FOSS.IN/2006 is finally done, and what an event it was! You simply must forgive me if I take a few days to do a proper writeup – I returned from the event to find myself without Internet connectivity for two days, and there is so much post event housekeeping that needs to be done. I [...]

Last night, I was chatting with someone on IM about FOSS.IN/2006, and she remarked “This is your high! Imagine if you couldn’t plan this every year!”, and she was right. We are two days away from the event, and I sit at home twiddling my thumbs. And I am pleased as punch about it. Team [...]

We have just released the FOSS.IN/2006 talks schedule, go have a look it: http://foss.in/2006/schedules There are a few intentional gaps in there which will be filled out in the next day. This schedule also reveals our opening keynote speaker – the only person we have had in mind for this slot for the past year. [...]

Announcing the Almighty FIM! ’nuff said – click the link!

My Pride and Joy

Floating free as a bird Sixty foot leaps it’s so absurd From up here you should see the view Such a lot of space for me and you Oh you’d like it Gliding around, get your feet off the ground Oh you’d like it Do as you please with so much ease Now I know [...]

When I posted to the FOSS.IN mailing list, telling people that delegate registrations were now open, I got a flood of private mail, most of which were to the tune of “where have you been?”. Ah well, I have been busy, but mostly, I have been sick. Read the rest of this entry…

Today, we released the first shortlist of FOSS.IN/2006 talks, selected from more than 200 submissions. You can see the list here. Pay close attention to the text before the list – it explains why this list is not yet complete, and why some talks are still missing. Also, note that this is a list of [...]

For all those of you who have either forgotten about it, or are hoping that the date will extended: The talks submission for FOSS.IN/2006 closes tomorrow (Sunday, October 8th) at 23:59 GMT+0530. And no, the date won’t be extended, and no, we won’t take into account that you are in a different timezone, and no, [...]

My last few days in Germany were packed with excitement, and I will write about those in another entry. After successfully avoiding a 180 euros excess baggage penalty (by offloading clothes in favour of bitter chocolate and salami), I returned to Bangalore on Tuesday night (well, actually Wednesday morning). Once here, I immediately got thrown [...]