BarCamp Kerala » admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog All about Kerala and BarCamps Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:04:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 BarCampKerala 7 – Report http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/12/21/barcampkerala-7-report/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/12/21/barcampkerala-7-report/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=453 Links:

21st December 2009, Kottayam: Yesterday was the day of yet another BarCamp in Kerala. Kerala has grabbed the title for conducting the most number of barcamps in India in a year in the last 2 years. The event which sees the community of entrepreneurs, IT professionals, students and business mentors come together in a platform and share their views on their favorite topics was conducted yesterday at the auditorium of Kristu Jyothi College in Chengnasherry, Kottyam.

The remote location of the BarCamp did not deter the 100 odd attendees who came in through interesting ways like carpooling from Trivandrum, Cochin and Calicut and hitchhiking from nearby places. “I cannot believe that this is a event which is organized online totally and even the organizers meet only on the day of the event.” said the first time barcamper Jobi John who is a student in USA currently on his vacation in Kerala.

The sessions of the morning were:

1. BARCAMP KERALA : Kevin Babu – An introduction to BarCamps and its history in Kerala.
2. 2. 3D GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING : Praseed Pai – Introduction to graphics programming and the mathematic equations involved.
3. Building Complex Website the Drupal Way : Fredrik Jonsson – An enlightening session by this Swedish programmer who explained the usage of Drupal for building websites easily and customizing them.
4. Media and Freedom-Kenney Jacob – A debate and argument filled session on how the Old Media is threatened by the New Media and how dangerous is the media corporates with a hidden agenda.

This was followed by a lunch break and a Christmas cake sponsored by the digital marketing firm ayruz web holdings was distributed. This added a special touch to the event in this festive seasion.

Noon sessions

5. Recycling Old Computers using LTSP- By VU2SWX – A thought provoking session which helped attendees to find out new ways of using their old powerless computers as nodes and utilizing it effectively.

6. Innovation-”The UST Global Way”-Harikrishnan Nair -  A session on the importance of events like barcamps and how UST Global encourages innovation in their work culture.

7. Multi Monitor Machines by Binny V A – The advantages of using more than one monitor with your desktop and its disadvantages was shown by Binny VA who uses 3 monitors at his home in Linux.

8. Device management in modern Linux system by Unnikrishnan

The day was winded up with a wonderful discussion led by Mr. Kenney Jacob on the existing conditions for a new startup to bloom in Kerala. This discussion saw entrepreneurs share their troubles, their reason for “starting-up” and about funding and investment.

The Principal  of the MACFAST college  Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil gave a mindblowing talk on startups and his personal appreciation to all entrepreneurs and his open invitation to mentor new business ideas.

In all, the event was an experience all student startups appreciated, an experience for them to learn from those who have been successful and those who have failed.

The next Barcamp got scheduled at MACFAST.The session winded up at 6.15 pm.

This report was based on the live blogging of the event done by YesKerala.

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/12/21/barcampkerala-7-report/feed/ 3 BarCamp Kerala 7 – Christmas Edition http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/11/25/barcamp-kerala-7-christmas-edition/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/11/25/barcamp-kerala-7-christmas-edition/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:37 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=413 Xmas editionThe next instalment of BarCamp Kerala is here! This time the techies will travel to Changanassery, Kottayam, a land known for its religious co-existence and cultural harmony, to attend the seventh edition of the camp.

Kristu Jyoti College of Management and Technology will host the event on 20th December 2009. The college is easily accessible via both rail and road; more details of the venue and a map is available here.

Register yourself for the camp. If you are taking a session, post your session details here.

Date: 20th December, 2009

Venue: Kristu Jyoti College of Management and Technology, Chetipuzha, Changanassery, Kottayam.

Useful Links:

Bring along Christmas cakes and gifts! See ya at the camp ;)

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/11/25/barcamp-kerala-7-christmas-edition/feed/ 1 BarcampKerala 6 Announced! http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/09/16/barcampkerala-6-announced/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/09/16/barcampkerala-6-announced/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:55:31 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=367 Welcome!

The next edition of the BarCampKerala has been announced!!!

Date: 11th October 2009

Venue: Rajagiri College of Engineering, Cochin

The venue is sponsored by the Computer Club of the College. Thanks guys!

Register for the BarCamp | Take a Session | Venue

New to BarCamp? Wikipedia has the answers to everything.

We use Google Groups for discussions on BarCampKerala. We tweet too!

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/09/16/barcampkerala-6-announced/feed/ 7 BarCampKerala 5 Concludes http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-concludes/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-concludes/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 20:09:57 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=343 It was a camp to remember as the camp which saw the evolution of BarCampKerala to the next level. It was fun to meet enthusiastic techies and wannabe techies from all over Kerala.

