india.mdwn



CouchDesign Collaboration journey through India
During December 2015 and January 2016 we are staying in India,
visiting Linux friends.

Our friend Maja will attend 2nd half of the trip.
Interests:
We are both involved in Free Software,
with a special interest in design and custom systems.
Collaboration:
We prefer round-table discussions over giving talks.
Do your work place use Debian-based servers,
or have you privately tuned your laptop/desktop,
and can imagine such customizations being relevant for others too?
We would love to learn about it,
as our interest is in exploring ways to generalize compositions of Debian.
Travel:
We like the pace of train rides,
and like it for environmental reasons too.
Hosting:
We can afford staying at hotels,
but much prefer visiting our friends privately.
We bring sleeping bags
and would like to contribute to the household during our stay.
Plans currently look like this:

Dec 2 06:35
Arrival at terminal 3 of New Delhi airport♦.
Dec 2
Metro+train+auto ride via New Delhi♦ to Manesar♦.

Collaborate with Hamara Linux developers.
Stay at Hyatt Regency.


Dec 10
Train+bus ride to Kathmandu♦.

Visit Chandan and other friends.
Dec 13
Meeting with Ankur of Expresiv
about DebianDesign and more.
Dec 14
Round-table discussion with students of HCOE
about blends,
organized by HCOE Developers Circle.
Dec 14
Meeting with Expresiv designers
about DebianDesign and more.
Dec 15
Round-table discussion with students of NCIT
about blends,
organized by NOSK and FOSS Nepal Community.
Dec 16 12:00
Discussion with Karkhana and RAN
at iHUB♦
about Open Hardware
and use of Debian in primary school deployments.
Visit to Monkey Temple♦.


Dec 17
Bus ride to Pokhara♦.

Stay at Hotel Snow Leopard♦.


Dec 19 - Dec 22
Bus+train ride to Hyderabad♦.

Visit Medhamsh and other friends.
Dec 23 Meeting with Swecha♦ developers.
Dec 23 Visit ThoughtWorks♦ developers.
Dec 24 Debian package session with ThoughtWorks♦ developers.
Dec 28 - Dec 29 Participate in Swecha demo.
Dec 29 Visit ThoughtWorks developers.
Dec 30 Meeting on net neutrality with students at IIIT.
Dec 31 Visit ThoughtWorks developers.
Jan 2 Swecha workshop on desktop theming and contributing to Debian.
Jan 2 Meeting with Swecha and academics.
Jan 3 Debian package session with ThoughtWorks developers.


Jan 4 06:00 - Jan 6 Car ride to Western Telangana.

Jan 4 10:00 - 12:00 Visit with Swecha to Vagdevi, Warangal.
Jan 4 14:00 - 16:00 Visit with Swecha to Jits, Karimnagar.
Jan 4 17:00 - 19:00 Hang out with Swecha core volunteers, Swecha resource center, Karimnagar.
Jan 5 10:00 - 12:00 Visit with Swecha to Kits, Khammam.
Jan 5 14:00 - 16:00 Visit with Swecha to Vijaya, Khammam.
Jan 5 18:00 Visit friends, Khammam.
Jan 6 10:00 - 12:00 Visit with Swecha to Anurg, Kodad.


Jan 6 19:05 - Jan 7 06:05
Train ride to Bengaluru♦.

Jan 7
Maja arrives to Bengaluru.
Visit Vasudev and other friends.


Jan 14 (or earlier - not later)
Train ride to Kerala♦.

Visit Cherry and other hackers at KEK
Meeting with Arun and ICFOSS


Jan 26
Train ride to Goa♦.

Visit Praveen.


Jan 27
Train ride to Mumbai♦.

Jan 27 Visit Kumar.
Visit Amey and other friends.


Jan 29 (open to change)
Train ride to Pune♦.

Visit Raju and other friends.
Continue collaboration with Hamara Linux developers
at Hamara hackerspace.


Feb 3 (open to change)
Train ride to Manesar♦.

Continue collaboration with Hamara Linux developers.
Feb 4 06:45
Maja departs from New Delhi airport♦.


Feb 8 (open to change)
Train ride to New Delhi♦.
Feb 9 08:40
Departure via terminal 3 of New Delhi airport♦.

We do not seek jobs in India

but are not on holiday either:
Our work with customers in Denmark continue as usual,
via internet.