November 2009 Archives
2009-11-28
Heading to FOSS.IN
Tomorrow I'm leaving for FOSS.IN, Bengaluru. Oman Air decided to squeeze in another stop between Frankfurt and Muscat means I have a 2.5h longer trip. But back to the topic.
I'm going there to participate. In contrast to other conferences you are not going there to consume a show prepared for you. You are going there to really participate, hack some code in the hackcenter, enrich the workouts with your energy to get something done, give a talk to motivate people and work with them.
This year they are also integrating the hacker mindset a bit more. This always have been near to the FOSS mindset but still different. Personally I welcome this step. The game like nature of the hacker mindset playing with technology in ways they have not been designed for opens up a complete new horizon for the FOSS community.
The only pity is that I won't see much from Bengaluru due to the day and night participation.