Barcamp Bangalore Again!

originally written by the100rabh

Barcamp Bangalore 7 is announced to be on 13-14 Sept 2008. Its an event where there are no spectators, only participants.

Barcamps turn around the notion of a formal conference by eliminating the distinction between speakers and delegates. Everyone is a participant, and is equally welcome to propose a discussion, speak up or add to on a topic they are familiar with. Barcamps are organized and evangelized largely through the web by a community driven, collective organizational process using a wiki as a tool. A Barcamp consists of sessions proposed and scheduled each day by attendees, mostly on-site and “on the fly”, typically using white boards or paper taped to the wall. While Barcamps are loosely structured, there are rules. All attendees are encouraged to present, facilitate or contribute to a session. Everyone is also asked to share information and experiences of the event, both live and after the event, via blogging, photo sharing, social bookmarking, wiki-ing, and IRC.

You can register a.k.a. participate using the following options

1. Take a session or discussion - http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Sessions
2. Suggest a talk you would like to hear. - http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Talk_Ideas
3. Give a Demo of your product - http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Demos
4. Volunteer - http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Volunteers

More on Barcamps at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp

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Bomb blasts rock Bangalore - is the old news now. When I heard it first time, instead of going to any news site I went to twitter. My colleagues were searching for this on news channels, but they were unable to get latest updates. Sooner they all surrounded me to see latest updates on twitter. Even I started updating to twitter on whatever I know.

Within few minutes of blast news, Laxman (@Scorpion032) created a twitter bot which automatically gets tweets with Bangalore & re-tweets it. But the idea didn’t continued to work because of too many updates containing Bangalore. Arun Ram (@arunram) started a twitter ID for those who wants to update they are safe & unable to use their mobile phones. In another few minutes bangalore has become top keyword on summize (now search.twitter.com).

Tons os tweets about Bangalore started pouring in & http://search.twitter.com/search?q=bangalore responded well to show real time updates about Bangalore Blast. @Mukund started updating details about Bangalore Blasts which were really interesting. Twitter has become great medium of communication in these critical conditions.

Try http://search.twitter.com for latest updates on anything you want. If you still not on Twitter, sign up at www.twitter.com. If you like you can follow my updates on twitter at http://twitter.com/hnprashanth

Kickstart.in is organizing a full day conference for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs on Sunday, the 15th of June ‘08 at IIM Bangeluru.

KickStart is a not-for-profit initiative aimed at promoting entrepreneurship. Driven by the popularity and success of Barcamps and Mobile Mondays in Bangeluru where some of the founding members of KickStart have been involved with, KickStart has been founded to support entrepreneurs and promote entrepreneurship.

A lot of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs want to learn from others who have been there and done that. This conference is called “Special Startup Saturday”, after “Startup Saturday”, a monthly event for entrepreneurs held on the second Saturday of every month.

Special Startup Saturday has been designed with an array of talks and workshops on specific topics which entrepreneurs want to learn about. A number of seasoned entrepreneurs and experts on entrepreneurship have come forward to address these issues. The conference also features an interactive session on writing a business plan.

A list of talks and schedule for the event follows:
Session 1 - Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
Session 2 - Idea Validation
Session 3 - Business Plan - Basics
Session 4 - Technology and IPR
Session 5 - Product Management and Marketing
Session 6 - Legal aspects of setting up your own company
Session 7 - Selling + How to talk to a VC
Session 8 - Panel Discussion

For further details, please contact-

1. Amit Singh, Kickstart.in - +91 98863 14456 email : amit@kickstart.in
2. Tarun Bansal, Kickstart.in +91 93410 41776 email : tarun.tarunbansal@gmail.com
3. Anand Prakash Jangid +91 98454 67835 email : anandjangid@gmail.com
4. Kunalkant Sen + 91 92410 09423 email : kunalkantsen@gmail.com
5. Rajeev Kumar +91 98861 94776 email : raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com

There is no Registration Fee. The schedule, agenda and registration details can be found at www.startupsaturday.in

Reliance has updated tariff plans for it’s Wi Max broadband service. It has come up with buisiness plans with static IP. There are some minor changes in Single user plans, installation charges are changed. And in multi user pack “Static IP” is offered You can get more details about Reliance wimax at http://www.techbangalore.com/reliance-wimax-internet-connection-in-bagalore/

Following is the new tariff:

Single User:

Multi User:

For more queries & getting a connection contact Irfan M Shaikh, 9986018604

So many cool products are built in Bangalore and gets rolled out in global markets. Surely you want to meet management of those startups, see their product and learn about new technologies they use.

