FSUG-Bangalore January 2008

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by Jhinuk Chowdhury 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

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Fwd: Linux @ Gun Shot
by Omshiva prakash 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

This is what came in my mind when I started training a new bunch of trainees in my company. They have started learning Linux now and we have plans to continue training people are new to Linux and have never worked on computer as geeks. Its a challenge which we have taken up to build the man power required for the company. Also adding newbies to FOSS community. http://platonic.techfiz.info/2008/01/21/linux-gun-shot/ Its all about filling in confidence to explore a new world of possibilities. What can bring attention of a newbie to learn more about a technology? How we can make him/her hack into the in depth features of a technology to crack the master's test? At the end at least we want him/her to be a jack of the technology to let him/her face the challenges which he/she may encounter in future. Many people who peep into Open Source world know that its "hot" and many might not have got a chance to understand what is it all about. There are job opportunities, which demands little smartness from a newbie. I got a chance to spend some time with around 20 fresh college graduates who are looking forward to make a great carrier in Open Source and learning Linux from scratch. Many of them have not looked into any "Operating System" or "Personal Computer" as administrators and it has been just used it as a machine to accomplish some of their projects forced by the educational system of our country. Few others have used it as an entertainment box, for playing games, music, videos etc. There is another bunch which is forced by this era to use computers to type in the resumes to grab new job opportunities available in the IT industry. There have been lots of efforts put in to mold new techs in to better administrators from their user or power user status at work place. But always it lacked the zeal required to fill in the hackers attitude and passion for Open Source into their heart. This might be due to more theory which was poured into their mind instead of practical exposure which is a very essential part of a system administrator's training life cycle. We are working towards creating opportunities for those who are almost new to computers or at least new to Open Source. They need to be comfortable with the operating system and they must explore the "FREEDOM" of Free and Open Source software to gain the initial confidence and interest required to work as administrators. If a newbie finds the work as a monotonous process of remembering commands and repetitive, he/she might not think of sailing in this sea for quite a long time. Linux wants newbies to create their own shields against the Gun shots of upcoming challenges, attacks, vulnerabilities and growth of technologies. Hence you never find the work to be boring. Working with Linux has never been found to be monotonous and repetitive for me so far and its always an adventure. Bringing technology close to someone needs patience, self confidence on the technology, skills required to be one of those who are with us to learn it and little bit humor to fill in fun at the learning desk. Its always fun to explore what can be done with a gadget or a software, presenting what you feel about it to your audience will always be a challenge. A newbie finds it easy to explore the voyage during hands on training. Let him/her be free to try out new things and build a strong foundation with your guidance. Practice makes them perfect, show them how to climb to top. -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L WebPage : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 / 9343726518

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[Fwd: [Reader-list] Bangalore Free Map workshop registrations open]
by Anivar Aravind 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Reader-list] Bangalore Free Map workshop registrations open Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:40:23 +0530 From: Kiran Jonnalagadda <jace(a)pobox.com> To: bangalore_barcamp(a)yahoogroups.com, reader-list list <reader-list(a)sarai.net>, Intelligent Conversation <silklist(a)lists.hserus.net> Dear All, Registrations for the Bangalore edition of the Free Map 2008 workshop are now open. The workshop will be held on February 16-17 at the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurship Learning (NSRCEL), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). This is the same location as was used for Barcamp Bangalore 3, 4 and 5 during 2007. Please register here: http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008Bangalore For more information on the workshop: http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008 Free Map India: A Series of Workshops in February 2008 India is changing faster than ever. A cliche but true. Yet tracking the growth of India's cities and the transformation of the countryside, through digital mapping, has not continued apace. Geo data is closely held and inaccessible, too expensive, and simply out of date. The situation is similar throughout the world. But it doesn't have to be. Over the past few years, there has been a revolution in cartography and GIS. Through open source software, the Web and the tools of neogeography, these formally specialized disciplines of mapping have been made accessible to anyone with knowledge about their local place. OpenStreetMap is mapping the entire world openly and collaboratively, and coverage is increasing exponentially. These tools are powerful, in some ways outpacing expensive proprietary and closed systems. The barrier of cost no longer exists. The only prerequisite is a will to know, explore and share. This February, Schuyler Erle and Mikel Maron will hold a series of multi-day workshops in several India universities. Researchers, students, and members of the community are invited to participate, learn, and take stewardship of their city. These will be very practical, hands-on days, covering the entire toolset of OpenStreetMap and empowering participants to lead the growth of free and open mapping in India. We will map India! Topics to be Covered * General introduction to mapping, cartography and GIS * Neogeography * Open Source Geospatial Software * OpenStreetMap overview and instruction * Surveying with GPS and data collection * Photomapping * Contributing to and editing OpenStreetMap * Rendering Maps * Working with geodata and programming OSM and OSGeo tools Locations The final locations are still under discussion. But they are likely to be Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkatta, Trivandrum, and Hyderabad. Mumbai will have a slightly different emphasis, due to the production of the Mumbai Free Map in 2005. This digital map covers Mumbai in fantastic detail, but not in a form usable for OpenStreetMap. We will be working on the techniques to transform the Mumbai Free Map data into OpenStreetMap Mumbai. Software Development This time in India will also be an opportunity to advance the capabilities of the software platforms. Particularly we will focus on low bandwidth and offline map production, and periodic synchronization with the master OSM database. This will aid the spread ofOpenStreetMap throughout the developing world. Workshop Leads Schuyler Erle is a free software developer and activist. He is responsible for NoCatAuth, an early open source wireless captive portal, and geocoder.us, an open source U.S. address geocoder. Erle wrote O'Reilly's Mapping Hacks with Jo Walsh and Rich Gibson, and Google Map Hacks, also with Rich. Previously, he worked with MetaCarta in Cambridge, MA, USA, developing nitfy geographic projects like OpenLayers, an open source web mapping framework written in pure JavaScript, and Gutenkarte, a service for exploring the geographic dimension of classic works of literature. Erle is proud to be a founding member of the OSGeo Foundation. Mikel Maron is a freelance web developer, specializing in Open Geospatial and Wiki tech. He's been active in the standardization of GeoRSS and in the OpenStreetMap collaborative mapping project, and co- founder of the geodata aggregator, Mapufacture. He's developed two of the first Wikis in use at the UN. Previously, Mikel worked as senior developer of My Yahoo! and researched evolutionary models of ecosystems for an MSc at the University of Sussex. _________________________________________ reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. Critiques & Collaborations To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request(a)sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>

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Linuxchix Bangalore meeting
by Vikram Vincent 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Hello, LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux<http://www.getgnulinux.org/>and Free Software <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>("free as in freedom"), and for women and men who want to support women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes professional and amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers. The local chapter http://linuxchix.org.in will be having its Bangalore meeting on Date:19th(Saturday) January, 2008 Time:15:00hrs Venue: Christ College, Bangalore, Block 2, (one of the classrooms or kiosk or where ever comfortable) This meeting is being co-organised by the Computer Science department of Christ College(Autonomous), Bangalore. Please do attend. -- Vikram Vincent Christ College(Autonomous), Bangalore +919448810822

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Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century.
by Basil Baby 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century. A must see video from Vint Cerf for all the internet lovers . URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0rjtnwC9A Plan to see when you have enough time. Its a One and half hour clipping. -- ~b a s i l http://360.yahoo.com/basilappackan 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08..html

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