Opera India

Bruce and I are in the middle of the Opera India University Tour, and haven’t exactly been getting the opportunity to blog a lot. However, in the next few days you’ll probably see a lot of posts from us, starting with this one.

A few days ago, Opera was in Mumbai, where we had a fantastic time. We presented a seminar at VJTI, and later had a community meetup at the Hard Rock Cafe.

At the meetup, I had the pleasure of meeting some familiar faces, and some new faces who were equally awesome. Case in point, Kaushik, who made this awesome card



At the end of the meetup, we were given a questionnaire to complete, and we couldn’t resist adding a little geek humour.



Bruce was taught a little bit of hindi. We taught him that the hindi equivalent of ‘Hello, how are you?’ is ‘Tum bahut khoobsurat ho. Aati kya khandaala?’ . I hope he doesn’t get beat up if he tries that line with an indian woman (and if trying that line with an indian guy, I hope he doesnt actually end up in khandala!)

Once again, a big thanks to everyone who came, and I look forward to visiting this fantastic city soon.

More photos here.

So I was at the Chandigarh Airport to catch a flight to Mumbai and got my boarding pass, when I realized that I had forgot my cell phone at home . But I had Wi-Fi there, and I twittered it immediately .

Fortunately, I did not miss my cell phone at all, as Barcamp Mumbai 3 was a rocking event. The event had a huge turnout, but more than that, I was impressed by the enthusiasm of the participants. Huge props to the organizers and the guys and girls at IIT-Bombay's SJMSOM for the great event.

All kinds of people showed up, right from B-school students, to veteran entrepreneurs to hard core techies with years of experience. Also, it was heartening to see many first timers. Some of them did not work in the tech industry, but still came. And because of the eclectic mix of all these people, we had a great time sharing ideas, which was especially evident in the Firetalks which took place.

Navjot also presented there, and you can check out his presentation right here.

Hope to see you again soon, Mumbai!