Rising high with India FOSS 3.0

✨ The FOSS-ible things

It was my first time being to India FOSS, and the first thing that came to my mind was, I see a lot of familiar faces here, both from Kerala and outside. Meeting new set of people was in my agenda this time, but ended up meeting less new people than i expected, but had the opportunity to connect with already known people.

Well, I did wear a dhoti and shirt that day, Being the only dhoti wearer, many did notice me and I was Ajzal's favorite subject I guess 😂.

Listing out the people I met there would be really difficult since it was a bunch of them. But one person that I want to highlight is @alwin john, who made the day with his tweet.

🚌 The Journey

The journey started on 27th October. Initially I planned on going straight to the interesting place; But needed something more interesting to reach there. So bunked Friday's (27 October) class and went to watch Interstellar in 4DX — it was an amazing experience!

After watching it, went straight to the interesting place TinkerSpace, Kochi.

What's more interesting than bringing a bunch of Keralites to India FOSS 3.0?

Yeah, TinkerHub had made the decision to pool the top 30 FOSS contributors and onboard a mission called FOSS FORCE. Then the members of TinkerHub along with the 30 contributors onboarded the bus ride from Kochi on October 27 at around 7:30PM.

It really was a K factor to India FOSS 3.0 as said by Rushabh Mehta in his blog, The ride was fun and messed up sleep 😂

👑 The Frappe Supremacy

Whilst being at NIMHANS for the two days of conference, I did spend most of the time in sponsor booth of Frappe. Them being in the front wasn't the factor that motivated me to be there; it was to figure out how things are working there, to find solutions to the issues I faced.

I really wanted an installation help from there, but I did figure out on my own later. Overall it was a great time spent knowing and reporting bugs directly to the team. Thanks for the long stickers too! 🎉

🌟 The Total Event Experience

• Really vibe — Meeting and refreshing old connections with people was absolute vibe.
• The talks and sessions — Everything was good and amazing.
• Food — My love for veggie food recently made me love the food there.
• Swags — Got interesting and cool stickers plus the FOSS t-shirt.
• Venue and organization — Great and aesthetic.

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Thanks to everyone who made India FOSS 3.0 such a memorable experience!