Realization: NAS-IT Expo is Tech Mashup, just bigger and better

Had a small realization on my regular morning-walk today.

I was feeling a bit sad that NAS-IT didn’t allow us to put an AI Conf standee at the expo. Especially after seeing the crowd there yesterday, it felt like a missed chance to share something community-driven. Their reasoning was that it’s a professional event and there isn’t space for community. I kind of get it, but not really. (Edit: there’s a banner somewhere in one of the display board scrolling, but honestly i didn’t see it once, so probably no one did)

Anyway, that’s not what I wanted to write about. While thinking about it, I wondered how cool it would be if the expo had space for communities alongside products and organizations. Then it hit me — this has been done before. And we did it, about twelve years ago. It was called Tech Mashup.

Back in 2013, we had organized a speed-networking event for startups, where several companies and communities set up stalls at Babar Mahal Revisited. Such a beautiful venue.

I don’t remember how many people came, but I do remember it felt lively. We never really documented things back then, which is a bit sad — so much of what we’ve done just lives in our memories.

Anyway, just a random recollection of organizing Tech Mashup. It was a fun event. 🙂

Photos of Tech Mashup - Flickr

Until then,
Be nice to everyone :D

PS - I’ll add photos once i find them