I'm presenting a talk at OSDC on this topic (covering a whole bunch of reasons why "a series of tubes" would be so much *easier* then reality) and would like to lead a discussion to find out what issues other people have with the internet.
Gaming is a huge industry and TONS of FUN. Repetitive interactions and scripted stories are now a thing in the past. Games that incorporate artificial intelligence theories such as machine learning becomes more interesting and deemed more dynamic and challenging. These techniques are not isolated to games but also financial markets. An overview of the current state of the technology and its application is warranted
In the movie, Minority Report, Tom Cruise navigates through video with a series of hand gestures on a large multi-touch screen. This futuristic interaction is possible with today's technology. But, how do we design systems for it? This talk will explore methods and patterns for the design a large multi-touch screens. The talk includes a few slides on how to build a large multi-touch screen and it will conclude with a ...more »
In the movie, Minority Report, Tom Cruise navigates through video with a series of hand gestures on a large multi-touch screen. This futuristic interaction is possible with today's technology. But, how do we design systems for it? This talk will explore methods and patterns for the design a large multi-touch screens. The talk includes a few slides on how to build a large multi-touch screen and it will conclude with a live demo!
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Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
See http://www.arduino.cc for more information
Build a telepresence rig for Ricky Buchanan so she can participate remotely in future BarCamps and other geek (and even non-geek) events. A bit about Ricky - she runs http://atmac.org/ and a bunch of other websites, and used to be active in the Perl and Linux communities before her disability became severe. There's some stuff about her computer and assistive technology set up at http://atmac.org/about/ricky-buchanan/ ...more »
Build a telepresence rig for Ricky Buchanan so she can participate remotely in future BarCamps and other geek (and even non-geek) events.
A bit about Ricky - she runs http://atmac.org/ and a bunch of other websites, and used to be active in the Perl and Linux communities before her disability became severe. There's some stuff about her computer and assistive technology set up at http://atmac.org/about/ricky-buchanan/
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Talk on Python and related topics. If there's something you'd like to hear about then add a comment. Interesting topics might include Python 3 and where it's going, cool libraries for game programming, and so on.
There are a myriad of version control tools - Git, Subversion (svn), CVS, RCS etc. Please add a comment if you would like a talk on a particular version control tool.
The information technology industry has many communities within it - such as specific user groups and informal gatherings (such as BarCamp). If you'd like to see a talk on building and supporting technical communities, and the tools that are used to do it, then vote for this.
Would you like to see talks on the Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails programming language/framework?
I would talk about how I went during the week-long Game Programming Challenge just last week. This would include an insight into how I approached the challenge, a look at the day-by-day progress of the game (using a checkout from my source repository) and the tools and libraries I used to make it. Inkscape and SVG featured strongly in my game design this time around, so I'll talk a bit about them in particular.
MySQL and Postgres are open source databases, often used in conjunction with PHP and other programming languages to provide dynamic websites. If you would like a talk on something specific, such as optimisation techniques, or which database is the best for different jobs then be sure to add a comment
I'd like to present 10-15 mins on Fossil SCM (http://www.fossil-scm.org/). Anyone interested?
Everybody will agree that testing is important. There are many types of testing, and tools, etc, that can be applied according to the nature of project, software, the organization, etc. Developers can also do testing: unit testing. Some technologies make it easy to implement unit testing, others are not so straight forward. There are plenty of unit testing frameworks, mock objects, etc. What are the best practices to ...more »
Everybody will agree that testing is important. There are many types of testing, and tools, etc, that can be applied according to the nature of project, software, the organization, etc. Developers can also do testing: unit testing. Some technologies make it easy to implement unit testing, others are not so straight forward. There are plenty of unit testing frameworks, mock objects, etc. What are the best practices to implement unit testing? Which experiences do you have on unit testing?
And what about other types of testing. probably somebody has experience with functional testing, or performance testing to share.
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I don't know, it's geeky, it's social (it's a language.) And it's one of the few languages where you can regularly bring up discussions about parsing without fear.
I can demo my programming language CZ, which is a version of C that is easy to use. CZ code looks like python code (without braces or semicolons). It translates cleanly into C which is compiled with gcc or another compiler. It has hygenic macros, auto-generated prototypes and header files, fast light coroutines, #! scripting with cached executables, flexible error handling (no need to check return values all the time), ...more »
I can demo my programming language CZ, which is a version of C that is easy to use. CZ code looks like python code (without braces or semicolons). It translates cleanly into C which is compiled with gcc or another compiler. It has hygenic macros, auto-generated prototypes and header files, fast light coroutines, #! scripting with cached executables, flexible error handling (no need to check return values all the time), and a rich library with data structures, networking, graphics and sound, etc. I have written many programs in CZ including a web-server and some graphics / sound demos, I would use them to make the talk more interesting. The system works on linux/unix/X11 and MS windows, I haven't tested it on Mac OS X yet but it should work.
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A competition to redesign UrbanCamp.org.au's website (content etc to be provided, four weeks lead up time so it doesn't have to be done in 24 hours)
WordPress is a blogging platform which provides entry level content management system capabilities; it has a very active developer base and is used on millions of websites.
See http://www.wordpress.org for more information
Focusing on interfacing with programs running on a pc. Usally the chain is as follows: From Arduino to serial interface code running on the PC then via a socket communicatin, connectting Daemon or client which connects to Host program. This could be just about anything includling Flight Simulators, Home Automation interface, you name it. Prerequisites: Bring your own Arduino and appropriate USB cable. Ensure that you ...more »
Focusing on interfacing with programs running on a pc.
Usally the chain is as follows:
From Arduino to serial interface code running on the PC then via a socket communicatin, connectting Daemon or client which connects to Host program. This could be just about anything includling Flight Simulators, Home Automation interface, you name it.
Prerequisites: Bring your own Arduino and appropriate USB cable. Ensure that you have the IDE software installed from http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage
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CiviCRM is a plugin for either Drupal or Joomla, designed for not for profit and community based organisations to manage donations, events, members and activities.
The use of Social Media during a crisis (referencing Black Saturday in Victoria...) looking forward to this years Fire Seasons
StixCampNewstead was AWESOME!
So, where should we hold StixCamp 2010?
Would you like to see talks on PHP? If there are specific things you would like to hear about, such as frameworks, enterprise PHP, optimisation techniques etc then be sure to add a comment
Would you like to see talks on Social Media - Facebook, Twitter, Identi.ca, Slideshare etc and how they are used? If there's something specific you'd like to see a presentation on, then be sure to add a comment.
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