The SmartTechie is organizing Startup City on Saturday May 24, 2008 at Nimhans Convention Center in Bangalore. This is a technology showcase event wherein cool startups demo the products they are building. There will be over 60 startup companies.

- Watch live product demonstrations
- Get a peek into cutting edge technologies
- Lay hands on the best-of-breed solutions
- Meet young, energetic, passionate geeks
- Experience the culture of innovation
- Learn new technologies

Some of the companies at the Startupcity include:
MetricStream, Sloka Telecom, Sonic Wall, mobisy, Pramati, Yodlee, Netmagic Solutions, SOA Matrix, NetWeb Technologies,Druvaa, Soliton, Axiom DA.
Many more companies will be there.

FEATURING
Visionary Keynotes
In-depth Panel Discussions
Happy Hours
Bird-of-a-Feather Gathering

Some of the speakers include:
Ajit Balakrishnan, founder & CEO, Rediff.com
Sharad Sharma, CEO, Yahoo! India
Paul Murphy, Director of Innovation, Microsoft India
Suresh Vedula, Head - Business Mobility, Nokia India
Rajendra Mishra, Change India Movement
Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures

There will be exciting sessions on:
From Concept to Success:: Milestones for startups
Where VCs Are Investing? When and How to Raise Money?
Consumers and Business Marketing in High Technology
Startup Essentials
The Social Media Revolution: What’s Ahead

CEO CONCLAVE
Alongside the Startup City exhibition and seminars, we are holding a close-door CEO roundtable, which will be attended by CEOs and Managing Directors of over 150 startups. The roundtable will facilitate an informal discussion amongst the senior management about the best practices of managing a startup in India, what works, what doesn’t work, potential pitfalls and other challenges.

Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Nokia, Amazon & Yahoo! are sponsoring this event.

REGISTER FREE:
http://www.thesmarttechie.com/startupcity

Startups are always a nice place to work in. If you are working in a startup or want to join a startup or launch your own startup, this is an event you shouldn’t be missing.

BSNL has reduced charges for Home Unlimited Dataone Broadband plans. And in addition to that it also introduced two unlimited plans with 512 kbps speed. Home 900 & Home 900 PLUS now has become Home 750 & Home 750 PLUS. As the name of the plan indicates, charges are reduced from Rs.900 to Rs.750. Here is the new tariff table:

Note:
For Home Plan UL 750 Plus & UL 1350 Plus: Telephone fixed monthly charges per month- Nil, Free Calls- Nil, MCU charges per Pulse @ Rs. 1/- shall be applicable. The calls shall be charged as per pulse rate of BSNl Bfone General Plan. Security Deposit and Installation charges as applicable for Local/STD/ISD shall be taken from new customers.

For Home Plan UL 750 & UL 1350 : Fixed monthly Charges for telephone, Free Calls & MCU charges per pulse shall be as per existing plan of the customer.

For details on other tariff plans http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataone_tariff.htm

For Existing Customers:

Existing customers has to do nothing! Peacefully browse internet at home. Tariff for esisting Home 900 & Home 900 PLUS customers will be automatically changed to Home 750 & Home 750 PLUS respectively applicable from the month of April.

Are you still using Windows? Time to migrate now! Linux installation fest is happening this weekend in Bangalore. You can cring a blank CD/DVD & take your favorite Linux Distro! It’s not piracy, Linux is a open source free operating system which even you are free to distribute. Linux distros like Ubuntu comes with graphical user interface (GUI) which are very easy to use. Few of graphical effects which are implemented on Windows Vista were there on linux long back!

