. Your local kinywaji joint.
Sessions
- Web 2.0 - and how to build local content
- Web 2.0 - what is YouTube. Webcasting
- Web 2.0 - Project Anywhere.Kenya's first world class email service and portal.Private beta
- Web 2.0 - what is MySpace. Social Networks. Mobile social networks in Kenya ? mig33 ...
- Web 2.0 - what is Skype. VoIP
- Web 2.0 - What is Blogger (Mental you want to take this one ? including templates etc)
- Web 2.0 - What is Wikipedia
- Web 2.0 - What is technorati
- Web 2.0 - What is Digg. Showcase swarm, stack, bigspy
- The Halfway Proposition - Richard Bell
- Skunkworks and the development of a startup/development/coding culture in Kenya - Riyaz Bachani
- IS Audit - John Maina
- Mobile applications - Jesse Lulu & Robert Njuguna +1
- WiMAX Broadband - Nick Muttai
- WiMAX Broadband - Sammy Keumai
- .Net Framework - Lawi Mutuma
- Long tail - Felix Kiptum
- VSATs and the new GPRS + DVB satellite broadband - Emmanuel (InterSat)
- VoIP - Asterisk Setup for Business - David Kiania
- VoIP - Asterisk Setup for Communities - Melvin & Co @ JKUAT
- Electronic Ticketing - Gituma Nturibi
- University Dorm LANs in Kenya
- David Kariuki & Nick Muttai (Moi Uni - Eldoret)
- Titus Njoroge & Melvin Obiri (JKUAT)
- Estate networks
- Kenyan GeekCorps
- Broadband in Kenya
- Free WiFi - Wardriving.
- AJAX - what/how/where/why
- LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
- how networks work. OSI.
- how the internet works. BGP.
Topics I would like to hear about
- Who is going to start the first Kenyan weekly podcast?
- The Unpublic - Project Anywhere.Showcase of news and events that never make it to mainstream media.
- Bloggers sharing news that the regular media won't print or talk about
- What opportunities there are in Nairobi for tech guys
- What opportunities there are in Nairobi for designers
- The best and worst of the electronic media in Kenya
Planners
- David Kariuki
- Eric Magutu
- Riyaz Bachani
- Josiah Mugambi
- Nick Muttai
Volunteers
Madsvibe-Mad Vibe
Participants (aka Campers)
1. Michael Nyangweso
2. Mentalacrobatics
3. ashok
4. Madsvibe-Mad Vibe
5. Harry Karanja
6. David Kariuki
7. Eric Magutu
8. Riyaz Bachani
9. Josiah Mugambi
10. Nick Muttai
11. John Maina
12. Jesse Lulu
13. Robert Njuguna
14. Muttai Nick
15. Sammy Keumai
16. Lawi Mutuma
17. Felix Kiptum
18. Emmanuel
19. Gituma Nturibi
20. Timothy Murimi
21. Breda Murphy
22. Ted Muganda
23. Joram Mwinamo
24. Melvin Obiri
25. Brian Muita
26. Ken Oloo
27. Caroline Kathu
(More ladies please!)
Task List
(please cross out when it's done)
Tech
Wifi (ashok (unganisha.org) : I can provide WiFi connectivity, if the venue does not have it.....)
Projector
White Boards
Photo
Video
Audio
Streaming or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech
Venue
Tables and chairs
Name Tags
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag barcampkenya for content related to this event
Who's blogging?
Madsvibe-Mad Vibe
GregoireJapiot on omidyar.net
*lets get some more people here
