[kanchilug] ILUGC Monthly Meet (March 12 th) :
- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx, linuxusers_iitm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:27:06 +0530
ILUGC Monthly Meet (March 12 th):-
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Time : Sat March 12 , 2011 (3.00 - 5.30 PM)
Venue: Classroom No 8,
Areo Space Engineering,
Near Gajendra Circle,
IIT Madras.
Link for the Map: http://bit.ly/iit-aero
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1.
Topic: Contributing to the FOSS Lab Manual
ILUGC volunteers are contributing to prepare a Lab Manual collaboratively
for the "Open Source Lab", Anna University, Chennai.
The syllabus is here:
http://www.ilugc.in/content/open-source-lab-syllabus-anna-university
Here is how the project started.
http://www.ilugc.in/content/creating-lab-manual-open-source-lab
The following topics will be discussed
1. Manual Structure
2. Tools - asciidoc, dia, subversion etc ...
3. How can you contribute?
Speaker : Vijaykumar [ vijaykumar AT bravegnu DOT org ]
Duration : 45 min
About Speaker :
Vijaykumar is a embedded and python developer at Zilogic.com
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2.
Topic: Developing stateful web application using continuation in perl.
Speaker : Raman P [ raamanp AT yahoo DOT co DOT in ]
Normal we applications are stateless. Continuation is the way to
provide statefulness to http,
thus developing web applications similar to desktop/cli applications.
link :http://continuity.tlt42.org/
Duration: 45-60 minutes
About the Speaker :
Raman works in Railways Hospital as System Admin. He is so passionate
about spreading the FOSS.
When he is not in office, you can see him at some college, teaching
the students about Linux and
other open source technologies. He is one of the pillars of ILUGC.
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3.
Topic : Assistive technologies for the visually challenged
Speaker : Mr P Raju [ raju.p AT sbm DOT co DOT in ]
Raju is the founder of a NGO called Third Eye Technical Voluntary Group.
http://thirdeyetvg.com
They are working on developing open source software
to bring assistive technologies for blind people .
They have released the following software.
1. Net Hunter Tamil - tamil pdf to unicode text converter and also
available in HINDI
2. Street Hunter - location finder for the blind using gps and open
street maps in mobiles
Raju explains on their operations and how and why they develop open
source applications for blind people.
Duration : 45 min
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4.
General group discussions on any queries, events etc.
CDs/DVDs can be shared on prior request.
Announce this to all your friends, social network sites etc.
All are welcome. Entry Free
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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in
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