We’re in Phnom Penh tonight, getting some materials together for Barcamp Phnom Penh (2). At time of writing there are 1146 participants currently registered from 12 countries, which I gather is something of a record. It’s certainly floored us.

I’m amazed by the response that the event has attracted (the entire attendance of the last two barcamps I attended wouldn’t have made up bcpp2’s organization committee..) and am really excited to see what themes emerge in this intersection of collaborative, web 2.0 and free culture with South East Asian – and specifically Cambodian – perspectives.

It’ll also be great to catch up with several folks here utilizing FrontlineSMS for SMS based information systems, and finding out a bit more about what goes on down at InSTEDD.