big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure on us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <[email protected]> wrote: > > count me in ... > > Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ... > > I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n > dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do > things... > > On Jun 21, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