We are specially thankful to TechnoFirst Magazine, The Hindu and all other regional dailies who covered the event and helped us reach out to future barcampers out there. Also the only other people deserving a thanks are the barcamp organizational volunteers. Thank you for spending time on spending time to code our new blog design, logistics of our custom T-shirts and even more others who helped with pouring in ideas into our email group.

In all, it did ROCK! Do stay in the loop and consider joining our google group and rss so that you can know when the next camp is announced.

P.S: Please do send in your photos, slides and presentations to the webmaster to easy inclusion into the site. It will help those who missed the event this time.

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-concludes/feed/ 1 BarCampKerala 5 – Photos http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-photos/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-photos/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 10:50:30 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=335 These are some of the pictures we received from the attendees of BarCampKerala5. Check them out and if you can, send in your pictures to us thru the contact form or by the comments below!

http://picasaweb.google.com/juwalbose/BarcampKerala5

http://picasaweb.google.com/jinzabraham/BarCampKerala5

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinsabraham/

More photos will be uploaded to our official gallery as soon as we finish processing them :)

http://www.barcampkerala.org/photos

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/04/barcampkerala-5-photos/feed/ 1 BarCampKerala 5 – Sessions http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/03/barcampkerala-5-sessions/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/03/barcampkerala-5-sessions/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 06:28:09 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=330 1. Kenney Jacob on Technopark TBI Incubation Basics, benefits and the how what and which.  (The slide is being uploaded now.)

2. Young Kerala by Rajesh Venugopal -

Young Kerala Technopark

Collaborative Calculation of Value of Pi

Peep Into Pi

View more presentations from vishnu.

Technopark Incubation – The how, the what and which of it!

Technopark TBI And Incubation- BarCamp

View more presentations from kenney.

Programming – What they do not teach you in college.

Development: What They Don't Teach You in College
View more presentations from Binny V a.
]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/03/barcampkerala-5-sessions/feed/ 3 BarCampKerala 5 – The Hindu Coverage http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/01/barcampkerala-5-the-hindu-coverage/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/01/barcampkerala-5-the-hindu-coverage/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:02:11 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=325 We have been covered by The Hindu!

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]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/05/01/barcampkerala-5-the-hindu-coverage/feed/ 2 BarCampKerala Season 5 update! http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/22/barcampkerala-season-5-update/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/22/barcampkerala-season-5-update/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:50:26 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=322 Our Google Group has never been more active! Discussions on live streaming, promotions, barcamp tees, sessions and everything else is going on in full swing. I thought I would drop on to invite you guys following the blog to the google group at

http://groups.google.com/group/barcampkerala

Join in, share your valuable inputs and lets rock this barcamp!! All the organizing and management of the barcamps happen on this group.

Update #1

The venue as you already know is Technopark. and the exact location has been now confirmed as Malabar Hall, which is a popular location inside Technopark.

Update #2

If you want a cool BarCampKerala T-Shirt , get in touch with kenney.jacob@gmail.com or me(Anand Subramanian) at as.subramanian@gmail.com for booking one in advance as there are only 50 nos. being ordered this time. The price of the tee will be around 200. This is a great opportunity to buy yourself a memorabilia for the event and cherish it for a long time (as long as the t-shirt lasts!) ;)

Update #3

Calling all Volunteers!

We need people to take care of the following on the day of the event.

  • Logistics
  • Registraton/T-shirt collection desk
  • Live Twitter Coverage of the event.
  • Live Blogging and uploading of presentations of the event.
  • Event Photography
  • Tech support for Dummies
  • General Volunteers

Do leave a comment if you are game in organizing one of Keralas’ coolest unconference :)

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/22/barcampkerala-season-5-update/feed/ 0 Blogging about BarCampKerala http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/07/blogging-about-barcampkerala/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/07/blogging-about-barcampkerala/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:15:40 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=286 Did you blog about BarCampKerala? This is the place to tell us about it! BarCamps being limited in budget, rely on the word of the mouth for promotions and publicity!

If you are a blogger, tweeter or anything’er just tell your friends about the event and we will update your contribution here:

Blog Posts

Put in your blog posts in the comments below and we will update it as soon as we insanely can! :) Lets rock!

]]> http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/04/07/blogging-about-barcampkerala/feed/ 4 BarCampKerala5 is Announced http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/03/24/barcampkerala5-is-announced/ http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/2009/03/24/barcampkerala5-is-announced/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:55:30 +0000 admin http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/?p=262 Its official guys. This summer is BarCampKerala5. The venue is technopark campus, on the 3rd of May 2009. We already have registrations pouring in, and sessions coming up. The sessions page was having technical problems, so if you tried to add your sessions prior to this post, it is most probably not on the site. Do add it up again.

Also, this barcamp is done in conjunction with Technopark, who will provide us with the venue and hopefully free wifi ;)

All about BarCampKerala5

Register for the BarCamp | Take a Session | Venue

New to BarCamp? Wikipedia has the answers to everything.

We use Google Groups for discussions on BarCampKerala. We tweet too!

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