Re: [kde-community] Renaming KScreenGenie

[Carl Symons]

On Saturday, September 19, 2015 12:17:00 AM Boudhayan Gupta wrote:
> On 19 September 2015 at 00:00, Eike Hein  wrote:
> > I'd like to object to using Kapture for a number of reasons
> > ... apologies for getting involved at this late hour, I was
> > on vacation for most of this thread :)
> > 
> > * The forcibly-inject-a-K naming scheme used to offer some
> > 
> >   utility in the form of communicating to users that an
> >   application was meant to use in a KDE workspace, and would
> >   work well in it. Through various efforts (cross-desktop
> >   standardization via freedesktop.org, KDE's porting efforts,
> >   even our rebranding exercise) we've moved beyond that in
> >   need and spirit, and largely only negatives remain - such
> >   as its gimmicky nature and bad reputation. I think the app
> >   is great and it would be unfortunate for its rollout to be
> >   overshadowed by a reaction to this backwards-oriented
> >   name.
> > 
> > * It's not very memorable. Verb-based names don't easily
> > 
> >   imprint as a thing.
> > 
> > * It doesn't sound pleasant and feels out of character due
> > 
> >   to many strong consonants and the snap of the first
> >   syllable. It doesn't sound approachable or nimble, it
> >   sounds serious and heavy-duty. Note these kinds of things
> >   transfer to a great degree across language spheres (cf.
> >   the Bouba-Kiki effect).
> > 
> > Personally I'm a big fan of the "Selfie" suggestion:
> > 
> > * It's clever and funny (the computer taking a self-portrait).
> > 
> > * For those who can't take the word seriously - it also works
> > 
> >   tongue-in-cheek. It's not a fad, though; a word for the
> >   concept was needed, this it it, there won't be another
> >   (with the exception of Korea's "selca" for self-camera,
> >   perhaps). It's won.
> > 
> > * Selfie is a artifact of globally interconnected culture,
> > 
> >   it's familiar to many non-English-speakers and not nerdy,
> >   while capture is advanced English and fairly technical and
> >   unapproachable.
> > 
> > * It's an opportunity to appropriate a mainstream word for
> > 
> >   our purposes before anyone else really does. Those don't
> >   come along that often.
> > 
> > * It sounds pleasant due to weaker consonants and i/e
> > 
> >   vowels. Cats would like this name. (But admittedly some
> >   language spheres can't pronounce f well.)
> 
> When I first thought of Selfie, I thought of the following:
> 
> * It makes perfect sense (screen taking a self portrait).
> * While most other applications and projects take an "appropriate" and
> subdued approach to naming their apps, this would be very "with the
> times" and culture-appropriate, at this point.
> * A fresh jolt from the dreary and monotonous world of coding?
> 
> While it is a bit late now (the repository rename was done yesterday),
> I'm still in love with the word Selfie (for the above reasons and
> more). I'm heavily considering requesting another rename to Selfie.
> 
> Are there any strong objections?
> 
> Cheers,
> Boudhayan

I'm with Eike. Excellent points for using Selfie. Appropriate name for the 
function that it serves.

carl
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[kde-community] KMail wow!

[Carl Symons]

The new KMail (4.14.10) is mighty nice. I stopped using it for a while because 
of various difficulties. It was embarrassing to send emails to people using 
"another brand".

Today, I tried again. Everything went smoothly. All the hard work really 
shows. The Kontact PIM suite beats everything else. I am delighted at the 
speed, clean look, ease of setup.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to KDE PIM.

Carl
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[kde-community] sprint fundraising campaign

[Carl Symons]

Hello KDE Community,

We are running a fundraising campaign[1] and need your help...in two ways.

1 - donate
Please donate to the campaign. Any amount helps.

2 - spread the word
Tell people about the campaign. Everyone on this mailing list has at 
least some interest in KDE. For some, KDE is an important part of life. 
It would be helpful to tell others about what we're doing and why it's 
important.


More...
There are several stories on the Dot[2] about the fundraising campaign. 
PlanetKDE[3] has several blogposts about it. Those resources have plenty 
of find reasons to donate and things to tell other people.


Sprints are crucial to KDE's success. They mainly involve software 
development—strategy, planning, organizing, fixing and just plain hard 
work. Many (most?) of our innovations have been started with in-person 
sprints.


