codegent

Barcamp came to Thailand for the first time on Saturday. As codegent was one of the main sponsors (along with a couple of lesser knowns - Google & Microsoft) Matt and I felt it our duty to come out to Bangkok and join the fun.

Topics ranged from the seriously geeky (the virtues of streamlined ssh) to the seriously socialist (how Open Source can empower the common man) but in between we had some great discussions about RESTful web apps, PHP Frameworks and the most enthusiatic man on the planet eulogising about Twitter. There was even room to talk about online adult video.

The event was a huge success and undoubtedly Barcamp Bangkok II will follow next year. It's just cool to meet the people from around the globe who are as excited about this whole 'web thing' as we are.

Since we launched our new website we have been featured on quite a few portals as an example of good web design and coding standards. Its been great for traffic as well as the ego!

However, today broke boundaries as our global reach stretched as far as China and Japan! That's why I love this medium, things crop up in the most unlikely of places :)

A former client of ours, Claudia Orrell, decided to jack it all in and go and work for VSO in Thailand, helping Burmese refugees.

The organisation she has been working with in Thailand is called Peace Way Foundation. When we discovered that they were trying to run their operation using computers from the Middle Ages, we decided we would help by donating a few newer ones. We're pleased to hear that they are now happily installed in the Peace Way Foundation offices and working like a dream.

You can find out more about them here (maybe one day we should build them a spanking new website, too!) or you can join their Facebook group here.