I am delinquent in reporting about my FOSS.IN experience this year. Nevertheless, better late than never! My summary goes, the good, the awesome, the excellent and the let-downs. For the photo stream check out "
foss.in/2009" tag on flickr
The let-downs
- There were very good talks, I spoke as well (see http://foss.in/2009/schedules/talkdetailspub.php?talkid=15), but I was surprised to see people who had never contributed code, presenting, even though that is something that FOSS.IN was trying to move away from.
- Atul stepped down as the organizer or key-organizer of FOSS.IN. We've had some interesting discussions on the mailing list, I'll certainly miss those
- Stalls - the stalls from Nokia and some of the student stalls were awesome, I was hoping to see some key innovative work happening
- Goody bag - I did not get my goody bag, I asked early and I was told to come at the end, but I was told they ran out :( I missed out on the mug I admire soooooo much
- FOSS.IN almost seeming like FOSS.DE (we need a stronger rotation policy :), just kidding on this one)
The good
- I loved the spirit of FOSS.IN
- Loved the environment and speaking to the volunteers
- Pulseaudio, I typically and still to some extent don't like Pulseaudio, but the technology and the architecture I learnt from the learned, seem very impressive
- The hobby electronics group and their project
The excellent
- The workouts were excellent, the BoFS and many workouts had more focus
- The rock music by the Raghu Dixit Project
- Met some free lancers using Linux, they did not have stalls, but their projects sounded very exciting
- The participants were serious about what they wanted to work on, which is very exciting to see
- Networking and spending time with people
The awesome
- The food arrangement, Hallimane
Hmmm.. Did I just put my neck out and at the same time be lazy? BTW, I wrote my Linux For You article while attending the conference :)
