This sounds great, and to promote Thailand as Kirit says - this thread should be translated into Thai... could anybody help?
ah... if my Thai was good then I can participate this as translator :( I'm not hard-core programmer, maybe I can be a waitress serving strong coffee for geeks :D 31o5 On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, 31o5 OHIRA <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
