YAMU Events: Starting With Refresh Colombo #yamu

An earlier Refresh. Colombo hits F5 every month.

So we’ve hired one person (to start) that’s going to curate some ongoing events. You can check out what we have on the front page of YAMU under KARAMU, or here. Like everything else, we’re just putting it out dirty and letting it evolve.

As a serendipitious event, we’ve also been asked to speak about YAMU at today’s Refresh Colombo. This is at 5:30 at the Royal Skills Center, next to Royal College, nearer to the Thurstan Road junction.

There’s honestly little solid to present, in the sense that we’re just putting stuff out there and changing it all the time. I’ll talk about the general plan and then Savan and I will publicly brainstorm some of the bigger, messier ideas we’re playing with. This include (real) places as hyperlinks and GPS tracking the Bombay Muttaih guy. Note that the brainstormed ideas we’re not saying we’ll deliver, but we’ll talk about the big dreams as much as the nitty gritty. Just for interests sake.

So that’s one event. Refresh Colombo, today at 5:30.

Posted on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 in Business, Colombo, Tech, YAMU.

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Annon

2012-07-26 17:46:43

A UNP guise to mobilise and brainwash youth ;0~

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indi

2012-07-26 18:39:46

shit. you found out already

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xyz

2012-07-26 17:48:27

I don’t understand this??? What is going on here?? Yamu where?? Can somebody explain please??? The pic looks like some sort of education fair?? What is the exactly???

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shammi

2012-07-26 18:49:34

There’s going to be a discussion about YAMU at this geek gathering called Refresh Colombo. The gathering is a Monthly affair, I think.

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tastyjujubes

2012-07-26 18:23:31

Hey you should review pubs under BOMU and cinema/films under BALAMU … :)

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shammi

2012-07-26 18:50:55

Public transport under “HANIKA YAMAN”?

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tastyjujubes

2012-07-26 19:27:52

Or under…. AASAI BAYAI :)

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greene

2012-07-26 19:28:53

hey. are you single by any chance ?

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shammi

2012-07-26 21:42:59

Me? I used to be …….? :D

greene

2012-07-26 22:37:09

:(
why are all the good ones taken ?

shammi

2012-07-28 09:38:10

Oh dear! You jut reminded me of how very odd and utterly foolish I was when single.

indi

2012-07-28 09:59:38

wtf just happened here?

shammi

2012-07-28 12:06:01

I must have smelled some bacon. It’s the photographs that did it.

greene

2012-07-28 20:51:54

u know. we could have an affair

tastyjujubes

2012-07-29 11:34:52

OMG they added BOMU to YAMU :)

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