Global Voices 2006 New Delhi Meet
Update: Here are some pictures of the conference taken by Jace.The conference website is GVdelhi2006.
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I have done a few posts at Global Voices but then I lost steam or rather I got too busy with my semester. When I came to know that they are having their annual 2006 summit at (tagged gvnewdelhi2006) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, I decided to attend it. Now I am back after the first day and in some ways it has been an awesome experience. I am writing my personal views here, I have done a roundup of the summit at Blogbharti.
The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi where GV 2006 is being heldThe best thing about the summit was finding so many people from different parts of the globe under one roof. I have been to some large academic conferences but I don't think I have met people from Tunisia, China, Poland, Maldives, Kzakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, etc. under one roof (thought many people are living in different countries from their country of origin).
Another high of the meet was actually getting a chance to have a look at the 100 dollar laptop, though I am not very sure what are there plans with it.
I had a small chat with Georgia Popplewell from GV (she was taking so many pictures) and I was expressing my doubt about continuing with GV because of time limits. She said I can keep my own pace, and maybe I will get more time this semester. I think I should continue but I will give a time commitment after I come back from my Sikkim holidays.
Coffee Time at GV 2006 New DelhiBut what topped my attending the session was meeting so many people I had known only through their blogs. It was an absolute pleasure to meet Kamala Bhatt and Sakshi. I had interacted with Dina when the blocking of blogs happened here in India and now I have met her in person too. Had a quick chat with Aparna and finally got to meet Shivam Vij.
I was too sleepy yesterday, otherwise I would have never forgotten to mention Rezwan. I asked his opinion about Brick Lane by Monica Ali and he said as far as fiction goes, it is a decent book.
Labels: Blogbharti, blogging, Global Voices
posted by Mridula at 7:09 PM
7 Comments:
What was the agenda of the conference?
When I first saw GV, I presumed them to be just another content aggregator. I did not really see/read much of it. If they are strong, big and committed enough to hold a global conference, I am sure they must be upto something useful and interesting.
It sounds like an interesting meet up. Were you at all surprised when you met people you knew only through their blogs? I have found that I am surprised, as people are quite as I pictured them.
Awesome going Mridula :) glad you made it, sorta reminds me of the IM exchanges a few days before the conf :P
BTW, that's not a 100$ laptop, it's 138$ and that's what it retails at when they initially roll it out in their masses by 2007, though towards the end of 2008 it's predicted to be $100 and afterwards 50$
i'm personally looking for other hardware alternatives though like stripped versions of PDA's, etc. Anyone know any, please write me (iblog[dot]ange[at]gmail[dot]com)
The spotty wifi @ the IHC sorta messed things up for remote participants, like myself ;)
Hi Mridula,
I just sent you a mail at the id (gmail) I see in your comments. Please let me know if you do not receive it.
Arun, they sure are up to useful things and what I liked most is their enthusiasm for the work they do.
Teri, some people, I have seen their photographs, so it was not difficult to recognize them but some do seem to be very different from what you think of them through their blogs.
Ange, thanks for all the interesting information about the laptop. I know people were having trouble with their connections at IHC.
Sigma, thanks a lot for all the information on Sikkim in the mail. It is really helpful.
The laptop does look like it's quite interesting. I wonder what the hardware configuration is.
You will have to be happy with what Ange said about it. I have no clue and I don't understand most of it.
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