FOSS.IN 2009 was great

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

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Stalls - the stalls from Nokia and some of the student stalls were awesome, I was hoping to see some key innovative work happening
4. 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
5. FOSS.IN almost seeming like FOSS.DE (we need a stronger rotation policy :), just kidding on this one)

The good

1. I loved the spirit of FOSS.IN
2. Loved the environment and speaking to the volunteers
3. 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
4. The hobby electronics group and their project

The excellent

1. The workouts were excellent, the BoFS and many workouts had more focus
2. The rock music by the Raghu Dixit Project
3. Met some free lancers using Linux, they did not have stalls, but their projects sounded very exciting
4. The participants were serious about what they wanted to work on, which is very exciting to see
5. Networking and spending time with people

The awesome

1. 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 :)