Talk:Maemo Summit 2008

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: How much time will you need for mud?  I've started tracking things out a little into community and programming to see how things line up.  I would like to see the important programming topic non-overlapping [[User:brontide|brontide]] 02:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
: How much time will you need for mud?  I've started tracking things out a little into community and programming to see how things line up.  I would like to see the important programming topic non-overlapping [[User:brontide|brontide]] 02:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Eric, I really like what you are doing. Coolness. --[[User:timsamoff|timsamoff]] 02:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Eric, I really like what you are doing. Coolness. --[[User:timsamoff|timsamoff]] 02:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
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:: I can probably fill as much time as I'm given. I've only a vague idea of what it'll contain at the moment, so fixing the time period is probably better than me trying to fix the content :-) --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 08:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
:I believe that whoever put Mamona in the table simply didn't want to fight with table cells in MediaWiki format. It should be one session in one track imo. Thanks brontide for taking the drive!--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 08:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
:I believe that whoever put Mamona in the table simply didn't want to fight with table cells in MediaWiki format. It should be one session in one track imo. Thanks brontide for taking the drive!--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 08:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
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:: Ah, cool. Ditto the thanks to brontide! --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 08:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
=== Mini Exhibit ===
=== Mini Exhibit ===

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Contents

Program

Help with the program

I'm happy having the role of benevolent dictator for the schedule on Friday 19: I organize the sessions submitted and if someone finds a bug or an improvement just complain and we'll find a solution. However, I really don't want to organize the sessions on Saturday 20, which is purely a maemo.org community day. Can you please find either another dictator or a system to get that sorted out yourselves? I'm asking for a coordinator at Maemo_Summit_2008/Organization#Program. Thanks!--qgil 09:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, could someone draw nice tables for the schedules? I want to do this since.. but there is always something else taking the time. In principle each day needs a table with 3 columns (3 tracks), being some sessions single cells spanning through the whole row (no tracks, just one session at a time, or breaks). Appreciated. --qgil 09:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Lightning sessions

These are really brief sessions of 5 minutes approx i.e. demos. You can propose your own session listing it directly in the schedule once you have confirmed your trip to Berlin. If we get many proposals we will have a second round of lightning sessions on Saturday. Lightning sessions are cool!

We are open to submissions in the form of decent quality videos, to be shown to the audience and uploaded in maemo.org as part of the video materials of the Summit.

  • I'd like to present Intranet search (extended desktop search) from maemo with libferris (http://www.libferris.com/). This would be a quick overview of what is available now and where I'm heading with it. -- Monkeyiq July 19.
Now you can list it yourself.--qgil 18:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Now you can list it yourself.--qgil 18:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
  • I don't know if 5 minutes would be enough, but I would like to talk about Rich UIs and the importance of being different and showing the potential of the platform to "Transform" itself in different products, focused in one main use: like our projects: Canola (media player) Carman (onboard computer + car media) and others like remote controls, etc. The real goal is to show why is really needed that some applications "break" the rules and extend the experience showing the power of openness. (this can be a full talk if of interest)
20 seconds are enough for a great ad, 3:30 are enough for a great videoclip and 5:00 are enough for a great lightning session.  :) Find a title and... a name for yourself (are you Marcelo?) Then on Saturday you could organize a full session.--qgil 08:30, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Now you can list it yourself.--qgil 18:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
  • I would like to present Illumination, an alternative GUI library, which is used by my applications. 5 minutes is a start (I'm a fast speaker ;-)), but around 20 minutes would be better. Take 5 minutes on friday or can I get 20 minutes on saturday? I could also speak a little bit of my problems porting a non-Gtk based GUI library (togetehr with some hints towards existing APIs). What about that (5 minutes would be not enough again I fear)?--framstag 15:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Now you can list it yourself.--qgil 18:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Cloud storage: Improve you app by syncing with internet services. I would love to take 5 minutes to show how easy it is to augment an application to sync with a google service. I have no doubt I can show off full 2 way sync between Google Documents and "Notes" for the demo all in less than 500 lines of python code. brontide 20:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

BoFs and workshops

List below your proposals for activities. They are thought to be highly participative i.e. discussion about an area of the platform, workshops, etc. I have promoted many proposals onto the main page. If you need longer than a half an hour slot then let me know.

