On day 1, I woke up early in the morning and went outside for a morning walk. Everyone in Senegal says Bonjour to each other, irrespective of being a stranger. The people of Dakar seem very polite and relaxed in nature. Whilst walking on the coastal road of Novotel, I admired the beauty of several massive Baobab trees.
Back at the hotel, the breakfast was delicious with lots of fruits and cakes accompanied with juice. By the time, breakfast was over, it was already 0800 AM. I took a Panoramic view from the back of Novotel.
I had to get ready as I needed to travel from Novotel hotel to Radisson Blu where the hackathon preparation was going on. I met with Serge-Parfait GOMA instructor at the Hackathon together with Loganaden Velvindron from Afrinic. On Day 1, there were about 15 participants who already registered themselves. We had to prepare for the Hackathon as it needed to be carried out both in English and French.
Preparing for the Hackathon demands lots of time and trying to cover the maximum: from the basics until when the code need to be hacked. The project chosen was the NTP client. I created both slides in English and French.
Whilst I was preparing for the slides, Serge was busy setting up the Pidgin channel. We also tested the livestream. I brought a tripod for my Iphone 7 as it’s so easy for live YouTube video broadcast. We also checked out the hackathon room and carried out several tests. We were happy to be assisted by the guys from ISOC who were always there to help. We reviewed the code anew and discussed a little about the RFCs and Internet Drafts for that specific hackathon.
Time for dinner where I met fellows from Afrinic such as Duksh Koonjoobeeharry from Atlassian User group of Mauritius and Afrinic, Mukom Akong Tamon from Afrinic – That guy is an IPv6 ninja, Charles Eckel from CISCO who was also leading the hackathon on the network programmability track. I also met other persons from the ISOC team and Nishal Goburdhan a FreeBSD evangelist who gave me a FreeBSD sticker.
By the time, dinner was over, it was already late. I went to meet the ISOC and Afrinic guys who were still working hard to set up the hackathon room. I took a cab and headed directly to Novotel hotel.
In case you missed Day 0, do check the article here
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