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How to register a new collective

Please follow the instructions and follow all the steps

  1. Read the explanation behind collectives.
  2. Add a new collective in the following list.
  3. Start a new topic with the same name and start conversations about your collective.
  4. If you are new to collectives and would love to present(Talk/Demo) but unsure which Collective to bucket it under, please put it under "OPEN Collective" Open Collective. We will help you categorize it.

Note: You have to register an account at the forum to post there. This "registration" is unrelated to your participation in Barcamp, it's to control spam. We get a ton of that everyday. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Collectives

Startup Collective

About the collective
This collective proposes to Startups. Highs and Lows of Startup. Finance, HR and all other things.

Topics

  1. Startup Talent Management--Shourya
  2. Why you should not start a company?--Kesav
  3. Essientials of Startup, How to register.....--Sunil
  4. Innovation in Startup --Satya
  5. Seven Degree of separation. The Mantra to Success of Startup --Suresh
  6. What Startups Need ?? How can Sun Startup Essentials ( http://in.sun.com/startup ) help Startups - Bakshish

Demo Collective

About the collective
This collective proposes to show case various products and ideas. It is not only product, you can present the idea of product also.

Collective Forum
Follow The Discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Demos
You can list your talk for this collective here. You can list your Demo Here. Demo Name, Company Name, Person Name

  1. Personal Map : Its time for the maps to become personal personalmap.in - Surekha Shastry, Mapunity
  2. SMS GupShup:Free Group SMS and Microblogging - SMS GupShup - Abhishek
  3. Social Routing - Pooran Prasad SocialRouting
  4. DataVisualisation Features : Adobe , Satish TJ



Technology Collectives

Social Shopping The Holy Grail of ECommerce?

About the collective
This collective proposes to discuss Social shopping trends and directions. Is this the holy grail of ecommerce?

Collective Forum
Follow The Discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. Introduction To Social Shopping and How It Has Evolved
  2. Popular Social Shopping Experiences Feature and Drawbacks
  3. How this trend is likely to grow
  4. Peek Preview of Storrz.Com Social

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker
  2. Topics 1-4 Chandan Maruthi

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




Indic languages on the computers/internet

About the collective
As the penetration of internet increases in India we are seeing more and more people using the indic/regional languages to communicate apart from english.

This collective's focus is to highlight some of the efforts that are going on currently to promote the Indic languages and to get ideas on how to increase the reach of the same.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a whish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. The resources available currently.
  2. How do we promote the usage of Indic languages ?
  3. Localization of the tools/web pages we use.
  4. Localization efforts in Open Source. How do you participate ?
  5. Blogging in regional languages in India.
  6. How effective is it to communicate in regional languages ? and what makes it interesting ?
  7. What would make it easier ?

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Website/Organization/Common pool to tackle technical challenges for Indic languages,Vinay Sreenivasa

Discussion Topic, volunteer lead

Web Site Analytics

About the collective
This collective is about Web Analytics aka Web site Analytics. Data Driven Decision Making using Web Analytics!

Here's the short agenda! Introduction to Web Analytics
Using Web Analytics to get a front row look into hearts and minds of your customers and prospects
Web Reporting vs web Analysis
Web Analytics Vendors
Web Analytics Status/Overview in India

please reach out to Anil at anil dot umachigi at gmail dot com. if you are willing to assist or have something which should be included in the collective

Please add on in the forum if there's anything i've missed or to be discussed Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
Anil Umachigi
WWEB ANALYTICS INDIA - A Platform for Web Analyst.
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



User Interface Design & Usability

About the collective
The collective will focus on usability and user interface design. Like last time wish to continue the collective for a small bunch of people around (30 or so)

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a whish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. Evolving User Interfaces for your web and mobile apps.
  2. Techniques, Tips and Tutorials on topics like css, layouts.. etc.
  3. Usability issues and case studies if possible.