  • I want to propose a BoF about the new process for Diablo Extras. (Autobuilder, Promotion, Assistant) --xfade 08:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
These look like good topics for the Saturday morning track on packaging and publishing. Please help defining the content of that track.--qgil 21:37, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Have all of these been scheduled yet or do you need more time? brontide 02:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
  • I'd love to see some sort of break-out brainstorming session or round table discussing current status / future desires for the Maemo platform as a whole. I think this crowd would offer much wisdom to the official team. --timsamoff 02:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Unsure whether this would fit better on Friday or Saturday...--qgil 18:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
What about a single session during the 17:00 slot on Saturday -- a sort of , wrap-up for everyone to come back together and offer opinions? --timsamoff 15:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Sounds good!--qgil 20:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
I think we should combine a few of these forward looking talks into something more cogent brontide 02:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
  • I would like to make a case for embedded (on-tablet) web apps for easy creation of mobile applications for Maemo. With a little bit of python advocacy, a spotlight on the up-and-coming web2py framework, and an example with a little utilitarian app I made and use on my tablet. This is more than a lightning talk but certainly less than an hour - more like 15-20 mins ? --fpp
Think of time for questions/comments as well -- if a presentation is 20-min, it could extend to 45-min with others' input. --timsamoff 20:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Fred, do you have a reservation? are you coming? brontide 02:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Mamona doesn't seem to have gone through this page, but putting X-Fade's talk about the future of the auto-builder, and my talk about mud on at the same time seems counter-intuitive, given they're on the same track. Will mamona's talk need the space of all 3 rooms? Is it a keynote? Might make sense to free up one of the rooms so that X-Fade and I can follow on from each other. --Jaffa 23:01, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
How much time will you need for mud? I've started tracking things out a little into community and programming to see how things line up. I would like to see the important programming topic non-overlapping brontide 02:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Eric, I really like what you are doing. Coolness. --timsamoff 02:55, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I can probably fill as much time as I'm given. I've only a vague idea of what it'll contain at the moment, so fixing the time period is probably better than me trying to fix the content :-) --Jaffa 08:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I believe that whoever put Mamona in the table simply didn't want to fight with table cells in MediaWiki format. It should be one session in one track imo. Thanks brontide for taking the drive!--qgil 08:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Ah, cool. Ditto the thanks to brontide! --Jaffa 08:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Mini Exhibit

Anyone want to be in charge on having a mini exhibit -- maybe for the OSiM Maemo booth as well as at the Maemo Summit? Someone can contact, coordinate, and round-up remarkable apps, hacks, and interfaces and help set them up so enthusiasts and guests can see and play with them. The objective here is to show what the Internet Tablet is capable of doing.

Here are some ideas:

I'm more than willing to demonstrate things at both OSiM and the summit if the hardware can be organised (I have an n800 I can bring a long). -- baloo 19:50, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Travel

Moved to Talk:Maemo_Summit_2008/Travel.

Accommodation

Moved to Maemo Summit 2008/Accommodation.

Recording the Event

See Maemo_Summit_2008/Organization#Marketing_.26_coverage and post your comments / offers for help there.

Advertising

I've submitted the event to the LWN Event Calendar. Is there any other wider advertising we can do? --Jaffa 11:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Community

I've got some ideas to allow people attending at Maemo Summit to communicate better. If you have any other idea, please write/discuss here. --Andrea Grandi 10:35, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

  • Prepare a sort of "bagde". A simple card with these informations:
    • Name (nickname)
    • What we do in our life (Developer/Student/Blogger/ecc...)
    • Spoken languages: we could print a flag for each language we speak
  • Prepare a custom Google map with all the hot points in Berlin: c-base, OSiM, all hotels we booked ecc...
  • Create POI's for these place to use on Map software in our tablets