TECHNI 'AAJ' KAL

No more Hostel, No more Night-outs' post.

First, My very own college-Delhi College of Engineering, got its new 'Avatar': DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Yeah, I know it does (long resentful pause) sound weird. After a numerous failed attempts earlier(precisely 4), to convert Delhi College of Engg. , it finally paved way for DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY..

Good-Bad, Benefits-No Benefits, Shit - No Shit.. of the conversion has already been the talk of town. AND SO, I would be the last person to invite a discussion and would rather leave it for the still restless souls.

Plus, How can you print T-shirts with that name.. because some people actually did.

DELTECH, the new 'Avatar' of DCE. LOLZZ..!!I'm sure, we can now give Dragon BALL-Z a fight.

For the 'K'AL of yesterday:

I attended a workshop on Linux, OpenSource and Career Opportunities, organized at U.S.I.T (I.P University). The technical head there being a good friend. Although it meant jeopardizing the BOOK FAIR visit but it was worth the deal. After all, all I got to hear was 'Expensive Books' and not so 'Expensive' crowd.!!

The speakers at the event included:

• Mr. Nalin Savara, CEO and Technical Director at DS Tech. Formerly, he was the Head, GameEngine Technology Team at Escosoft Tech (Interactive Division), Software Engineer at Hughes Software Systems and also a Freelance Columnist at PCWorld Magazine India.
• Mr.Narendra Sisodoya (FOSS Activist , EDUVID Project and Founder of IIT LUG-Linux User Group).
• Mr. Atul Jha (FOSSONE)
  

For the AAJ:

We are having the TechWeek 2009. It is an annual event organised by the IEEE DCE students' chapter. It includes a whole variety of workshops which are life-changing. Atleast, the innocent fuchchas has that impression like I, once did. Fuchchas are what they actually bank upon to fill the seats.

Students who want to uplift their Resume or who just for the sake of it, hold workshops with a promise that you would learn every single sh*t they teach. You go home, google through some websites and boil down to the conclusion that, it would have been better to complete the novel which you had borrowed, instead.Whoa.. REALITY BITES..!!

BUT, it can be fun if you get 800 bucks as prize money or, you end up finishing in the final 10 in an event where the rest 9 are atleast 2 years senior to you.

And finally for the 'K'AL of tomorrow:

OssCAMP 2009. A platform of an 'unconferencial' form of discussion for the Open Source Activists and Enthusiasts , which I thought could prove very healthy considering it would be my First meet. I hoped to see a good participation ,as well. A few more than handful was all it was to offer today. Though I did get to meet a few interesting people and also had a self-realization for the nth time that I better pick up my ass before I succumb to the pressure and keep pace with the ever expanding and improving, Tech-World.

Tomorrow is the second and the final day of the camp. A more 'focussed' crowd is expected by the organizer and hence today's shit was all planned. I mean.. okay, I am a newbie but still even the GURUs walked off after getting the free T-shirt and the free lunch(which was late by over 90 mins..!!)

That's about it. Slightly occupied and unwell from past few days, so couldn't post regularly.

Feel free to share your experiences about the Techno-Conferences and meets..that you attended and which did or DID NOT leave a mark and bla bla bla..that is anything..!!