The fundraising goal is €38,500. That is nothing compared to the 
multi-billion-dollar advertising budgets of the big proprietary software 
companies. With millions of people using KDE technology, modest 
donations from even a small number of those users will be enough to 
reach and exceed the goal.


The fundraising campaign will run until September 13th, the final day of 
the Randa Meeting sprints. That's a little more than 2 weeks from now. 
Please help get the word out. Ask people to support you by supporting 
the projects you work on.


Thank you

Carl


[1] https://www.kde.org/fundraisers/kdesprints2015/
[2] https://dot.kde.org
[3] https://planetkde.org
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Re: [kde-community] stackexange site for krita

[Carl Symons]

On 02/25/2015 08:12 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote:

I would personally much prefer integrating this into the KDE
infrastructure rather than KDE going to Stack Exchange:
http://www.osqa.net/


osqa.net looks good.

There's also an established service (answerhub.com/), which could be 
implemented quickly...at a cost. They are kinda cute (maybe deceptive) 
with their pricing guidelines, but apparently they are willing to 
discuss charitable deals.


There's a comparison between OSQA and AnswerHub at
answerhub.com/answerhub-difference-osqa/
but there would need to be a decision about the importance of features 
that are only available from the commercial AnswerHub.






StackExchange is a commercial entity without open source accessbility
to the implementation. Also, you need to comply with what
StackExchange likes in the end of the day.


Reply to Boud's original message below.



On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Boudewijn Rempt b...@valdyas.org wrote:

This is a question that came up on the #krita channel today. Our forums are
awesome, but not the best place for question and answer type of exchanges.
We even see questions appear on yahoo answers!

One proposal was to create a krita.stackexchange.com, like
http://blender.stackexchange.com/. However, this is infra that's outside of
KDE. I don't know of anything equivalent, though!

So, what I wanted to get input on is: would creating a
krita.stackexchange.com be against the manifesto? And if so, is there any
equivalent (in terms of user-friendliness, googleability and
recognizability) that we can use withing KDE's infra structure?


StackExchange seems to conflict with...
Online services associated with the project are either hosted on KDE 
infrastructure or have an action plan that ensures continuity which is 
approved by the KDE system administration team


Hard to see how continuity would be ensured. Perhaps the continuity plan 
could be to start on StackExchange, operate there until something could 
be established within KDE's infrastructure. As a beginning Krita user, I 
would greatly appreciate this kind of resource.


A QA capability would be helpful for other KDE technology as well.

Carl




For all clarity; this isn't a wiki, and it isn't a forum. It works in a very
different way.

Boudewijn

(Willing to experiment so fewer people wonder where their layers have gone.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150224214426AAbFtKj)


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Re: [kde-community] Location and dates of Akademy 2015 announced

[Carl Symons]

URL changed...
https://dot.kde.org/2015/01/20/akademy-2015-coru%C3%B1a-spain-25-31-july

Carl

On 01/20/2015 08:47 AM, Kenny Duffus wrote:

Hi

Akademy 2015 is announced to be taking place in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
from the 25th to 31st July

For more details see the announcement on the dot:

https://dot.kde.org/2015/01/20/coru%C3%B1a-spain-hosting-akademy-2015


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Re: [kde-community] [kde-promo] [kde-promo] FOSDEM

[Carl Symons]

On 12/23/2014 11:39 AM, Rick Timmis wrote:



On December 23, 2014 1:25:23 PM GMT, Lydia Pintscher ly...@kde.org wrote:


...snip...



We've got t-shirts covered now it seems.
Can we get some of the little Konquis to sell? Anyone up for getting
manifesto cards printed? Anyone up for getting a few FLAs printed for
signing there?


I have the task of getting stuff printed, but I have no clue whats got to go on 
what. What is an FLA? text for manifesto?
Some pointers and I can take care of anything that is Ink to Paper

Hth

Rick




Hello Rick

I will send artwork directly to you. IIRC, this artwork was posted 
somewhere online, but I can't locate it ATM.


This bizcard brochure idea came from linuxfestnorthwest.org outreach. 
Used for the KDE presence at Qt Dev Days (QDD). Probably adapted for 
FOSDEM as Lydia indicates.


Works better than a folded 8.5x11 or A4 brochure for people to hang on to.

The Manifesto text has changed slightly since this was printed.

We also included a nifty QR code with the KDE logo in the middle for the 
back of the card. The QR had several links pertinent to QDD.


