Welcome to Barcamp Nairobi '08!

 

 

When: Saturday, June 21

Time: 10am - 5pm (of course, this goes later, and I would stick around for any evening fun and conversation...)

Where: Jacaranda Hotel - (website) - (Google Map)

[UPDATE: venue was officially changed to the Jacaranda Hotel in Westlands, sorry for any confusion. We will NOT be meeting at the 680 any longer.]

 

Pictures are found at Flickr.

 

DEVELOPERS SURVEY: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p-OKIX4Q1IHF41jDIydEEZg&email=true

 

Barcamp Nairobi '08 is an unconference made up of of technical professionals, Internet enthusiasts, bloggers, designers and other clever people in the Nairobi area who wish to share and learn in an open environment.

 

Attendees don't just watch a set list of speakers. They give their own talks. Podcasting. Web standards. Microformats. Gum stick computers. Physical security. Robotics. Evolutionary algorithms. It can be anything. This event is not just for stuffy developer types - one of the best barcamp presentations ever given was about sandwiches. Barcamp is whatyou make of it.

 

Still want to know more? Here's what you can expect.

 

Blog it

Don't forget to proclaim your attendance in typical Web 2.0 fashion on your blog, Upcoming, and Facebook, too!

 

Please use the tag barcampnairobi for content related to this event.

 

Advertise it

Print and pin up the poster at your office, cyber, shop...

 

Click the image to get the full size version or grab the PDF Version

Many thanks to Gichingiri Kuria for the ubercool poster!

 

Sponsor it

Why? Show your support for the local geek culture in Kenya for starters. The whole event is free for attendees and put on through the goodwill of the community. We're looking for more sponsors to cover some of the costs of putting this together. If you are that person, or know an organization that should, have them contact Josiah Mugambi, Erik Hersman or Riyaz Bachani.

 

So far, we have sponsorships by, Ushahidi (t-shirts) and O'Reilly (bags).

 

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Sponsorship by Erica Lee, PR maven of Strategiclee in Silicon Valley, to cover the cost of the hotel. How's that for global reach!? She's good, very good, at what she does.

 

Ever hacked hardware as well as software? Bug Labs is going to let us borrow one of their brand new BUGbundles. Check out their site, you need to know Java. This one is gonna be a blast!

 

WordPress has sent in a bunch of stickers and pins for all the bloggers in the crowd.

 

Images of all the schwag on the Barcamp Nairobi '08 Facebook group.

 

Book Giveaways:

For those who show up, register and take a small survey on Saturday, you'll have a chance to win one of the following books:

 

• Games & Puzzles - O'Reilly
• Zappos.com Culture: Powered by Service
• Smart & Gets Things Done - Joel Spolsky
• The Myths of Innovation - Scott Berkun
• The Javascripty Anthology - Sitepoint
• Web Services Essentials - O'Reilly
• The Best Software Writing I - Joel Spolsky
• Google Web Toolkit Applications - Ryan Dewsbury
• Game Design: From Blue Sky to Green Light - Deborah Todd
• Designing with Web Standards - Jeffrey Zeldman

 

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Registration

So, you're planning to attend? GREAT, add your name to the list below by "editing" the page (password is c4mp). The easiest way to do the table below is to just copy and past the line from the guy before you, then edit that for your information.

 

Add your name, your blog or website, what you'd like to talk about, your interests and t-shirt size. T-shirts sponsored by Ushahidi. We need you registered with appropriate size listed no later than June 16th in order to get one.

 

