Posted in information technology, weblogs on Jul 8th, 2013
This last weekend I joined the ‘Cambodian Contingent’ (15 people) organized by Open Institute‘s BarCamp impresario Be Chantra for a brief visit to Ho Chi Minh City for ‘BarCamp Saigon‘. It’s about a six hour ride by bus, which means an early morning start. Geek alert: once we crossed the border, my Khmer friends immediately [...]
Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog, Yet More Blogs on May 27th, 2013
[Note: This post will be revised as I sort out my many photos & videos!] BarCamp Battambang was held on May 25-26th; I hadn’t been up to visit in nearly a year. Thanks to friends for recording my talk and taking photos & video! Let BarCamp Change Your Life on Vimeo. Still polishing the [...]
Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cinema, current events on Mar 23rd, 2013
I was tired. I was hungry. I had lots of other things to do. But wild horses couldn’t have kept me away from this year’s FilmCamp. Like the label says: it’s a meeting of film enthusiasts. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I’d first encountered the organizers ‘Kon Khmer Koun Khmer’ at their amazing ‘Golden Reawakening’ film [...]
Posted in cambodia, cambodia blog, current events, information technology, literature, weblogs on Feb 25th, 2013
This last weekend I presented on E-Books in a ‘lightning session’ at BarCamp Angkor. I would enjoy talking more about e-book publishing, especially since it’s a new sector sorting itself out. I’ve been developing Khmer language e-books with Our Books Cambodia, and taken an initial foray into e-publishing with a collection of my own comics. [...]
Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog on Nov 20th, 2012
(Siem Ream opens its arms to you!) Friday, November 01: I hop a bus at noon from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. In earlier days I’d be taking a speedboat. These days it’s a 4-5 hour jaunt via bus. One of the small but deeply important changes in Cambodian life since the 1998 stand-down [...]