Carl
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Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

[Carl Symons]

On 12/08/2014 12:27 PM, Rick Timmis wrote:

Bless you Sebastian

You expanded my think with clarity and intelligence, thank you.


Same here. Thank you, Sebas



I am sorry i SHOUTED, that was not necessary


Thank you Rick.

And I apologize for the harsh tone of my message.



I agree re personal / organisational, I had not considered it from this
point of view.

Best wishes

Rick



Chastened and edified by sebas's message, it's clear that various parts 
of my message were ill-informed and wrong.


When KDE participates in a conference as an organization, it's important 
to make sure that there's a good fit.


This is not a slippery slope...we participate as an organization in only 
a few conferences. And our presence can be seen as approval of an event. 
We can evaluate our participation in those conferences. They are:

FOSDEM
KDE India
Mobile World Congress
Qt Contributors Summit
Qt Developer Days (Europe, US)
LinuxTag
LAkademy
Akademy-fr
Akademy-es
US grassroots events such as LinuxFest NW, SCaLE, Texas LF, etc.
Others?

It would be a simple matter to see whether or not any particular 
conference has a Code of Conduct.


More problematical...John Layt mentions a proper Code of Conduct. It's 
not clear what that means. It's difficult to assess Codes of Conduct 
without agreed upon, objective criteria. If we're going to assess 
conferences in order to participate as an organization, someone needs to 
define proper code of conduct.


Much more problematical...does the conference do enough to encourage 
diverse participation? Over my head.


Carl





On 8 Dec 2014, at 1:44pm, Sebastian Kügler se...@kde.org
mailto:se...@kde.org wrote:

Hi Rick, all,

On Sunday, December 07, 2014 00:26:08 Rick Timmis wrote:

STOP, That is Enough !!

This conversation does not belong here, it is devisive,
confrontational and
can not be resolved here..


That may be true for some replies, but it's not true for the discussion
itself. KDE considers taking part in FOSDEM as an organization. FOSDEM as a
conference has different standards that what KDE considers, collectively, as
good practice, the specific item we're talking about here is a Code of
Conduct.

I agree that the discussion should be held level-headed instead of in
headless-chicken-mode. I also think KDE has a better chance of actually
achieving something than individuals.

In other words, it's well worth to think of this as an organization. And
that's exactly what this thread should be about.

WE - The KDE Community have a responsibility, and duty first and
for most to
protect the unity of our community


our community, in the wider sense, yes.

PLEASE Cease with this thread of conversation.

IF YOU Feel strongly on either side of this argument then please
make you
feelings known directly to the organisers of FOSDEM


It's an issue at organizational level, it should be handled at 
organizational
level, not at individual level. KDE is organizing its participation, not 
just
individuals who want to attend.

PLEASE STOP..


Please keep the discussion level-headed and productive. While the topic 
might
not be pleasant to discuss (or read its discussions), it's an important
discussion to have, and this is the right place for it.

Cheers,



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Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

[Carl Symons]

On 12/06/2014 04:26 PM, Rick Timmis wrote:

STOP, That is Enough !!

This conversation does not belong here, it is devisive, confrontational
and can not be resolved here..

WE - The KDE Community have a responsibility, and duty first and for
most to protect the unity of our community

PLEASE Cease with this thread of conversation.

IF YOU Feel strongly on either side of this argument then please make
you feelings known directly to the organisers of FOSDEM

PLEASE STOP..

Thanks

RIck Timmis


I debated with myself about this message and the thread subject 
matter...and decided to speak up about a couple of issues.


The bossy tone of the Rick Timmis message is unusual for KDE. In the 
spirit of working together, assuming the best, uninhibited 
self-expression, I cannot see any conversation not belonging here if 
people want to express their opinions. I want to hear from others and 
encourage people not to stifle themselves.


Anyone who doesn't like the subject matter is free to ignore the thread.

I simply do not agree that our primary duty to protect the unity of our 
Community. I find that the KDE Code of Conduct and the Manifesto are 
clear about how we do things. In particular, the Code of Conduct 
addresses inevitable disagreements. It does not say anything about 
stopping uncomfortable or contentious conversations.


Re: the thread subject

John's original message laid down a pivot point for the thread. It 
raises a hot topic, one that generally is not dealt with effectively, so 
that there continue to be oppressive, harassing environments around tech 
conferences.


