Dear Prakash, It seems that we are not taking care about the language and localization related problems, but devising an event Hackathon on it. I am writing this all with the experience of a decade in computation of Language related problems. What could be the outcome, or what we expect after this event ?? My wish is : Some people who is going to organize this event should aware of the question and the related problem on it.
Thank you. Santa On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Prakash Neupane <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Santa > > Thanks for rising the genuine concern of Hackathon happening these days in > Nepal. > > For little bit clarity, we are planning to do one very focused hackathon, > specially for helping to localize our next coming Nepalinux. Where the > participants (no need to have tech, instead anyone having knowledge of > Nepali Typing and Nepali Language and enthusiasm of supporting Open Source/ > Open Knowledge ) can put the effort to make it. > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Santa Basnet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am not much familiar with this sort of events but I got chance to see >> the last Hackathon organized at KU few months ago. >> >> I have visited numerous stall and project's room there and were almost >> the imitation of projects laying around internet. >> >> This makes the participants lack to realize the problems associated with >> and to address the solution to it. >> >> >> I would like to suggest, this type of activity should focus on the >> fundamental problems in a particular domain of >> >> computation (*computation is the problem solving by algorithmic means*). >> >> >> For example, someone have developed a project titled "*what you see*" >> which allows user to post every events, memory in online >> >> during Hackathon at KU. It was hosted in a server and was some sort of >> php code which allows you to upload texts, images, >> >> videos etc. The fundamental problem I found is, how they transform the >> term "*you see*" to that PHP code, are they addressing >> >> "*you see*" properly ?? Another fundamental problem, the data >> organization for every user. They do not see any problem on it. >> >> >> Consider there were 1000 users (very tiny in an online application), and >> each user generates 10 to 20 contents(data) each day. >> >> How does the software organizes the data for individual users?? Because, >> some data are useful for particular users only. And so on ... >> >> >> So, how does the participants identify the problem during Hackathon ??? >> >> and what could be the evaluation criteria? Which matters significantly to >> the success of the event. >> >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Santa >> >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Bal Krishna Bal < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, a training session covering general tips on do's and don'ts within >>> the hackathon program would be useful. I can share some of the training >>> materials based on prior experiences. >>> Regards, >>> Bal Krishna >>> On May 28, 2014 7:45 AM, "Saroj Dhakal" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I support Avash it'd better to have a training before going but what if >>>> if we have a session in the hackathon itself ? Most of the geek community >>>> still think that Localization is trivial, localization is not challenging >>>> task and lack of language aptitude is another factor . >>>> >>>> Those who are working in localization are working in some disjoint >>>> groups . I think this kind of hackathon is certainly going to help keep us >>>> together . >>>> >>>> Given that the hackathon will be in June in some weekend I can >>>> contribute some of the time , helping organize it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Saroj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Avash Mulmi <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Prabin dai, >>>>> >>>>> The idea is good. But before that we need to ensure that the >>>>> participants of the Localization Sprint know what they are doing. >>>>> Many people are interested in localization, but the problem I saw was >>>>> they had problem with Nepali typing. >>>>> And those good with Nepali typing had problem with the strings. >>>>> During the localization there comes some strings which need not be >>>>> translated, they are being translated as well. >>>>> Also, I have seen the problem of doing word to word translation >>>>> instead of translating contextually. >>>>> >>>>> So, before organizing a localization sprint itself, lets organize a >>>>> half day training on the area maybe? I can work for/from the localization >>>>> of Firefox, (ideas, formats etc.) And help with other general stuffs >>>>> for/during the event as long as I don't have exams. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>>>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>>>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> Mailing List Guidelines: >>> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >>> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Santa B. Basnet >> Department of Computer Science & Engineering >> Nepal Engineering College >> Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Nepal >> >> >> -- >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "FOSS Nepal" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Prakash Neupane > http://prakashneupane.com.np/my-affiliations/ > Open Knowledge Enthusiastic > *Empowering through Open Knowledge* > > > -- > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Santa B. Basnet Department of Computer Science & Engineering Nepal Engineering College Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Nepal -- -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
