Talk:Maemo Summit 2009/Submissions

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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)

Creating packages for the Maemo platform

Useful for the application developer. Should be a nice simple overview of Debian packaging, with examples and links to helpful tools for publishing. I'd like to see Jeremiah provide a more in-depth abstract. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Some insights about maemo packaging will be also useful, maybe referring the little differences between maemo packaging and debian packaging. -- Valério Valério 10:28, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Definite yes from me. The troubles I've had packaging are a testament to the fact that this isn't always easy. --baloo 12:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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)

Handheld Glom: Easy database applications.

Nice for the user track. Vote yes. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Seems 'only' dev oriented to me. -- Valério Valério 14:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

It's definitely for developers. It's a (simple) development environment. Users would only be interested in things that could be created with it. Also, there will be some technical discussion about features that Glom needs for Maemo. --murrayc 10:29, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

maemo.org Bug Management

Big yes. I hope this presentation will 'open' the Bugzilla and Brainstorm platform for more people -- Valério Valério 11:29, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to see Andre provide much more detail in his abstract. Why should bpeople go? What's his goal in the session? A one sentence abstract isn't enough for me. --Dave Neary 13:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Automatic binding generation for Qt based libraries

Accepted Presentation proposals

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Giving Great Presentations

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


Declined presentation proposals

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

Creating Python bindings for C libraries in Maemo