i'm in - let me think what i can do.... 31o5
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM, proteus guy <[email protected]> wrote: > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc... > Just get over to BKK. :-) > > -- Ben > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there >> anything I can help :D >> >> 2009/6/21 Kirit Sælensminde <[email protected]> >> >>> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a >>> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand >>> can make a big splash in. >>> >>> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a >>> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the >>> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's >>> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to >>> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses). >>> >>> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things >>> that are needed will be: >>> * Help with project management >>> * Team communication >>> * Ideas, brainstorming >>> * Testing >>> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints) >>> >>> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones >>> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday >>> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday >>> night/Tuesday morning. >>> >>> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks >>> and results linked from this year's competition page. >>> >>> http://www.icfpcontest.org/ >>> >>> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team" >>> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e. >>> >>> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess >>> it depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three >>> to four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the >>> same place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for >>> those that want to join us here. >>> >>> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others >>> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world? >>> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to >>> build great technology. >>> >>> So who's in? >>> >>> >>> Kirit >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> -------- >> http://baomoi.com >> http://vnsecurity.vn >> http://huyenchip.com >> >> Contact >> Email: [email protected] >> Yahoo/Skype: huyenchip19 >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/chipro >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
