Comments | jace: The Bangalore Barcamp

jace

The Bangalore Barcamp

Mar 21, 2006 10:45

Plans are afoot for a Bangalore edition of Barcamp. Barcamp is an “Unconference”, an event where we eliminate the panel of speakers and let the attendees do the talking, on the assumption that most attendees are also knowledgeable and, being unencumbered by the formality of stage, more likely to make interesting conversation ( Read more... )

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themadman March 21 2006, 06:09:52 UTC

Maybe I can teach some cooking. :p

jace March 21 2006, 06:28:33 UTC

Come in, come in. Serious.

themadman March 21 2006, 06:36:21 UTC

Judging by the list of topics, it seems to be pretty much a tech get-together. I may not have a problem with that, but I was reading your group post about including architects, artists, and all those other folks, and right now, it doesn't seem so inviting to them.

jace March 21 2006, 06:38:27 UTC

That was a template list lifted from somewhere. It'll hopefully change as people sign up.

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ex_ga_woo March 21 2006, 10:21:28 UTC

How will this be an unconference if most of the time most of the people are not knowledgeable about the topic at hand?

I think the reason tech unconferences work (I've never been to one) is because tech geeks have a cursory knowledge of everything techie and so can participate regardless of the particular technical topic at hand. I don't think a generic geek unconference is possible. It could be, at most, an event with a bunch of talks and an enthusiastic audience.

Or maybe I'm just wrong about what BarCamp is supposed to be. I don't know.

jace March 21 2006, 11:38:21 UTC

What if, say, the talk were on traffic? You don't have to be a traffic geek to understand the nuances of traffic management. Anyone who faces traffic can appreciate it ( ... )

manubhardwaj April 9 2006, 21:55:10 UTC

You don't have to be a traffic geek to understand the nuances of traffic management. Anyone who faces traffic can appreciate it.

It's 3am, and I'm not all that eager to argue about this, but what you say isn't true IMHO. There's a big difference between appreciating traffic management (which is what you and I can't do in Bangalore) and understanding its nuances: an uncle of mine, Anantharamaiah, was a professor at IIMB with a PhD in Transportation Management; it's a completely different ballgame.

jace April 10 2006, 02:08:39 UTC

True, good catch. I was aiming for the bringing about awareness side of things. Sadly, it seems this Barcamp will be overrun by the Web 2.0 crowd.

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anonymous March 21 2006, 11:59:42 UTC

I was hoping you-know-who wouldn't be involved, but I guess he just cannot resist acting like an asshole even on the mailing list.

Sheesh, some people just don't grow up.

themadman March 21 2006, 13:54:12 UTC

There is no need to insult Jace like that. ;)

hserus March 21 2006, 14:54:01 UTC

The madras (i still refuse to call it "chennai") barcamp is even more tech loaded than the bangalore one :(

Oh well - if its just random bloggers with tech (or quasi tech) backgrounds getting together ..

premshree March 21 2006, 15:06:51 UTC

Doesn't there seem to be too much planning (of sorts) going on for the event?

jace March 21 2006, 15:10:22 UTC

Just finalisation of date and venue. Some of us would like a 2-day event, which would require advance planning, but otherwise it could easily be done this weekend or the next.

premshree March 21 2006, 15:42:49 UTC

Cool, I hope it's that way and that not everything is "planned" as such.

mannu March 21 2006, 15:45:33 UTC

Well, it's mostly "unplanning" :)