The question for me about FOSDEM is So what? KDE people have 
interacted with the FOSDEM organizers. Some are dissatisfied, although 
not much specific information was shared about why they feel that way. 
I've now heard from 4 people who are closely involved with FOSDEM 
organizing.


My sense is that Pau is well-qualified to speak to the issues...he has 
been closely involved with KDE's participation for several years. As one 
of the Desktop DevRoom organizers, he almost certainly has recruited and 
selected speakers. His views on the welcoming atmosphere and the 
speaker/attendee gender ratio carry weight with me.


Likewise John Layt, who has been one of the primary organizers of the 
KDE exhibit space. IMO, he is clearly speaking from a solid position, 
although I don't know the basis for his opinions.


I've worked closely over some months with one of the organizers on a 
non-KDE open source project, which involves mostly men. She is a savvy 
techie, hardworking, insightful, cooperative, collaborative and more. I 
emailed her about these issues. Her views on the subject under 
discussion mean a lot to me. She doesn't see anything to be alarmed about.


Based on my own work on a Code of Conduct for linuxfestnorthwest.org 
[1], the FOSDEM Social Conduct Policy seems to be what the conference 
needs. The FOSDEM organizers are aware of potential problems and have a 
way to address them.


So what?
* There is not likely to be any KDE policy regarding the policies, 
recruiting and selection criteria of other organizations. Any effort in 
this direction won't end well. For example, KDE adopts a policy that 
encourages people to boycott FOSDEM. Do we then have policies about 
other tech conferences? Who decides what is a proper code of conduct?
* It is helpful to me to hear various views on conference Codes of 
Conduct, people's opinions, what makes people feel oppressed, harassed, 
unwanted and unfree. I don't see the kinds of offensive behaviors that 
others report, but I'm certain that it happens. There is a long history 
of man's inhumanity to man.
* There are efforts [2],[3] to deal with unacceptable conference 
behavior. People who feel strongly about the issues can support those 
efforts.
* Regarding FOSDEM specifically...24 members of the organizing team are 
listed at the FOSDEM website. Presumably someone who advocates stronger 
stances on the subjects at hand could join the team.
* Don't participate if a conference has a reputation for being 
unfriendly or unwelcoming to women that one finds offensive.
* Get on with it. John's not attending and not bringing equipment that 
has been used in the expo space in past years. Who can pick up the slack?


Carl


[1] http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/code-of-conduct. I wrote the original, 
lifting as appropriate from similar documents from other organizations.

[2] http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy
[3] http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/codes-of-conduct-101-faq





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On 7 Dec 2014, at 12:08am, Valorie Zimmerman
valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com mailto:valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com wrote:

Woah. I never thought I would hear such things here.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles

John,

You couldn't be more wrong.

I have been organizing the Desktops DevRoom for the last 4-5

Re: [kde-community] LISA/USENIX 14 Seattle Nov 9 - 14; exhibit Nov 1213

[Carl Symons]

On 09/29/2014 11:59 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Carl Symons carlsym...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello KDE Community...
especially those who are in US-Cascadia (aka The Pacific Northwest).

KDE will have an exhibit space at the LISA 14 conference in Seattle[1]. Your
participation is warmly invited. We will be presenting KDE software, along
with other magic from the KDE Community.

If you want to be part of this effort to publicize the Community and our
technology, please let me know. The conference takes place from November 9th
to 14th; the exhibition is on the 12th and 13th. We have been given access
to the exhibition; the full conference is separate and not included in the
sponsored passes.

LISA is a big deal as can be seen from the current list of exhibitors[2]. We
are leaders, and belong at the top of the tech world. Please come to LISA
and help tell our story.

Please let me know if you are interested and available to be part of this.

Carl


[1] https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14
[2] https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14/sponsors-and-exhibitors


Love that we're going to be there. I don't see us on the list of
exhibitors though?


Was just approved by the LISA organizers. We're not on the 
sponsor/exhibitor list yet because some things don't happen by magic.





I'll figure out a place to stay in Seattle so I can be closer, and
help to staff the booth.

In other local news, there is a new KDE meetup group:
http://www.meetup.com/KDE-Users-Seattle/events/208207812/


I have been exploring the possibility of having KDE Cascadia II in 
conjunction with linuxfestnorthwest.org (April 25  26, 2015 in 
Bellingham). I won't be at the meetup, but I would be interested in 
knowing if the people at the meetup will support KDE Cascadia and 
attend. Last time there was only one solid supporter...elcaset. We can 
do better than that.


