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We have organized a Dublin MeeGo Weekend before the MeeGo Conference, similar to the unconferenced weekend we (the Maemo Community) organized on October 2009.
These two days are completly organized by the community and for the community. No formal conferences or talks, but interactive activities and hacking sessions where you, the participant, are the main actor.
We have added a registration page for the Early Bird event. Please register on the conference website.
Dublin MeeGo Weekend will take place on November 13th, 14th in the Ballsbridge Inn Hotel, in Dublin.
All sessions are subject to confirmation or change. As we confirm workshop & tutorial leaders, we will add more details. Other session ideas proposed below may end up being included, based on popular demand.
Tutorials: 3 hour sessions with a trainer going over the basics and getting participants using tools. Participants should bring a laptop for development.
Workshops: hands-on, meet-the-experts sessions, where you can work in small groups brainstorming application design, getting help porting your application to MeeGo, or coding.
Geocache: will be outside the hotel. The meeting place and time will be announced closer to the event (probably as GPS co-ordinates ;)
The Maker's Contest: will be a team competition limited to 10 teams of up to 5 people. The contest subject matter will be announced closer to the contest. The ideal space requirements are basically a bar, someplace where interested spectators can look on, and 10 tables which participants can work on.
| Time | Workshop | Tutorial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Hackaton: hacking on various Maemo/MeeGo projects, working on small groups. | Linux Developer Tools: If you want to brush up on developer tools including git, gdb and Valgrind, or if you have never used them before and want to get started, this is the session for you. | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Maker's Contest (after workshops, with beer): Small teams will have an hour to build a bridge with 100 lollipop sticks, which can span a 40cm gap, and withstand as much weight as possible. Prizes will be awarded for prettiest and strongest bridges. | ||
| Time | Workshop | Tutorial | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 13:00 | UX experts: Hands-on application design / bring your own UIs (mock-ups or existing apps) for review and discussion - leading: Tim Samoff, support: Thomas Perl | Introduction to Qt: An introduction to the Qt toolkit for developers who do not know anything about it - leading: Kevin Ottens | BOFs: Plan your own small team meetings! Advertise it here and on the MeeGo mailing lists. |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Hands-on Qt: People will pick a project from the proposed list and will work in groups of 4-5 persons with the help of Qt experts - leading: Kevin Ottens | Getting started with MeeGo on ARM: Go from bare laptop to working MeeGo on ARM development environment with a sample application in 3 hours - leading: Bob Spencer | Geocache treasure hunt: A GPS-based treasure hunt around the streets of Dublin 4, in a hunt for a hidden treasure - leading: Till Harbaum |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Werewolf Games - no prior experience needed - strategy & mind games, over beers - leading Dawn Foster | ||