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Design Basics for Web, Apps & Mobile: Aashish Solanki

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Mobile Internet in India Facts Myths and Future

About the collective
This collective will discuss Mobile Internet in India. Considering that Admobs has very impressive numbers from India. Mobile Internet usage in India in touted at 30 million + subscribers.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. What is beneath the Surface how many people actually access 'open' Internet from Mobile?
  2. What are the opportunities? Are we bypassing PC based Internet revolution all together?
  3. Will Mobile become a Laptop replacement device?
  4. Do operators actually make Money with Data?
  5. What are the opportunities for Mobile Internet in B and C grade cities in India?
  6. What are the emerging technologies and exciting Startups in that area in Bangalore/India.


Quiz

Tech Quiz
This Quiz is primarily focused on Computers and Internet.

Prelim Round (17 November)

  1. Questions
  2. Results

Final Round (18 November)

  1. Final Results
  2. Time
  3. Venue
  4. Rules

Contributors

  1. Kannappan Sirchabesan
  2. Amber Pawar
  3. Cherian Thomas (cherian.in@gmail.com)



Adding new dimensions with Flex

About the collective
Lets see whats new and whats special with Adobe Flex ..n AIR .. How can RIA provide new visions to your business?

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. discussion on the relative merits of flex with respect to the other alternatives (silverlight, gecko etc). Perhaps we could accommodate this in this collective - since it now looks a lot like flex vs the rest!
  2. Firsthand accounts by people who have developed significant apps in flex .
  3. There have been some awesome flex apps that have come out in the recent past. (picnik, buzzword). Looking at the process of building apps of this quality in flex. Anyone from adobe should be able to tell us a lot about buzzword. (Harish)
  4. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Whats new in Flex 3 DataVisualisation .. How can u prsent ur data better n how can user analyse large chunk of data better
  2. An Introduction to Adobe AIR Mrinal Wadhwa


Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Firefox - Extensions and more...

About the collective
For people who feel Firefox is an answer to all problems Smile! Life would be much easier if there is an extension for everything, like in Firefox... This collective can focus on using and building the best extensions for Firefox..

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



The Psychology of Security

About the collective
The idea is to have a collective address concerns to counter threat across all layers in the online and offline world. I hope we can have a number of discussions veering around information security, evaluation of risks and associated security solutions, security pitfalls, identity theft, phishing, cyber crime, anything associated to cyber threat and eventually even how to bring down the internet !

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
Srinivas Yelandur, yelandur[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. The Hackers are Coming!
  2. Airplane Security and Metal Knives
  3. The Boarding Pass Brouhaha
  4. Google's Click-Fraud Crackdown
  5. Disaster Planning Is Critical, but Pick a Reasonable Disaster

Proposed discussion topics
Collective leads / participants to list discussion topics for the collective. This is a wish list of what you would like to discuss.

  1. Are we sophisticated enough to recognize an Internet scam?
  2. Why the Human Brain Is a Poor Judge of Risk
  3. Terrorist Threats and Political Gains

Call for content submissions around these areas:

  1. Authentication
  2. Business Strategy / Planning
  3. Content Filtering
  4. Encryption/Cryptography
  5. General Security
  6. Internet Privacy
  7. Intrusion Detection/Prevention
  8. Malicious Activities
  9. Malicious Software
  10. Protocols/Standards
  11. Security Career
  12. Theft Prevention
  13. Vulnerabilities

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. The Architecture and Psychology of Security, Srinivas Yelandur

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Security around new social initiatives, Srinivas Yelandur



Identity and Reputation in social web

About the collective
What is the biggest problem on the web today? Its that users are having a really tough time keeping track of different usernames and passwords on different websites and computers. Because of the amount of time spend in creating and retrieving all these scattered account information, a lot of technology solutions have been suggested - MicroSoft PassPort, OpenID, MicroSoft CardSpace, Social Graph based applications, SezWho. Still the holy grail of user-centric identity that facilitates better online conversations with a rich reputation interface remains elusive. Let's get together the latest trends and developments in this exciting and potentially game-changing space...

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
Jitendra Gupta
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear (I have just added the topics I think are relevant - please add/modify any you like - Jitendra).

