Have not covered the last few events that I attended. Did not get the time and frankly did not have anything particularly share-worthy.

One of the major attractions to attend events is getting to meet people- forming relationships and learning something from those whom I interact with- both on and off the event.

Participated in Barcamp Singapore 3 yesterday. And met some interesting people alongside attending some interesting sessions.

Preetam was able to book a slot for me, which was great- even though it was the last slot of the day- considering there were many speakers.

I will cover my own presentation, videos and photos in a separate post. My session was talking about this new movement called In Gandhis Shoes- a snapshot below

Unlike the detailed commentary that I usually do, I’ll explain using some pix and links to other people who took a session.

Barcamps are fun and different in a way that there is no one agenda- and you can get many people to cover a variety of topics.

I particularly enjoyed the music related topics and met some really cool guys who gave their talks around music.

Their mentions first (because artists deserve to :p)

First was Michael Cho on “Why I street Sing- and you should too” – he covered interesting issues like -the difference between busking amongst others. Wanted to meet up with him, but could not- due to attending sessions and last minute presentation preparation.

I also attended Jiin Joo’s session- a talented musician from Singapore who chose the topic- “Plagiarism or Divine Inspiration? A different way to think about music arrangement”

I tried to stir some debate by throwing a question to the group- There is a thin line between Inspiration and Plagiarism- how do you then decide which is what? Some members in the group were of the opinion that there is no such thing as plagiarism because all creative things are shared and originate from each other.
While I agreed that in today’s world, it is really difficult to be ‘original’ or ‘unique’, the least that could be done is attribution if you choose to get inspired. Jin Joo- look forward to meeting you sometime- my music theory is weak but the music streak is strong.

Then of course Ivan Chew’s session. He publishes a cool blog called Rambling Librarian and is a musician (well not really trained in sound engineering/publishing an all but still makes some cool music )
To tell the truth, it was his session I was looking forward to the most- he covered “How to produce and publish your music album online, practically free, without a music production company or distributor” I am still struggling with Audacity, and am on Windows (*Ducking* but not embarrassed in any way- it works pretty good for me)- whereas his presentation was Garage band and Mac centered. He has published his presentation online- so in case you are interested, check his blog out.

Goof stuff and hope to meet up with him sometime and maybe collaborate.

OK enough for music- now for the tech stuff. Attended Coleman’s entertaining session on “How to bluff your way through information architecture“. Again- he has the presentation link and comments on his blog.

Some more moments from the show:

Preetam discussing stuff like a true blue ‘organizer’

Neo from TAWA

Anubha from Pulsopinion.com- A Network of Public Relations professionals Asiawide and Cullen- an educator -he took an interesting session on Social Media for educators

Thats it from my round up for the event