Bangkok, a city where:
- Everyone walks around with an iPhone, an iPad, a Kindle, an Android, a BlackBerry but you can't get a working 3G network.
- "Free" wifi offered by both government and ISPs that do not connect.
- Numerous "world-class" IT malls offer the same choices of sub-standard smuggled goods and knock-offs.
- Social networks are used to broadcast bowel movements and organize virtual modern-day lynching.
- A computer-illiterate heads the Ministry of ICT and thinks internet censorship is something to brag about.
It may appear to be a high-tech city, but with mis-education and mis-information, there should be no doubt as to why this country is still not as far in development as it should be.
Sometimes good things do happen in Bangkok tech world. Like these geek camps. Wordcamp, Barcamp, Beercamp. And now Webcamp for web designers and developer.
The participation is free. It will be a whole day event, which will be held <strike>at the cozy Third Place Thonglor on Sat Aug 29 from 10am onwards.</strike> soon. They have postponed the date. Keep checking their website for updates.