  1. Types of identities - contextual/absolute
  2. What is Reputation and who owns it
  3. Identity technologies - OpenID, CardSpace
  4. Reputation technologies - eBay, Amazon.com, RapLeaf, SezWho
  5. other upcoming technologies - Microformats hCard and XFN, and FOAF

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Slot C - Sunday @ 10:00 AM - Jitendra (Identity and Reputation in Social Web - Few slides and tons of demos)

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Device Software / Device Management

About the collective
Embedded technology, Device Application, Convergence, RTOS, Linux and *BSD on Devices, Managing software on remote deives.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



The Semantic Web – Making sense of the beast

About the collective
There has been a significant amount of activity in the semantic web space in the past few months. We have seen several interesting applications going public. (freebase, powerset etc.) This is perhaps a good time to dive into the technology and assess its future.

Collective Forum
discuss

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

1.Introduction : A quick introduction (15min) to the underlying technologies to kick things off. If you are unfamiliar with this stuff, you should perhaps take a look at some of the links below.

2.Demo’s : We could take a closer look at some of the applications). Taking them apart and critiquing them should be a lot of fun (please volunteer to demo one of these apps – 3 mins for each) 

 a.freebase
 b.twine
 c.powerset
 d.trueknowledge
 e.adaptive blue
 f.….?

3.Issues : The one thing that Semantic Web does not suffer from is lack of criticism! We could identify a bunch of issues and shoot darts at each other while we debate them! Here is a short list to seed the debate. (please volunteer to make the basic argument 2 mins for each one) 

 a.The ‘just put something on a webpage and take it from there’ approach (google’s approach) is far better than all this rdf gobbeldygook.
 b.This stuff is just a new name for existing technologies? What’s all the fuss about? Why not just stick with relational databases or xml.
 c.Where is all the structured data going to come from? Humans are too lazy to create clean data.
 d.How are we going to deal with spam? Humans cannot be trusted to publish clean data (humans in general are a miserable lot!)
 e.…?

4.Prospects : After having questioned its value, we could then have a shot at seeing if could indeed create anything of value using these technologies. You might just discover the idea for your next startup (and a make a billion… or two).

5.Handson : The true believers (and the just converted) can dive into a handson session involving some of the rdf tools. We will mostly likely use php and the RAP rdf library. Here are the things we could look at. 

 a.setup a rdf database. 
 b.add and retrieve data
 c.some basic inferencing  (the AI geeks will feel at home here)

Some ground rules that we should perhaps adopt (subject to consensus) 1.We should try to wrap this all up within one 3 hour slot. 2.No presentations. We could make liberal use of flipcharts and our tongues. 3.No auditoriums or classrooms or swivel chairs. An openspace should be perfect. 4.Debate != Bitter Argument. (paper darts should be fine though – just don’t shoot at the humans)

Links

  1. Paul Ford’s original essay on the semantic web. link(for the three of you who have not read it yet)
  2. Introduction to the semantic web.link

Sessions
There could be two topics that can be handled in the 'session' format ie Intro (15mins) and the hands-on. The demo's should ideally be restricted to about 3mins each.

  1. Harish onebigweb - any topic that's an orphan!

Discussions
We could discuss the issues listed above as well as the prospects. Would you like to champion any them? Put your name down along with the issue.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




Wireless Mesh Bangalore ?!

About the collective
Wireless networks are making a presence around the world. One interesting approach is to build a community network, bottom-up, by the use of shared network infrastructure and link-state routing algorithms. Free Software developments, like OpenWrt (http://openwrt.org) or Freifunk (http://wiki.freifunk.net/Kategorie:English), had shown the possibility to convert usual consumer WLAN-routers into cheap ready-to-use Wireless Mesh nodes.

This development created the base for a lot of community networks, which now existing and growing around the Globe. So maybe it's time to create a Wireless Community Group in Bangalore to explore possibilities to build a local community-driven communication infrastructure.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Web Development - Web 2.0 and the lot

About the collective
When Web 2.0 came into "being" many people picked it up, many dismissed it saying it was more of a marketing gimmick. It's been a while now and the term "Web 2.0" has been adopted to characterise a movement of sorts in the web development/design community. Ofcourse, it goes far ahead of big fonts, bright colours, shiny logos and all things apple. It is more increasingly being used to define aspects of web design and development which have been pushed by the community (developers as well as users). This collective provides insight into

  • HTML 5
  • CSS 3
  • AJAX
  • Microformats



Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Talk, Speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Developer Collectives

Ruby

About the collective
This collective is for people interested in the Ruby programming language in particular and dynamic languages in general. Also covered is the immensely popular Rails framework. And yes, if you've heard that Ruby as a language beats Java and C# hands down, you heard right :-).

