Narendra-ji and others, My thoughts below:
--- On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:01 PM, narendra sisodiya <[email protected]> wrote: | The main problem I see , we do not have speaker on these topic. Any | comment and suggestions ?? \-- While it is good to get speakers, it shouldn't be the only approach taken, because, it will lead to a single point of failure. What prevents this workshop completely being run by students? What can be done (while you expect speakers): 1. List down the enthusiastic participants who would like to attend such a workshop. 2. List down specific (not broad domain) topics or HOWTOs that the participants would like to learn. 3. Let each participant choose one topic, research on it, and prepare a 30-45 minute talk or demo on it (similar to BarCamp [1]). People generally assume that one needs to be an expert to give a talk. Not in F/OSS! One of the many biggest mistakes that people coming to F/OSS make. That is why even if one didn't know everything, but committed early to the topic of interest, and learnt something new, they can share it with others. Commit early, and commit often is not just for code, but, also for documentation, presentations et. al. One needn't know the answers to all questions the audience asks, nor need to be an expert in sharing whatever they know, but, it is good to note down them, research online, and get back with possible answers to the mailing list (for example). --- | I think we can have workshop in Embedded linux | * ARM + Linux \-- So, a student can go through the following, and prepare a demo/tutorial session on it: http://bravegnu.org/gnu-eprog/ --- | * Androind , Moblin etc \-- Go through their project wikis for documentation (for a start). --- | * Embedded linux \-- Go through http://elinux.org/Main_Page (for a start). Also refer Michael Opdenackers' tutorials: http://free-electrons.com/docs/ --- | * Open Hardware | * FOSS for microcontroller and embedded devices. \-- Contact Rakshat-ji from IDA Systems Pvt Ltd [2], Jaipur. The methodology of learning in F/OSS is learning to think, work independently with self-study, while using support and interacting through various communication channels. It is important to be self-sufficient, and sustain oneself and the group rather than depend on others all the time! This is where spoon-feeding stops, and self-learning exercises start -- which is essential in the Free Software hacker culture. SK [1] Nobody sits idle in a BarCamp. http://barcamp.org/ [2] IDA Systems Pvt Ltd. http://idasystems.net/ -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post Read archive - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
