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Hi All,

We at cplash decided to attend the Bar Camp at Delhi that took place in the Amity Innovation Incubator lab on the 17th May 08.

The BarCamp is a place for enthusiasts about IT to meet and share their idea.

The Delhi BarCamp4, May 08 started with an enlightening talk from Mr Talwant Singh, a distinguished member of the Indian Judiciary. He enlightened us on how technology is changing the way Indian Judiciary functions. He highlighted us how earlier it used to take days before the judicial staff used to type out the judgements delivered by the judges. However the use of technology has streamlined the process today, and in Delhi today the judgements are delivered much faster.

Cplash asked Mr Talwant if blogging can really change the society? We were enthused by his reply that indeed today blogging was influencing the mainstream society.

The BarCampers were then introduced to Mr Aseem Chauhan, a VC ( any startup gets excited by hearing the term VC and so were we! ) from Amity. He enlightened us how young individuals should go about entrepreneurship ( with a few wise words about importance of EBC, Entrepreneur Blood Cells [;)] thrown in from the BarCampers). This was followed by a presentation by Mr Apoorv about the Amity Innovation Incubator that offers Investment Banking services, helps create Intellectual Property, and guides entrepreneurs to turn their dream into reality by providing all possible help.

Everybody must thank all the volunteers who put in all their efforts to help BarCamp take off smoothly!!!

After a short break, we moved to individual presentations.

Troble Fixers

The first presentation that we attended was from Trouble Fixers who are running a very innovative blog that tires to help people facing problems with their Windows OS . Key points from their presentation:

- Be user friendly and connect to the people.

- Be responsive

-Use simple language and answer the questions and don’t show your linguistic skills.

- And Finally you need money ! So monetize your efforts!!

Facebook Guys

We then attended a good session from the Facebook Apps guys who gave some great tips about what sort of Social Network apps one can go ahead and build.

Key points: Focus on features, make it simple, make something useful and make it better than other products,if any , that exist for the same functionality.

Lunch Session

The BarCamp organizers must be thanked for the great lunch organized for the BarCampers.

Quest for a Great East Internet Company

After having our fill, we went for an interesting presentation that compared history with the evolution of the internet. Ford Commands a valuation of 15 billion dollars, facebook commands a similar valuation. Why? According to the BarCamper Prashant, we are moving towards a society based on knowledge, where information is valuable unrestricted by any geographical boundaries. He wished that the next Great Eastern Internet company would be from India.

The Eye Opener - EnTrip.com

This was followed by a session from the EnTrip.com. What was most impressive about these guys was that the guys were clear what they wanted to do and then everything that was not core to their idea was mashed up from other available services.

The BarCamp came to an end with a quiz and some performances that enthralled the audience.

All kudos to the organizers whose hard work made the event a success!

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