Carl




and the next weekend is SeaGL: http://seagl.org/

Valorie


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[kde-community] LISA/USENIX 14 Seattle Nov 9 - 14; exhibit Nov 1213

[Carl Symons]

Hello KDE Community...
especially those who are in US-Cascadia (aka The Pacific Northwest).

KDE will have an exhibit space at the LISA 14 conference in Seattle[1]. 
Your participation is warmly invited. We will be presenting KDE 
software, along with other magic from the KDE Community.


If you want to be part of this effort to publicize the Community and our 
technology, please let me know. The conference takes place from November 
9th to 14th; the exhibition is on the 12th and 13th. We have been given 
access to the exhibition; the full conference is separate and not 
included in the sponsored passes.


LISA is a big deal as can be seen from the current list of 
exhibitors[2]. We are leaders, and belong at the top of the tech world. 
Please come to LISA and help tell our story.


Please let me know if you are interested and available to be part of this.

Carl


[1] https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14
[2] https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14/sponsors-and-exhibitors
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[kde-community] KDE/Linux-able netbook

[Carl Symons]

David Weinberger is one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto. 
Influential techie.


Earlier today, he tweeted:
Just spent 3 of my first 5 hours with my new Windows computer removing 
redirect malware. It was 1/3 price of a Mac. Worth it? Hmmm.


I replied:
@dweinberger Just spent ~1 hour installing Linux + KDE on my new Windows 
computer. Biggest hassle: dealing w/MSFT security stuff


Half an hour later, he tweeted:
Suggestions for a linux-able netbook? Cheap, great battery life, 500gb 
HDD (or user-upgradable). Wimpy CPU/GPU is fine.



Suggestions?

Thank you
Carl
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Re: [kde-community] KDE/Linux-able netbook

[Carl Symons]

On 09/13/2014 10:53 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:

On 13/09/2014 16:02, Carl Symons wrote:

David Weinberger is one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto.
Influential techie.

Earlier today, he tweeted: Just spent 3 of my first 5 hours with my
new Windows computer removing redirect malware. It was 1/3 price of a
Mac. Worth it? Hmmm.

I replied: @dweinberger Just spent ~1 hour installing Linux + KDE on
my new Windows computer. Biggest hassle: dealing w/MSFT security
stuff

Half an hour later, he tweeted: Suggestions for a linux-able netbook?
Cheap, great battery life, 500gb HDD (or user-upgradable). Wimpy
CPU/GPU is fine.


Suggestions?


Not sure what's available at the moment, but an Acer Aspire One (approx
3 years old) accompanies me on holidays - and I had a very similar older
model of the AAOne previous to that.  I have used them both as dual-boot
systems and also as stand-alone Linux systems.  Installation is no problem.

Hardware specs could be the problem, but with large USB sticks as
temporary storage and USB storage drives and DVD writers for use when
more convenient, even the most wimpy models can cope.

Anne



Thank you Anne.

Ironic.

The first response to his request was...
Acer Aspire One with Mint

Mine was...
Acer Aspire One with KDE

Carl



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[kde-community] Please participate in Akademy success

[Carl Symons]

Hello KDE Community and fortunate Akademy attendees,

There has been almost no response to the request below.

Akademy is a big deal. Not only for KDE, but also for other communities 
and audiences beyond KDE. I don't understand how the people on the 
Akademy Team can devote considerable time and energy to the event while 
other people who stand to benefit do little or nothing to support it.


Call it shame, nudzh, whatever you want...please do something to promote 
Akademy.


And if there's some reason that you can't/won't do that, it would be 
helpful to the Akademy Team and the KDE Community to know why.


Whether you're going or not, blog badges are at:
https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2014/badges

It's an honor to be chosen to speak at Akademy. Promote your talk...why 
is it important? How will people benefit?


On the subject of participation...
There's a good chance that your name is missing at:
https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2014/Volunteers

Volunteering to serve the Community earns you good karma points. It 
helps Akademy be effective. It will add a lot to your fond memories of 
Akademy 2014 in Brno.


Please add your name.

C'mon folks, jump in. Akademy is an extravaganza by the people for the 
people.


Carl


On 08/04/2014 07:16 AM, Carl Symons wrote:

The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today
(https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014-program-schedule-fast-fun-inspiring)


Please help get the word out to (possible) users, sponsors and
attendees. KDE is a prominent player in technology and one of the most
successful venerable technology communities, so the press, potential
contributors and others are watching.