Want to try stuff out? We heartily recommend it. You can download Ruby from Ruby Downloads. We recommend the one-click installer for Windows. *nix users please also install Ruby Gems, Ruby's package manager. Then (optionally) get Rails.



Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

  1. Satish N Kota


Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Metaprogramming in Ruby, Sidu Ponnappa and Ketan Padegaonkar, ThoughtWorks

What is metaprogramming? Why is writing code to generate code a good idea? What is eval()? Stuff like that...

  1. Ruby on Rails Fundamentals, Satish N Kota
  2. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Performance and Scalability issues in Rails Framework, Satish N Kota
  2. JRuby, JRuby on Rails (see Mingle and Oracle Mix), Aman King
  3. I do Java/.Net, should I care about Ruby? Sidu Ponnappa, Co-founder, Activ
  4. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. Ruby Programming Fundamentals
  2. Rails Web development Fundamentals
  3. Rails Advance Concepts
  4. Ruby Advance Concepts
  5. Rails and Ajax



The Hacker Collective

About the collective
This Collective is for hackers to talk about software they created or are working on. Thus instead of speaking about how cool Ruby or Ruby on Rails is, talk about "here is a cool tool I wrote in ruby or rails". "Here is some OpenGL code I was working on" vs "the coolness of OpenGL". If you write code, in any language or using any technology, and want to talk about what you made and what you learned, this is the collective for you.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Project Carpool (implementation and philosophy), Siddharth Sharma

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Facebook: extending business in a new dimension

How about a session on building apps with facebook? What does it take to make your app one of the TOP 20s? Making money with apps??

Follow the discussions

Software Production Management

About the collective
Software configuration management, Build management, Release management, Change management .. .. does any of these enthuse you? If yes, then let's meet up and discuss!

We coined the title as "Software Production Management" to indicate all the activities that govern the smooth and effective production of software. So, if you have something to share in this area, join this collective. We can also discuss about some of the tools that are commonly used in this area (CVS, Subversion, Perforce, Clearcase ... CC, ANT, Maven ... Bugzilla,Jira ... VisualBuildPro ...).

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations

  1. Arul, arul.jegadish@gmail.com, 9448168857



Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. A low cost simple s/w production management setup (esp for startups) -- Arul, Blog
  2. Various CM/DM/DT/Build automation tools -- Biswajit
  3. setting up end-to-end automated build pipelines -- Sidu

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Group discussion on processes followed in various companies. Particpants can share an overview of the processes followed in their organisation.



eXtreme Programming

About the collective
If you are a serious hacker and are interested in elegant, beautiful, self documenting code and design, then this collective is the place you might want to hang-out.

As of now we plan to have hands-on-sessions with lots of discussions. The Hands-on-sessions are composed of demos mixed with participants trying it on their laptops. We'll start light and fuzzy, but you'll get your hands dirty. We believe in less talking more hacking.

Note: Demos are in Java, but the concepts and discussion are platform/language agnostic.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. Setting up Continuous Integration
  2. Acceptance Testing <links to a PDF>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Agile - Roles, Concepts, Practices, a talk that goes into some detail about the various Agile buzzwords out there that everyone should be aware of (as familiarity with those is assumed in most writings about Agile) - by Aman King from ThoughtWorks Pune
  2. Refactoring fest facilitated by Naresh Jain Please note that there are prerequisites for this session. Check out Refactoring fest post for the prerequisites. Please make sure you have your machines setup with the right software
  3. Design Fest facilitated by Naresh Jain
  4. Test Driven Design <links to a PDF> by Naresh Jain

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Is XP the right methodology for innovative product development, typically involving creation of original concept models (Harish)
  2. Is design dead?
  3. Is Enterprise Architecture dead?



Startups and Entrepreneurship Collectives

Startup Talent Management

About the collective
This Collective is focussed on talent retention and management issues in startups and/or small companies without strong financial backing or great branding. These small companies need to operate with great constraints: Unproven ideas, Cannot afford to pay high salaries, Not big brands, people leave, etc.

