Talk:Maemo Summit 2009/Submissions

Presentations under consideration
Please add comments you have about presentations under consideration here.

How to speed up your Maemo application development
Yes from me although this is a pretty hard-core platform developer talk. ESbox and PluThon are important parts of tablet development and as a lightning session you could 'scratch the itch' of the attendee. Maybe a little more information about how you intend to do this as a full session? -- baloo 22:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe. Seems like an application developer presentation to me, rather than platform developer. Let's see what other proposals come in. --Dave Neary 15:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Wait and see

Life outdoor event with Maemo
Could be part of the Stars keynote for OSM2Go. --Dave Neary 16:15, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Agree. -- Valério Valério 11:22, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I like the subject, but I'm not sure it should be grouped with OSM2Go. There is a wider talk here that could look at geocaching, GPX recording for geotagging photo's, e.t.c. --baloo 12:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Agreement: Propose Fremantle Stars plenary session, 10 to 15 mins each Session confirmed, at least OMWeather, OSM2Go, liqbase and Mauku will present

Writing plugins for MAFW
I would like input from platform developers as to whether this is a subject they are really interested in. No objections to inclusion if it is. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I would like to see this. MAFW is a big part of the framework and learning more about it would be good for developers. --baloo 12:50, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Wait and see.

GUPnP and Rygel: The UPnP/DLNA solution for Maemo
Could be nice if the theme is "show people how to do cool shit with GUPnP and Rygel" instead of "explain how it was cool to make GUPnP and Rygel". --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes for a users oriented talk, as Dave described above. -- Valério Valério 14:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, this will make a better user talk. --baloo 12:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Needs more info

Automatic binding generation for Qt based libraries
Wait and see

Accepted Presentation proposals
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Giving Great Presentations - LT

Maemo documentation co-creation

Money for nothing: Making money off free software

Fremantle Stars Presentation including liqbase-playground

Developments in The Qt WebKit Integration platform track

Development Nirvana: How Maemo Application Development Should Be - LT

Handheld Glom: Easy database applications.

maemo.org Bug Management

Attracting the Masses
Presentation declined. We felt that the content wasn't compelling enough for the presentation, and there will be considerable duplication with presentations during the Nokia day, which will concentrate on cracking the mass market, and during the Fremantle Stars presentations we expect to have. Please add any comments you might have below. Dave Neary 16:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Daniel Gentleman, thoughtfix at gmail dot com or thoughtfix anywhere.
 * Intended audience: Developers - but other parties may be interested
 * Talk type: Presentation (req: projector with VGA or DVI input for a Keynote presentation)
 * Abstract/description
 * Tablets have hundreds of applications now - but who are they for? If the Internet Tablets are intended to attract a more mainstream mobile market, the maemo community needs to get in touch with the needs of the target market.
 * The first part of this presentation will give an overview of the most popular applications on competing platforms. This information will be collected through app store sales/download counts, direct communication with a sampling of mobile consumers, and communication with some other high-profile mobile technology journalists. This will include actual applications, connectivity options, peripherals, interface (touch/keyboard/icon/etc) preferences, and related consumer desires.
 * The second part of this presentation will give an overview of the state of the existing maemo platform including commercial partners, independent contributors, and ports of more popular Linux software.
 * The conclusion will analyze mobile consumer desires compared to maemo offerings and, hopefully, give developers ideas on what they can write to make the platform more appealing.


 * Author bio
 * The seeds of TabletBlog started in 2005 when some geek named Daniel Gentleman picked up the original Nokia 770 and started a blog. Since then, I've published thousands of bits of material reaching millions of visitors and video views. So far, I've been present for the Nokia N800 launch in CES 2007, the N810 launch at the Web2Summit, BossaConference 2008 in Recife, Brazil, and the first Maemo Summit.

Challenges of Multimedia within a Freely Distributable Tablet Framework
Seems a little too abstract for a Maemo Summit as I think these issues effect a much wider audience. A good talk but again, in the interests of keeping this a very Maemo Summit focused event, I'm saying no unless a more compelling argument is there. -- baloo 22:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Same opinion here, in the current state I say no. -- Valério Valério 09:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Same here. No. There are many more compelling Mer presentations possible. --Dave Neary 15:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Agreement: No


 * Author: Matthew Craig, mtc in #Mer
 * Intended audience: Users and Platform engineers
 * Talk type: Presentation
 * Abstract/description
 * Multimedia technology has the very real potential of framing the next generation of the web, and it is becoming a primary vehicle for communication worldwide. The Mer Project faces unique challenges in handling this important technology, as it based on embedded architectures and strives to be freely distributable.  For example, license restrictions of MPEG technologies prevent the free distribution of the popular "MP3" audio playback.  With the current and rapid adoption of HTML-5 Video specifications, these difficult challenges are ones that must be addressed immediately.  This talk will review the obstacles, and the practical solutions, to using multimedia within the Mer Project.


 * Author bio
 * See Evangelizing Mer below.

Evangelizing Mer, and Tips on Promoting Your Own Project
Not sure this would stand up as a full session, suited more to a lightning talk? -- baloo 22:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Unless the author came up with a bigger plane, I also vote to convert it in a LT. -- Valério Valério 09:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I think an evangelisation presentation might be good. Let's see what else comes along in that style before saying yes. --Dave Neary 15:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * On reflection, I think that this is not a great and potentially interesting session to a large number of people. Voting no. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Creating Python bindings for C libraries in Maemo
I don't think Python bindings for C in Maemo have something special/different than bindings for other linux 'distros'. Since we have a lot of proposed talks for the dev's track, I would prefer to have others instead of this one. Maybe a LT, but IMO, this is a big topic for a 5 min presentation. So is a no for me. -- Valério Valério 11:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

There's already a pymaemo presentation, I think that we should leave it at that, and start solliciting presentations to fill gaps we have in the schedule. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's been pointed out to me that there isn't. A pymaemo presentation ("RAD for Maemo with PyMaemo" or something like that) would be a pretty cool presentation. --Dave Neary 12:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)