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.
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"A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds"
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With Best Regards,
Omshivaprakash.H.L
WebPage : http://platonic.techfiz.info
Phone: 91- 9902026518 / 9343726518
-------- 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
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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.
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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