Here is what happening at fest:

Help you install GNU/Linux on your Laptop/Desktop.

We will show you how to type in Kannada and configure, optimize your system for Kannada.

If you bring an empty CD, we’ll copy your favourite distribution on it for you*. (And this won’t be piracy! You’re also free to distribute those.)

We will answer all your questions related to Kannada on GNU/Linux to the best of our knowledge.

So rush to any stationary shop nearby to get the blank CD/DVDs. Before that register yourself for the event at Habba.in

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Bangalore Bloggers meet is planned on April 12th, coming Saturday. Blogaloreans is brand of Bangalore Bloggers, active blogging community in Bangalore. Main agenda of meet on 12th is Blogathon, which is initiated by Blogaloreans & then supported by blogging groups of other city. I will be writing a detailed post on Blogathon, you can get more info on that at www.blogathon.in

Apart from Blogathon, we are going to discuss about sessions about blogging at BCB6. Though venue is not finalized, it’s almost going to be Traffic Police Park near St.Marks road. Time is also not yet decided, will update once it get finalized. I will be glad if all Bangalore Bloggers can make it, if it is really impossible to attend you can follow updates on http://twitter.com/blogaloreans.
Join Blogaloreans group at http://groups.google.com/group/blogaloreans

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For any help or details about event, you can reach me at +91 99860 35099 & gtalk hnprashanth.

Update:

Venue is finalized to be Traffic Police Park & time 4 PM onwards.

Reliance has launched it’s Wi Max (World Wide Interoperability for Microwave Access) internet connection few months ago. Wi Max is based on the IEEE 802.16 d standard ,is expected to enable true broad band speeds over wireless net works at a cost point to enable mass ,market adoption. Reliance will install a Wi Max antenna on roof top of the client premises just like other satellite antenna and a cable till the modem. If the client has more than one computer then this connection can be shared through a wireless router. So it’s actually wireless from Reliance tower to your rooftop & wired from Wi Max antenna to router/modem. Tariff for this service are given here:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dmvn8vc_7f3z3r6fz

Contact Person: Irfan M Shaikh, 9986018604, irfan AT laptopworld.co.in

Compute & Headstart are twin events organized by ACM Bangalore (kickstart.in) at Bangalore on Jan 18th to 20th, 2008. Compute 2008 focusses on computing in service oriented, autonomic computing in dynamic, high performance environments & HeadStart 2008 is a technology showcase and networking event focussing on consumer services, mobility, enterprise applications and embedded systems.

Info provided by headstart team:

Compute and Headstart are twin events organized by ACM Bangalore/Kickstart.in at Bangalore on Jan 18-20th 2008 at the JN Tata complex, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. This is the first time that such an event is being organized that brings together academia, entrepreneurs and industry under one roof. The 3-day event will feature presentations of new products and research; technology tutorials; panel discussions on segments such as consumer services, mobility, enterprise applications and embedded systems; workshops on how to identify business opportunities, raise money, build products and effectively sell them in the marketplace. You don’t want to miss this event if your passion is to see the latest and most exciting technology coming from various research labs in India, or you are looking to hang up your boots and start a new company.

Compute and HeadStart keynotes include Ram Shriram, one of the first investors in Google; Dr Peter Hofstee, a distinguished research from IBM Research and Dr Umeshwar Dayal from the Intelligent Enterprise Lab, HP Labs, USA. Our panels in each segment includes a number of well-known international researchers, industry leaders and venture capitalists. The workshops will be led by well-known VCs and entrepreneurs and will provide you a chance to interact with them. There are also a set of tutorials on the state-of-art technology covering things like Software services, High performance systems, Search engines, etc.

For more information you can visit: http://www.headstart.in and http://compute.acmbangalore.org

Update:

Event was successful, entire event is covered by Harinath Pudipeddi on his blog Hari Says.