The intention is to discuss strategies, tips, techniques we employ to keep people, deliver value to the employees so that they stay. Serious thinkers, people afflicted with this problem, ex/current startup employees, HR gurus .... should take a stab at this!

Collective Forum
Follow the discussion

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Weekend entrepreneurship

About the collective
Most of us are in corporate life , working monday to friday , why not the other two days we pursue our business...

We would need people from all walks of life. If you have any business idea, propose it here ..if u find many takers for that may be u can have a launch pad.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. 1>I would be very intrested in presenting some business ideas which i hope wil susatin with some weekend meetings ..But my intention of this is it should be very interactive

I would like to present problems n initate discussions to arrive at solutions in running such business where my business idea would be a candiate .Lets make it as sensible as possible ..

From bottom of my heart I want a product company from India man .. a strong giant

Few thoughts 1> Visual wiki : Lets map the whole earth as it is .. not an external view but whole buildings .. rooms inside buildings .. Lets create the world on net

2> Gadget World : I guess in future gadets will rule ... with technologies like Air and Google gears .... I guess " Google home page" will have users gadgets .. n some serious integration of these n interactions have to be marked

3> Customizer : Its an effort to provide market for local traders to come par with global giants

Speaker : Satish TJ

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



The futuristic ideas

About the collective
A collective where guys with ideas will come forward with their idea ... and propose it to the audience, so that they can find the people they are looking for to partner or work with.

Collective Forum
Follow the discussions

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Intrapreneurship

About the collective
India is country of creative people and next step for us is to convert these ideas into successful ventures. While enterpreneurship might be great for some people, some of us creative people wish to do this in an organization context. This is what is termed as Intrapreurship. Some of us are successful in taking ideas to success in the context of company. But the overall conversion ratio of ideas to successful products/ventures is very less. Some of the organizations have started thinking about this and this collective is about sharing and discussing learnings from a practitoner's point of view.




Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
bala_dutt@intuit.com

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. Awareness about Intrapreneurship
  2. Experiences on Intrapreneurship

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Special Interest Collectives

Blogs & Blogging

About the collective
Bloggers Collective - The focus will be on blogging ethics, making your blog popular and effective ways to monetize blogs.

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
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  1. Smart Ways to Monetize Blogs
  2. Where to find good fodder for your blog
  3. Blogs and Google Juice
  4. Dealing with Plagiarism on the web
  5. Micro-blogging (Twitter, Jaiku, etc)
  6. How to Make Your Blog Popular (building an audience)
  7. Building Relationships With Bloggers and Blog Readers
  8. Writers Block Among Bloggers
  9. The Do's and Don'ts of Blogging


Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Amit Agarwal, Successful Blogging
  2. Mohan K.Pillai, Smart Ways to Monetize Blogs
  3. Sandil Community blogging
  4. Sanjkuta Microblogging
  5. Sandil Event/Live blogging

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. Traffic from Social networking - good or bad? Mohan K.Pillai
  2. Do bloggers have responsibility? Sanjukta
  3. Mainstream media versus Blogging Jerry

Specials

  1. Jerry Realtime blog assessment



Photography collective

About the collective
This collective will touch upon the following.

  1. How to get started with Photography and improve your skills
  2. Will cover BCB5 and meet again to discuss and critique pictures taken during the show
  3. Announcement of a group who help budding photographers organise and hold exhibitions and sell their prints online.



Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




The Indie Cinema Collective

About the collective
This Collective is for lovers and makers of Indie cinema to get together and discuss on the problems they are facing, the sharing of the resources possible,networking, etc.

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
Hrish Thota

If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. FilmCamp.TV's introduction as a support system to the indie cinema movement.
  2. Problems faced by Indie filmmakers.
  3. Sharing of resources by Indie filmmakers.
  4. leveraging the know how of idlers hanging out at the numerous multimedia offerings in Bangalore. you have idea - use these folk to transform that idea into art - basically, facilitate a value chain.
  5. think of ways to connect regional movie screenings - more than anything people need to buy into this possibility.
  6. extending support to high schools - i believe that the juvenile thought process of school kids lends a perfect balance to the politically charged hulbaloo of 20 something-er film makers.

