DP is one of the youngsters at the GNU/Linux Free Software and Open Source network in Goa. His blog is out there [1] and already has been mentioned in these fora.
It is a nice -- if informal and offbeat -- record of what's happening there at the GU MCA (Goa University, Master of Computer Applications) classes, even if a one person's very personalised point of view. A prof at the Goa Univ was mentioning it to me at Exhibition of Computers and Allied Products (largely positively), and I thought, hey this is great. Technology allowing students to actually make a point. When DP wrote a more-than-frank evaluation of ECAP2005 (and specifically the ILUG-Goa participation there), it drew the attention of quite a few people. Recently, I got into blogging specifically about the theme of NGOs/non-profits/civil society and FLOSS [2] for the TacticalTech.org network [3]. Then, I chanced upon the FOSS.in [4] aggregater of blogs [5]. A brief email saw my blog linked up there. Today, when I wanted to say a thank you to a young student who fixed my software upgrade, Derek Cordeiro (for his work yesterday), I ran into his [6] blog. It talks about autism, Bin Laden, VOIP and... even love! Just posted a suggestion to Free Software enthusiasts in Goa to go in for their own blogs, and bring everything together by setting up a Planet or Atom or whatever to aggregate all the postings. For instance, I would love to keep in touch with Prof George Easaw and what's happening on the Free Software-in-education front. Or, with Augusto F. Fernandes' explorations on the Free Software-in-music theme. Our friends out of Goa, like Ajay Cuncolienkar, B2, Yunus and Arvind Clement, could tell us about what's happening in the world of work in Hyderabad/US, Mumbai, and the Gulf. Or wherever they are currently located.... PS: Do ask Derek about the secret of ecwhost.com and their Thursday-evening only free accounts. [1] http://www.livejournal.com/~pintooo15/ [2] http://foss4us.org/blog [3] http://www.tacticaltech.org [4] http://foss.in [5] http://planet.foss.in [6] http://derek.ecwhost.com/blog/blog/1