Abhishek Deshpande

Category: WordCamps

  • November – My month of Travel is here

    From past few years, November has always become Month of travel for me. Most of the times it’s for work or family trips.

    November 2018 has many things and journeys in the bag. I will try my best to share my experiences in a blog post for almost every trip. Here’s My tentative Itinerary for November

    1. Kochi, Kerala – 1st Nov to 5th Nov
    I’ll be visiting Kochi, Kerala for WordCamp Kochi 2018, the Second WordCamp in Southern Part of India. Speaker Lineup is excellent, I’ll be on Happiness bar at WordCamp Kochi. If you have any queries regarding WordPress, Blogging, Websites feel free to drop by.

    2. Nagpur – 6th Nov to 11th Nov
    It’s Diwali time, This year we are celebrating Diwali at Nagpur. You are welcome for Diwali cha Faral 🙂

    3. Amravati – 12th Nov – 14th Nov
    My Cousin is getting married. I’ll be in Amravati City. I can quickly get some time for healthy discussions. If you are around Amravati, Ping me.

    4. Pokhara, Nepal – 20th Nov – 27th Nov
    It will be my first visit to Nepal. I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Pokhara 2018. I haven’t planned any itinerary in Nepal tour yet if you have any adventurous Ideas do let me know.

    5. Ahmedabad – 30th Nov – 3rd Dec
    Another WordCamp trip, WordCamp Ahmedabad is Last WordCamp of 2018 in India. I’ll remember my past two visits, Food in Ahmedabad is mesmerising, recommendations are welcome.

    If you are in any of the cities mentioned above on those dates, feel free to ping me.

  • My Travel Itinerary for WordCamp Europe 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia

    This year I’m making to WordCamp Europe which hosted in Belgrade City, Serbia. Here’s my Itinerary

    11 June – Reaching Serbia around afternoon. Planning to rest for the day. Staying at Bongo Hostel
    12 June – Downtown walking tour
    13 June – Riverside Bike tour  Or / And Underground Secrets of Belgrade
    14, 15, 16 June – WordCamp Europe
    17 June – Not Decided
    18 June – Tour to Five Wonders of Eastern Serbia ( Manasija monastery, Resava Cave, Veliki Buk waterfall, Krupaje river spring, Gornjak monastery)
    19 June – Return Journey

    If you are coming to WordCamp Europe, we can catch up in Belgrade before camp, In Camp or Post Camp.

    if have any adventure planned. would love know.

    Major Update: 

    I’m not making to WordCamp Europe, Due to Medical Issues at home. I look forward to see Serbia with your Eyes. Do share me the Photos.

  • Moments I love to capture at any WordCamp

    I’ve attended 21 WordCamp in India since 2013, Campers have spotted me with Camera in most of WordCamps, Sometimes as Photographer Volunteer or as an attendee who uses a camera as an excuse to peek into the different tracks or to escape Boring Sessions.

    Since then many serial WordCamper started calling me as UnOfficial Photographer of WordCamps in India. My Camera has given me recognition in Indian WordPress Community, I can’t ignore that part.

    I’m writing this blog post for all those who love to Capture Moments at any Conference. if you find anything new on your Capture list, please do share in Comment. Here is the list of Items I prefer to Capture in any conference

      • Pre Camp Preparations
      • Venue & Props
      • Registration Desks & Objects
      • Swag Counters & Objects
      • Breakfast / Lunch / Snacks items
      • People enjoying Food
      • People Networking
      • People having Selfie / Groupie
      • Speakers Preparing for Talks
      • Speakers while Presenting
      • Speaker Discussing offline
      • In Room QnA Photos
      • Sponsors Desk
      • Sponsors while Exhibiting
      • Companies Team Photos
      • Opening and Closing Ceremony

    I often publish those photos on my FB Profile, you can check them here.

     

  • Developing WordPress Frontend with Chrome Developer Tools

    This is a proposed outline for WordCamp Mumbai 2018 Speaker Application.

    I’m yet to post about my talks at WordCamp Kanpur and Ahmedabad, both are in the draft along with a long list of heading items that need detailing. So Instead of putting topics in the draft and piling them, decided to publish and continue as a series of Blog posts.

    Intended Audience: Designers / Developers
    Level of Understanding: Beginner / Intermediate

    The audience may already be familiar with the basic features of the Chrome Developer Tools: the DOM inspector, styles panel, and JavaScript console. But there are a number of lesser-known features that can dramatically improve workflows.

    This session will be demo based, will cover DevTools demo around following Topics:

    • Console Tricks for Debugging
    • Event Listeners
    • Accessibility checks
    • Workspaces for quick local development
    • Network throttling for testing your web on low-speed users
    • Performance tuning of a web page
    • and some tricks from Animation, Sensors & Rendering Tabs of DevTools.

    Whether stepping through JavaScript, Debugging CSS, Testing REST API calls, or auditing page performance, the window of Chrome’s DevTools is there to help.

    Whether I’ll be speaking or not at WordCamp Mumbai is not sure as its always hard for Organizers to Select sessions amongst so many awesome topics maintaining Attendees Flow of learning. I’ll make sure to post these tricks here on my blog.

    [Update – 06-04-2018]

    I had One hour Session at WordCamp Mumbai 2018, it was great experience for me, Thanks to Organizing team and Attendees. I’m yet to write detailed post about these tricks but you can find code demonstrated at my Github Repo. Please refer Notepad Point.txt (it has the flow we used in session)and Codes folder (for actual codes).

  • I’m coming back to Udaipur

    Udaipur – city of lakes, one of the Peaceful places I found to live. Visited this lovely city last year for the first time. Obviously, WordCamp was the reason. Last year while leaving the city, I planned to come back soon. Here I’m making it. Right after one year again for another WordCamp in the City of Lakes Rajasthan.

    The first view of Lake Pichola, as my Autowala left me at Jagdish Mandir. and I’ve to walk towards Hostel,

    Morning view of Udai Kothi from Balcony takes you perfectly to travel mode.

    More photos from my last visit are Posted on Facebook, you can view them in Udaipur 2017 Album

    This post is for sole Collaboration purpose, if you find some spot I’m missing or I Must visit, do suggest in the comment or on Twitter.

    26th Jan 2018

      • 8.30 AM – Reaching Chittorgarh
      • 1 PM – Check in at Journey Hostel (its 2 hour of Road Journey from Chittorgarh to Udaipur)
      • Lunch at Natraj Dining Near Railway Station, Udaipur (They serve lovely Rajasthani Thali)
      • Sunset at Amrai or Gangaur Ghat Followed by Show at Bagore ki Haveli (I Missed this last year)
      • Late Evening – Unofficial Community Meetup at Sukhadia Circle (its actually Street Food Raid)

    27th Jan is completely for WordCamp Udaipur 2018

    28th Jan

    • Morning – Jagdish Temple / City Palace / Hathi Pole Market
    • Lunch – Krishna Daalbati
    • Evening – Sajjan Garh Monsoon Palace or Jag Mandir

    29th Jan

    • 9 AM – will head for Ahmedabad (will reach around 3, meeting some friends)
    • 5.30 PM – Train to Nagpur

    Please do share, what you think about this tentative Itinerary.