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5 sessions you shouldn't miss at GNUNIFY

In a week FOSS enthusiasts from all over the country would be camping at GNUNIFY, annual event to celebrate and discuss FOSS. This would be my first attendance at the event and I am hoping to spend two days talking to interesting people more than learning a technology, but that doesn't hold the tech flare discounted. There are some great sessions planned and my list of 5 hot sessions at GNUNIFY is:

  1. Embracing the Web Platform - This session would be about the state of web by Arun Rangnathan, straight from horses mouth "The talk is meant to be an overview of the web in 2010, and what the future holds in store for us." 
  2. WEB.NEXT - This session would talk about jetpack (Disclaimer: I have man crush on azaa Raskin) and weave. I have great-great expectations from this one.  
  3. MySQL Performance Tuning: Top 10 Tips - I am hoping this one to be very interactive and would love if the speaker can include sharding tips, using MYSQL for key-value pair storage (ala friendfeed) and tuning tools to monitor IO etc. I am sure the list is ready but it would be great to hear experiences of audience. 
  4. eJOSH CMS - Content Management for non-IT professionals in India - Being Drupal fanboy and professional, I would check out some competition here. 
  5. FOSS way of making fonts - Typography is something I have high respect for (thanks to the movie helvetica and posts by mark boulton) but know nothing about, so this one comes as a nice surprise and I am hoping it to be an awesome session. 
There are other awesome sessions at GNUNIFY about couchdb, clojure, php profiling, embedded linux, beagel board and lots more. There is lots to whet your techie appetite for a year. More than anything there would be awesome people out there. See you there :)