Name	Blog or Website	Topic	Interests	T-shirt (S/M/L/XL)
Cynthia Wayodi	e-commerce, online videos	anything web	blogging, design	womens XXL
Patrick Kibue	stocks, GSM	Netwowking and GSM	blogging, design	Mens XXL
Erik Hersman	White African, AfriGadget, Ushahidi	Crowdsourcing and mapping	blogging, maps, design	Mens XXL
Josiah Mugambi	blog, stockskenya,skunkworks	Not Sure Yet, Community Dev	Tech & Community Dev, Blogging, Telecoms	Mens L
Laban Mwangi	Blog, PenguinLabs	Not Sure Yet, OpenSource	Hacking.. Hardware hacks	Mens M
Nick Othieno	N/A	Linux as a development platform for Electrical Engineers	Real time Systems, Digital Signal Processing (Sound Codecs and Software Defined Radio)	Mens L
Philip Njenga	N/A	N/A	VoIP,Programming(VAS),Unified Communication Solutions	Mens L
Daudi Were	Mentalacrobatics, KenyaUnlimited, GenerationKenya	I'll do the Podcasts	citizens'/grassroots/social media, connectivity, programming	Mens XXL
Kelvin Ngare	N/A	Not sure Yet	Hacking	Mens M
Kiprono Felix Kiptum	Helule , Lighting Up Kenya	Not sure Yet	Mobile and Facebook development, web mapping, Renewable Energy, Photogrammetry, 3D Modelling	Mens M
Paul Njuguna	Lighting Up Kenya	Renewable Energy	SMS Services, Renewable Energy	Mens XXL
Brian Muita	69mb	TBA	Mobile & Web application Dev	Mens L
Steve Munyaka	N/A	TBA	Mobile & Web application Dev, VOIP, Telecomms,Servers	Mens L
Gituma Nturibi	The Gitts Zone	thinking about one	Blogging, Photography, Telcoms, Aviation	Mens XXL
Solomon Mwangi	Frontline Interactive	user generated content, Syndication	Web development, Ms servers, rss, xml	Mens XL
Kahenya Kamunyu	Kahenya, Virn Instruments	Open Source, Creative Commons, Open Business Models, Incubators	Linux, Open Source, Creative Commons and Open Business Models	Mens M
Elias Mageto	Jamati Online African Scholar	Open Content Networks, Syndication	Connectivity, Local Content	Mens XXL
Simon Munyu	Sina blog site	KDE development and customization	dancing,exploring fedora, general noisemaking,guitar, art and design	Mens XL
Riyaz Bachani	skunkworks,Wananchi	Broadband is here - Where are the Devs ?	Free Food	Mens XL
Miano Njoka	coming soon	Recommender Systems	Artificial Intelligence, Systems Programming	Mens L
Mbugua Njihia	symbiotic.co.ke, zunguka.com, soma.co.ke	Developing sticky mwananchi services	mobile app devlopment, messaging, LBS	Mens L
Ken Teyie	http://businessinfocus.blogspot.com	Africa development and Business Integration	Blogging Africa into the 21st Century	Mens L
Kevin Mwanza	Kainvestor, Nairobist	Africa development and Business Integration	Business Blogging	Mens XL
Clement Ongera	leopardke.com, cnongera	N/A	mobile app devlopment, messaging, LBS, Android, J2me, Web 2.0	Mens s
Peperuka	Peperuka	Wordpress Optimization Tips – Steps to optimize your blog - It's here.	Webpublishing - PHP/MySQL/AJAX/JSON/XML/XSL, Domaining, Google & SEO, local e-commerce & affiliates opportunities	Mens XL
Tyrus Kamau	JKUAT ICT Committee	InfoSec, Network Footprinting and netblock discoveries all in Perl	Intelligent Networks, Web 2.0, Blackberry technology, Virtualization	Mens XXL
LILIAN ALIWA	N/A	N/A	Internet Programming, Web Design	Women S
Liz Mwambui	Kenya Forests Working Group Blog	Not sure, maybe blogging a not very sexy subject	Design, photography, conservation, the importance of being earnest when talking about forests	Women's S
Eric Magutu	skunkworks	Not sure yet	Networks, Mobile applications, Open source	Mens XL
Oscar Gatamah	N/A	Not sure yet	Networks, Mobile applications, Open source	Mens XL
ogola allela	N/A	enterprise open source	sql,mashups, Open source	Mens L
Emily Nyagaki	N/A	Not sure yet	Anything interesting	Women S
