I owe this book to…

To all Unconference practitioners and authors whose knowledge has made this collaborative work, a true collection of wisdom of the crowd.

My Dad and Mom – For showing me what true selfless love is.

Sujani, my wife and closest confidante – For truly being a pillar of strength and for supporting me in the myriad of initiatives that I undertake.

Rajesh Setty – For being my mentor and for being an inspiration to find out the author in oneself.

Tim O’Reilly – for sparking my imagination with FooCamp which eventually led me to start Cerebrate, an unconference for achievers.

Chris Messina and Tara Hunt – For starting the BarCamp movement and for selflessly open sourcing the concept.  This led me to start BarCampChennai in 2006, which made me fall truly in love with the unconference format.

S.Muthiah – For encouraging the thought that everyone has a story to tell and why its important to document the stories.

Creative Commons – For showing me that the more we share, the more we eventually benefit.

Murugesan Alagarsamy – For patiently designing the book cover.

Rajesh Sellaiyan – For using his creativity on the website http://www.unconference.info

Krithya and Kalpitha, my lovely kids – For bearing with me while I spent time working on this book while I should have been playing with them.

Editor

K.Venkatesh is the editor of this book. He is a good friend and has eyes of an hawk. He is a copyeditor by profession, with over 12 years experience in academic and scholarly publishing. He founded VirtualPaper (www.virtualpaper.co.in), a copyediting service for academic and scholarly publishers.. VirtualPaper helps authors structure, organize, and write books, and also provides substantive edit services for academic authors to appropriately present their books or journal articles before submitting for publication. Venkatesh also is the chief evangelist of YourStory.in where he interviews entrepreneurs.

Researchers

Rifaq Mohammed is an internet enthusiast, buddying SEO Speciaist and loves to explore Social Media. He aspires to become a combination of a good developer and a Social Media specialist while pursuing his Engineering. Rifaq majors in Computer Science and is a innovator by person.

Bharath Yeshwanth has been very proactive with research on this book. He currently work as a Software Engineer with Trane Design Centre. He loves to meet new achievers. He loves writing. He strongly believes that when you help others, you get a lot more back in life.

Photographer

Vijay Venkatesh is a long time friend of mine and one of the earliest bloggers. He is a passionate portrait photographer and enjoys watching faces and expressions. He’s a Mac enthusiast and enjoyed reading political essays. He dropped out of the rat race to follow his heart and is planning on a photo exhibition and a book on portraits.

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