premshree

“Where are you from?”

“India.”

“Where in India?”

“Bangalore.”

“So you’re from software? Our billing system was done by a company in Bangalore.”

:-) I had this conversation with almost every staff member I spoke to in the hotel.

Man, next time I’m in Sri Lanka, I should seriously visit Kandy. I *could’ve* visited this time, but I was too lazy. When I was not at the conference, all I was doing was watching movies (a *lot*), drinking beer, and eating pizzas.

Oh wait, I did buy some CDs (thanks, Sanjeewa!), though. Man, Stigmata seem to be really very popular out here — it was a pain trying to get their album.

Some rather uneventful pictures here.

• I didn’t know Sam’s talk would cover some Ruby. Anyway, I did more like a hands-on thingie, and since many things didn’t overlap, things were good. I tried to demonstrate things that are different and fun in Ruby.
• Saying not-so-good things about PHP when Rasmus is in the audience — weird.
• Had a long discussion with Steve about OpenSpice.
• O’Reilly is coming to India.
• Bristol and Gold Leaf are popular cigarettes in Sri Lanka.
• Lion Beer is popular (and nice).
• Marvan Atapatu and Sanath Jayasuriya are rock stars.
• Bollywood stars are very popular here.
• Quite a lot of folks listen to classic rock. (There are at least a couple classic rock radio stations.)
• Stigmata and Paranoid Earthling are popular Sri Lankan rock bands.

Ruby, apparently. So yeah, I got confirmation. I will be speaking on Ruby at FOSSSL. My talk will most probably follow Sam Ruby’s. I’m flying Thursday night, and back Monday morning.

Should be fun.