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. Lessons learnt while making of documentaries by children - Vijay
  2. FilmCamp.TV's introduction as a support system to the indie cinema movement - Hrish Thota
  3. leveraging the know how of idlers hanging out at the numerous multimedia offerings in Bangalore - Pradeep Mangalath
  4. Evolving trends in filmmaking and distribution in the digital world - Sanjay Nambiar
  5. How can Indie Filmmakers come together and market their film for the big screen - Deepak H T
  6. Why Indie Cinema is a disorganized sector and still fun to be in? - Roopam Baruah

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. How do we do screenings after we make films to justify the money involved - aamreeta gautam
  2. Do we need critics for Indie cinema? - Raghunandan K S



Online conversations & word-of-mouth advertising

About the collective
Disclaimer: This is going to sound very corporate-ish. Sorry about that!)

I am interested in creating, sustaining and encouraging conversations online, and because it's my work, in using that to create positive experiences about brands that people use daily. More than just conversations, I am interested in leveraging technology to do all that, and maybe more. Got an opinion? Disagree with me? Think I am crazy? Let's work it out. In any case, let's talk.

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



New media (web2) and Mass Social Campaign

About the collective
If you haven't already heard of new media, it is just another word for internet, but in the present context it consists primarily of blogging, micro blogging, use of social networking sites like facebook, Youtube etc. Possibilities of creating impact, raising awareness etc. is infinite with new media, sky is the limit when you are trying to reach out to the world with a message.

Now, if you don’t want to take my word for it, join me and some friends at this collective where we can spend 2 whole days talking about everything related. Inviting all friends from civil societies to please be a part of this collective, you’d only gain from it, there’s no hidden catch, honestly.

Collective Forum
We'd soon put some specific topics for discussion on the forum. Please do re-register yourself on the forum to follow the discussion.
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




Designing Barcamp Bangalore

About the collective
Barcamp Bangalore is now in its 5th edition. It was easier to design the format earlier when it was small and we could gather feedback and design the format for the next BCB. With the current size and scope, its increasingly difficult to design a format that's good for most of us. This collective will bring together all such people who want to have a say in the design of BCB6. It'll be intense!

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
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  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




Collectives to be classified

Freelance Collective

This collective is to discuss about challenges and opportunities in the freelance world.

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  1. How to quit job and get real life! - Anand Chitipothu

Collectives needing further articulation

Open Collective

This collective is a temporary placeholder for placing sessions/talks when one is not sure which collective it is to be placed under. It is suggested you start / propose a collective that would be themed around your topic/session. In all likelihood there would be more campers interested in talking about similar themes/topics.

  1. HeadStart HeadStart-- Kallol Borah
  2. Numsum- Early detection of Breast Cancer-Dr.Jayanthi
  3. HyperPlane- Travel from Mumbai to NewYork in 1 hour. Theory and concepts. --Dr.Iqbal
  4. NaNoWriMo - 30 days, 50,000 words, infinite, crazy kind of fun -- Arun B
  5. SecondLife - 3D virtual worlds - Fantasy, Reality, or Mundane? -- Labsji Link
  6. Finishing School for enhancing graduate employability - Karthik Padmanabhan, ThinkVarsity Finishing Schools
  7. Use of Abuscus and Vedic Mathematics --Rashmi
  8. Nurturing the Asterisk talent in Bangalore Asterisk PBX India -Phani
  9. Building interest based online communities in India - Prateek Dayal -- Muziboo.com

Harnessing the power of freelancers

Wisdom of Crowd with a Micropayment spin. Treepu - Remote Tree Planting as illustrative example


NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Collective

Explanation Every year, thousands, nay, millions of novelling enthusiasts dream of one impossible dream - to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. Starting on the 1st of November and ending on the 30th, the NaNoWriMo is a bunch of writers who are currently struggling to write 1667 words a day to meet the coveted word count.

This is the first year that India has a local chapter and we have a round dozen who has registered for the NaNoWriMo this year (the registrations are still open and will remain so till almost the very end of the month). We are using the BarCamp to come together for a Write-a-thon. Hence, unlike most collectives, we are not proposing talks, but instead, coming together to write for the two days of BarCamp, probably taking breaks and talking about what goes into the writing of a novel and why we are doing it.

