BarcampBangalore 3: An event to be cherished

This was my third BarCamp and I should admit that "It was one of the most memorable unconferences I have ever attended Great effort by Jace,Arpit,Kesava and his team for organizing such an event.

So,what was different for me in BCB3 as compared to BCB2?
The event (particularly the second day) was excellent and everyone enjoyed the second day a lot.It was discussion and networking for the two days of the event.I met all the old timers in BCB3- Shiv,Ashwin,Kiruba,Syed(K & S of the Knowledge Foundation fame)

Also, after the end of BCB3,I had good conversation with the guys from MobileMonday,Bangalore-Rajan and Rajiv....Along with this,met many Entrepreneurs and to -be Entrepreneurs.Looks like I would get good help for setting up my venture Anyways,below is one of the photos(At least I look smart in Photos ), where I am there with my "Love-The laptop"

BarCampBangalore3: Day 2 - ThinFone demo by Sedna Wireless

Rajiv Poddar is the founder of Sedna Wireless,a Banaglore based startup and he gave a demo of his product called ThinFone.You can know more about Sedna here

There was a demo of the product by Sedna which is slated for release in Summer 2007.The demo is available in a movie file which would be uploaded on Youtube and hence have not recorded much

Below is a small insight into what ThinFone is all about :

ThinFone is a WLAN device which acts as a cordless extension to your PC and provides VoIP Call Transfer and Audio Streaming facilities. It is 802.11 b/g compliant and comes with inbuilt speaker, microphone, antenna, battery and USB port. It is Skype, Yahoo Messenger and GTalk compatible provides VoIP call transfer capability for all these clients. It can also be used to stream high quality audio from the computer playing any kind of locally stored, CD or an Internet Radio service.

The ThinFone System consists of a Server software and the handset device. The Server software is installed on a computer running Windows XP. The ThinFone system has been designed for residential users and requires a pre-installed 802.11 b/g wireless router along with the broadband connection.

The video would be available on my blog once it is available

BarCampBangalore3 : Day 2 - Podcast workshop by Kiruba Shankar

Kiruba Shankar is one of the early stage blogger's in India and has been podcasting for Podtech.He had a few tips for people who are new to podcasting and who have the myth that Podcasting is difficult

Q. Why don't many people podcast just has people do blogging?
There were mixed reactions which are given below:

• Consumption is not easy
• Equipment is very costly and hence many people don't prefer podcasting
• More preparation is needed
• Editing
• Quite environment
• Permission
• No easy application
• Good Content

Ans. Some of the answers given by Kiruba were a. Podcasting is not a geeky stuff but is also not so simple You just need a PC, Headset with a mic to do a podcast and none of the equipments are costly.Audacity is one of the best softwares to edit audio and damn,it is available for free.Some of the best podcast sites are PodBazaar,Odeo

Q. What is one of the most important things you need to focus in a podcast?
More preparation and content is very much important for a good podcast

He touched upon Mobile Podcasting which is very prevalent in western countries but is in a nascent stage in India

14 Mantras for a good podcast:

1. Podcasts should be short( maximum of 10 minutes)
   
2. Be passionate about your subject
3. Have fun
4. Segmentize
5. Cram good stuff
6. Edit and than edit again
7. Continuously improve
8. Be regular
9. Invest in equipments
10. Get a buddy
11. Preferably a girl
12. Use music
13. Time stamp
14. Subscribe to every feed

More would follow once the slide is up on SlideShare

Ashwin of CruiseManiac has also covered the session here

BarCampBangalore3: Day 1 in a nutshell

I could not blog many of the events(live),which I attended since my laptop was drained out and later on,I had some problems with my internet connectivity.But again SlideShare came to the rescue and I was able to find few Slides on SlideShare.Two of the sessions are given below:

Web 2.0 Social Blogging Platform

This session was given by Vibhash(8th Semester student) and I had spoken to him during my lunch break.I was impressed with his passion and excitement and I am sure he would go a long way .Below is a session on his blogging platform called bForBlogs

Widgets and Open Standards - Opera

This session was given by Vivek and Navjot from Opera Software,Chandigarh.The session was excellent and the debate was all about widgets with the Opera Browser.There was a debate as to whether the opera widgets would work with Firefox I guess everyone knows the answer

Fortunately Ashwin had blogged about it and you can an excellent coverage here
More updates on Day 1 would soon follow and I would definitely try to cover everything live tomorrow

Unconference for Geeks on the way: BarCampBangalore3

So,finally I managed to get up early at around 6:30AM(damn,6:30 AM is too early for me ) and reached Indian Institute of Management(IIMB) at around 8:15 AM.Yup,I was very early at the BCB3 and this time I had good company of my fellow blogger Ashwin.

Finally, I managed to get a place where I could have the adaptor connected to the laptop so,blogging live would be great fun

Check out session list in a small diagram below

Till than let me read something and get me in the mood

BarCamp days are back and now it is BCB3 !!!

The days of unconferences are back.Yes,Bar Camp,Bangalore is back and this time it is being tagged as "Bar Camp Bangalore3".Even though the Logo of the unconference not yet finalized , there are already 90+ participants who have already registered for the event.

Do not miss the opportunity to Network,Learn and Share knowledge so, quickly register for the event here before it's too late.

You can check out some of the BarCamp Bangalore 3 logos designed by Vijay Kiran here .Good work Vijay