Well Santa, this is in idea stage, We are looking what people think about the idea of hackathon in Localization. We are expecting we will have plenty of work done[more focus Gnome/Linux and some apps) in this event. We are not saying the single day hackathon will enough but seriously it will make easy a lot.
We need suggestion, advice and support from everyone. And please come to the board. We love experimenting and learn from others. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Santa Basnet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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