Anybody who wants to chip in, with curiosity, questions or their dream about writing the one novel they always wanted to write, is welcome to join us. If you are registering for this collective, please keep in mind that constant power connections might not be possible and hence, while your laptop might be close to your heart, you might try some technology-adultery and also use pen(cils) and paper to do the writing.

Because we do not have many talks, we do not want to hog the limited resources available for other collectives and would most probably be taking up a corner with some mats and cushions, or laze in the CCD (The coffee! The coffee!) pretending we are in a European Summer holiday.

Collective Facilitator: Nishant Shah itsnishant[at]gmail[dot]com 9 seven 4 double zero 7 4 double 8 4

Collectives needing more traction and action

Web Prototyping

Create logos for the web. Create prototypes for websites easily. Accelerate web design and development with Adobe Fireworks CS3 software, an ideal tool for creating and optimizing images for the web and rapidly prototyping websites.

http://websitetips.com/graphics/fireworks/#tutorials

Call center setup / operations

About the collective
This collective is for people who would like to discuss ideas on how to setup / operate call center. We could explore the existing call centers in Bangalore, the telecom infrastructure that is needed etc.,

Collective Forum
To be created

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Computing for the Blind

About the collective
User interfaces are increasingly becoming graphical, visual and touch/gesture-based. So, what'll happen to accessibility for visually impaired people?

This collective can share the experience in creating/setting up Man-Machine Interfaces for the blind and discuss the new developments and improvements.... and maybe much more.

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

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Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Topic, speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Search Engine Optimization (SEO)/SEM

About the collective
We had SearchCamp in chennai on October 5th and 6th. Many people wanted such a conference in blore. Lets add this collective to the barcamp

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
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  1. <start here>

Sessions
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  1. Common SEO Tools Ezhil Raja, Uptrendhits.com, Chennai

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Life

About the collective
Ever wondered what life is all about. Why the hell should we all be here and be doing all this technology and all this stuff, is it only to sustain ourselves, and be seen as successful in society and all?

Is it just randomly that we have all come here, or are there some missing links.

Is there somethings that some people know, but are not known to everyone of us.

What was Buddha, was he really a God, so to speak. Did Buddha really attain nirvana. And if yes? And also if the theory of Buddhism was to give up, why was he so associated with mankind, as to want good for them, and preach them things? Is there not a huge contradiction in something as simple as Buddha.

What was I born for, is the one of the most common an-answered questions around. Can we find some answers, or is there any need for such an answer [1]

Collective Forum
To be created

Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
Collective leads / participants to List topics discussed and deliberated from the collective forum. This is a wish list of what you would like to hear.

  1. <start here>

Sessions
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  1. Role of the Role - Questions about Ego - Questions by Labsji, Answer by Wisdom of the Crowd.

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead



Healthcare in India

About the collective
A collective for discussing about Health&Life. Social scientists, doctors, techies, people who have seen problems first hand are most welcome to join and share their thoughts.

Collective Forum
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Collective lead nominations
If there more than one nomination to lead a collective, the collective participate can decide the lead by consensus. The collective lead is a volunteer role to contribute.

Proposed topics
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  1. <start here>

Sessions
You can list your talk for this collective here.

  1. <start here> Talk, Speaker

Discussions
You can propose topics for discussion by all participants in the collective. Any one can choose to lead these discussions.

  1. <start here> Discussion Topic, volunteer lead




IT for schools

About the collective
Using IT in schools is nothing new. School Information management system are in use, computer labs are partially available. Most applied solutions don't focus on the the special school environment, which might create dependencies from Software Developers as well as from the local IT department.

The Collective creates a place to discuss special requirements for school IT solutions on one side and successful attempts to provide solutions for schools. Everybody who has an interest in developing or using IT in schools is invited to join the collective.

Some points to introduce you and discuss might be:

  • school management, how to transfer non-IT into IT-based management
  • creating secure applications to minimize dependency on IT people
  • choosing the right development platforms to create sustainable solutions
  • etc.
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