Irene Wamachi	N/A	N/A	Mobile Applications Development, Networking	Women's S
Valentine Wambui	N/A	Not sure yet	Enterprise Application Development, SaaS, Collaboratoin tools(conferencing)	Womens XL
Arthur Buliva	Tips And Tricks	"Kamusi blog widget", Software Localization	RSS Feeds, Java, Food, Women, Translations and Localization	Mens L
Ken Mwangi	N/A	Not sure yet	M-Commerce,Social networks and emerging technologies	Mens L
Nancy Bosire	N/A	Not sure	new technologies and innovations, mobile technology, softwares...ICT in general	Women's L
Mark Mwongela	[N/A]	Web 2.0 and Web 3.0	What's in it for us designers, benefits, is there anyone out there who is standard's hungry ...among other ideologies in Web Interface design	Mens L
KenyanPoet	KenyanPoet	Citizen Journalism, Future of book publishing in the wake of emerging technology,E-publishing,Using the net to promote Art	Poetry,Performing & Fine Art,Culture preservation,blogging,citizen journalism,local content generation	Women L
Joseph Ngunjiri	Kenyanbooks,Maisha yetu	Media, Book critique and Reviews	Citizen Journalism,Blogging	Men L
The Figure(TM)	SportsKenyan	Sports and media, International marketing of Kenyan sports	Blogging,Sports management,	Men XL
RONALD N NDUKO	N/A	N/A	MOBILE communication,fibre optics,network security ,database administration and management	Men L
ENOCK MOSIOMA	N/A	N/A	Website Design and Construction using php, mySQL, Javascript, ajax, css, xHTML, wiki. Mobile Computing and Wireless Communication	Men L
Steve Muchai	N/A	N/A	Open Source, Multimedia, Telecoms, Delivery Networks	Men XL
Dipesh Pabari	http://sukumakenya.blogspot.com	Blogging, Multimedia, Social Networking,	IT for positive change	Men M
Nicholas Loki	N/A	Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)	Mobile app and Web development	Men M
Jude Mwenda	http://www.simbawayuda.blogspot.com	The inherent need to INTEGRATE	Joomla Consultancy and ERP patchup and implementation	Men M
Timothy Kyalo	http://blog.nerd.co.ke/gizmo	Not quite sure	A bit of everything not M$	Men XL
Titus Njoroge	N/A	Can we stop talking?	Linux, Networks, Telecoms, Ideas	Men XL
David Maina	N/A	N/A	Open Source/LINUX,Networks,Telecoms	Men XL
Martin Kamau	N/A	N/A	Telecoms, Social Networks, open source, E-Commerce	Men M
Otiende Rombo	Jajuok,Web Intentions	MMS,Data in telecoms for local content delivery:What is the role of developers?	Social Networks,Mobile Apps,Opensource,VAS In telecoms	Mens L
Steve Oyugi	[http://www.peda-peda.blogspot.com]	a, b, c of blogging	politics Photography, Blogging, freelance journalism, advertising, screenwriting	Men XL
Zeph Kibet Lagat	http://www.mamasearch.co.nr	N/A	E-commerce,M-commerce, ERP,Finance	Men M
James Gathogo		Google Apps and me	Web Development (getting there!)	Mens XL
Hildah Makandi	N/A	Advancing Technology in Kenya	All modes of Communication,Social Networks,Open sour
Phylis Wangari		N/A	N/A
Andrew Limo	N/A	Advancing Technology in Kenya	e-Government	Webmail
Nelson Munyiri	[N/A]	Electronics,civil engineering	linux,Tech stuff and dancing	Men XL
Benson Orina	Orinaandpartners.com	j2ee	software engineering, j2ee, linux, web 2.0, ajax, broadband	N/A
Ann Kirigo	N/A	open source software	women's XL
Tony Banks	N/A	Linux Security	Oracle Application Express 3.0
Gilbert Arum	[N/A]	Multimedia	Business Innovation, Tech stuff	Men XXL
Roy Kimathi	[N/A]	Multimedia	Microsoft stuff, Telecoms	Men XL
Justus Njue	[N/A]	Blogging	Software and web design, Development ideologies	Men L
Kevin Mwangi	[N/A]	Unsure	Software and web development ideologies	Men L
Krishna sarath	broadband	Operations and maintnance	internet and networking	Men L

 

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