Finally after a rocking BlogCamp Kerala, its time for a BarCamp Kerala now. This is the third BarCamp in Kerala. For those you asking what is barcamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

And as all BarCamps, this will be a unconference. Something that will go against every rule of a normal conference. No boring long speeches, no boring presentations and sit still talks. At unconferences you are supposed to:

Last week BlogCamp Kerala was on news again, this time on ‘The Hindu’. What started as a small unconference took a life of its own teaching me the fact that ideas take a life of their own once initiated. With less than 2 weeks to go for the Kerala’s first unconference blogging event, things are shaping out really well. We had a trip to the venue last weekend and the pictures are now live at the official site.

Also, in case you are an outstation bloggers and are looking for a place to stay overnight or the night before the event, do get in touch with me so that we can see if its possible to arrange accomodation for you.

Coming back from a short blogcation(a brief period of vacation from blogging), I am getting back to the groove of things. If you remember, I was thinking of a BlogCamp in Kerala with a few fellow bloggers in Kerala. Things got on track and it is now a reality. BlogCamp Kerala is coming this August 16th at a Houseboat in Alleppey, Kerala.

I am really amazed at what has come out of a small discussion and the idea took a life of its own and we even managed to rope in Kerala Tourism (Kerala Govt.) as a platinum sponsor for the Keralas’ first “Blog Unconference”. Goes a long way to say what willpower can do.

Its been quite a while since Kerala got its private radio stations and Cochin is the last city to join the party. I never thought radio was boring since its quite an engaging thing while driving or while just taking a rest at the couch. I usually tune into the All India Radio once in a while in the evenings where Rainbow FM plays the latest hindi tracks and the RJ’s are pretty cool too. If you looking for the stations in Cochin now, this post by Mahesh will help.

BlogCamps are fun! Not that I have been to any. Judging from how the recent barcamp went, it seems that BlogCamp will be hell lot of fun!

The concept of barcamps, meetups and unconferences are slowly catching pace in Kerala judging the crowd at the past 3 barcamps and junior barcamps. Funnily enough, my spell checker says barcamps, meetups and unconferences are not dictionary words. Heck, even blog is not a word in my spell checker!

I was wondering how to reach all the bloggers and to inform them about the event. One list acclaimed by many is the Kerala Blog Roll. Anyone knows any other directories where bloggers can be reached?