Live-blogging: BarCamp Phnom Penh ‘09
10.2.2009 in General
7:54
barcamppp: Testing…
7:55
barcamppp: Good morning Phnom Penh, Cambodia!
7:56
barcamppp: It’s quite early morning here in the Cambodian capital, but people are flocking into Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC), the BarCamp Phnom Penh venue.
7:57
barcamppp: This is barcamppp Bun, I’m going to do all the best today to cover the event through this channel, live-blogging.
8:05
barcamppp: test
8:54
barcamppp: Amazing! The conference room (usually can host up to 600 people) is filled up.
8:59
barcamppp: The event is about to begin after the very early registration session.
9:01
barcamppp: The official Master of Ceremony (MC), Pagna Sam is making an announcement for everyone to get ready.
9:07
barcamppp: Pagna has just given an open intro/speech, and invited the first guest speaker to give a talk.
9:08
barcamppp: A representative from EZECOM, the exclusive Internet Service Provider, is giving a talk on new tech, fiber optic
9:10
barcamppp: SABAY representative starts to give another short speech.
9:21
barcamppp: Followed by Javier Sola’s speech.
9:21
barcamppp: And now, the host professor is giving his speech.
9:40
barcamppp: Pagna Sam and Preetam Rai has just introduced the BarCampers some in-house rules.
9:40
barcamppp: It’s now coffee time…
9:41
barcamppp: And to be followed by Post-Your-Topic
9:48
barcamppp: The Day-One White Board is being overwhemingly occupied participants.
9:49
barcamppp: Still not sure how many peope have showed up here in this conference room. I’ll try to obtain the number from the registration desk people.
9:51
barcamppp: Please send me your questions. I promise to provide answers as many as I can.
9:51
barcamppp: [Guest]: Is there any place that I can listen to the voice of this conference?
9:52
barcamppp: [Guest]: Any picture?
9:55
barcamppp: BarCamp Phnom Penh ‘09 in pictures on http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcamppp/
9:58
barcamppp: The conference hall is still crowded although they were advised to take a tea break in the canteen.
10:05
barcamppp: The first lunch break of the day has come to its end.
10:05
barcamppp: Pagna Sam the official MC is calling everyone to get back to their seat.
10:06
barcamppp: Video: Barcamp Phnom Penh 2009 first impressions http://wanhoffs-cambodia.blogspot.com/2009/10/barcamp-phnom-penh-2009-first.html
10:08
barcamppp: And who’s tweeting about BarCamp Phnom Penh ‘09 http://twitter.com/#search?q=barcamppp
10:23
barcamppp: Topics posted. Participants are advised to get in the respective rooms to learn what they wish.
10:35
barcamppp: The topic ranges from Lighting Talk to Code Camp.
10:55
barcamppp: The conference is less crowded now. Only Rebol [http://rebol.com/] is being presented here.
11:04
barcamppp: Via Twitter, “can you use the 5ghz spectrum unlicenced in Cambodia?” Any ideam, please let me know via Comment box.
11:06
barcamppp: Tea break now…
11:06
barcamppp: Tea break takes place at the canteen, ground floor.
11:52
barcamppp: The sessions of the morning-long are going on in each respective room.
11:57
barcamppp: 11:44 [Guest]: No Cisco.
1:31
barcamppp: Lunch break is about to finish.
1:40
barcamppp:
12:16 [MD]: Very good man, it’s better than in Vietnam much 
1:41
barcamppp:
2:28 [Chamroeun]: great event for IT specialists in Cambodia
1:43
barcamppp: @nabejero: great showing @barcamppp! over 1000 participants n counting for walk-ins. lot of ideas, tools, networks to absorb. http://twitpic.com/k26qd
1:53
barcamppp: @nabejero: a lot of dangerously cool ideas brewing, guys.. this generation will be the force for change in this country.
1:54
barcamppp: Warm up session now after the lunch-break.
1:55
barcamppp: The MC, Pagna Sam, is introducing a game to the hundred participants.
1:55
barcamppp: Follow Me Game as if Follow Me on Twitter.
2:09
barcamppp: The third session of this first day is about to begin. Presenters give a less-than-one minute introduction to their topic, so that participants can decide which one suits them most.
2:16
barcamppp: The wireless Internet connection is getting slow, please do not download huge files or your machine will be filtered out.
2:31
barcamppp: @preetamrai: #barcamppp crosses 1000 registrants from over a dozen countries. Breaks all records. (Awesomeness in Phnom Penh!).
2:37
barcamppp: The Internet is pretty slow now; a presenter who gives a talk about a Japanese Web service can’t get some of the sites loaded.
2:48
barcamppp: @31o5: @elm200 is talking abotu #sekaiCaamera which use AR+GPS, you can tag real world.
2:50
barcamppp: 70.000 internet accounts in cambodia. 4.3 million mobile users.: @thomaswanhoff
2:51
barcamppp: Watching “Cool Japanese Web Services” presentation at BarCampPP.: @jfxberns
2:58
barcamppp: Vietnamese geeks giving a talk Vietnam’s online payment: http://twitpic.com/k2cfu
3:03
barcamppp: mixi.com is being introduced here in this room, where a presentation about Japanese Web service takes place.
11:21
barcamppp: Welcome to Live-Blogging: Day 2
11:23
barcamppp: Picture: BarCamp Phnom Penh – The Grid Day 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42165996@N07/3978311869/
11:27
barcamppp: It’s quite another good morning here in the huge conference, where some hundreds are enjoying their sessions in the classrooms and the conference hall.
11:29
barcamppp:
5:12
[Keo Sophon]: This morning I joined Information Security Session. It’s very interesting!!!
11:30
barcamppp:
11:24
[sopheap]: Good Afternoon PP! ;D
11:30
11:26
[sopheap]: i could not see the live show!
11:38
barcamppp: Lunch break now…
12:25
barcamppp: Internet comparison of the Internet price between Cambodia and Thailand.
12:25
barcamppp: ADSL rate in Cambodia: 1298$/mo for unlimited access at 1024kbps.
12:46
barcamppp: Which is 1200 baht for 4mbps in Thailand.
12:47
barcamppp: Norbert Klein’s talk about ICANN. 45 minutes audio recording (mp3): http://media1.roadkast.com/wanhoffs-wissenschaft/BArcamppp_Norbertklein.mp3
1:45barcamppp: BarCamp Phnom Penh ‘09 in picture by eiji.sakai http://www.flickr.com/photos/26605052@N06/tags/barcamppp/
5:30
barcamppp: CNNGo heads to camp — Barcamp, in Phnom Penh http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/none/cnngo-heads-camp-barcamp-phnom-penh-450717