In particular, you can encourage others to attend Akademy. A lot of
effort is put into organizing Akademy; we want to share it with as many
people as possible.

What you can do...
* blog
* if you don't blog
   - comment on other people's blogs
   - comment on Dot articles about Akademy

About what?
If you have attended Akademy:
- how has Akademy inspired you
- what did you do as a result of being at Akademy
- how is it important to KDE and your KDE contributions
- anything memorable, interesting, inspiring
- what talks you want to attend and why

If you have not attended previously:
- what do you expect
- what do you want to accomplish
- what talks you want to attend and why

Akademy is a premier KDE event. As an offline, face-to-face gathering,
it helps to build emotional bonds and personal commitments--the two key
traits that distinguish a healthy community from a collection of passive
[participants]. [1]

In other words, as Akademy goes, so goes KDE.

Help make a difference in KDE by getting the word out about Akademy.

Thank you
Carl

[1]
http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/07/online-communities-could-benefit-from-the-power-of-offline-meetings.html





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Re: [kde-community] help inform about Akademy

[Carl Symons]

Blog badges are now available thanks to Eugene Trounev
https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2014/badges

Please share your Akademy experiences and plans.


On 08/04/2014 07:16 AM, Carl Symons wrote:

The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today
(https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014-program-schedule-fast-fun-inspiring)


Please help get the word out to (possible) users, sponsors and
attendees. KDE is a prominent player in technology and one of the most
successful venerable technology communities, so the press, potential
contributors and others are watching.

In particular, you can encourage others to attend Akademy. A lot of
effort is put into organizing Akademy; we want to share it with as many
people as possible.

What you can do...
* blog
* if you don't blog
   - comment on other people's blogs
   - comment on Dot articles about Akademy

About what?
If you have attended Akademy:
- how has Akademy inspired you
- what did you do as a result of being at Akademy
- how is it important to KDE and your KDE contributions
- anything memorable, interesting, inspiring
- what talks you want to attend and why

If you have not attended previously:
- what do you expect
- what do you want to accomplish
- what talks you want to attend and why

Akademy is a premier KDE event. As an offline, face-to-face gathering,
it helps to build emotional bonds and personal commitments--the two key
traits that distinguish a healthy community from a collection of passive
[participants]. [1]

In other words, as Akademy goes, so goes KDE.

Help make a difference in KDE by getting the word out about Akademy.

Thank you
Carl

[1]
http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/07/online-communities-could-benefit-from-the-power-of-offline-meetings.html


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[kde-community] help inform about Akademy

[Carl Symons]

The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today
(https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014-program-schedule-fast-fun-inspiring)

Please help get the word out to (possible) users, sponsors and 
attendees. KDE is a prominent player in technology and one of the most 
successful venerable technology communities, so the press, potential 
contributors and others are watching.


In particular, you can encourage others to attend Akademy. A lot of 
effort is put into organizing Akademy; we want to share it with as many 
people as possible.


What you can do...
* blog
* if you don't blog
  - comment on other people's blogs
  - comment on Dot articles about Akademy

About what?
If you have attended Akademy:
- how has Akademy inspired you
- what did you do as a result of being at Akademy
- how is it important to KDE and your KDE contributions
- anything memorable, interesting, inspiring
- what talks you want to attend and why

If you have not attended previously:
- what do you expect
- what do you want to accomplish
- what talks you want to attend and why

Akademy is a premier KDE event. As an offline, face-to-face gathering, 
it helps to build emotional bonds and personal commitments--the two key 
traits that distinguish a healthy community from a collection of passive 
[participants]. [1]


In other words, as Akademy goes, so goes KDE.

Help make a difference in KDE by getting the word out about Akademy.

Thank you
Carl

[1] 
http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/07/online-communities-could-benefit-from-the-power-of-offline-meetings.html


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Re: [kde-community] Call for Hosts published for Akademy 2014

[Carl Symons]

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Lydia Pintscher ly...@kde.org wrote:
 Heya folks :)

 We published the call for hosts for Akademy 2014.
 http://dot.kde.org/2013/08/31/akademy-2014-call-host
 Akademy is our most important meetup and we are looking for a team to
 host it next year. Hosting an Akademy is an amazing contribution to
 KDE. Please think about if you are willing and able to host it or if
 you know someone who would fit. Please spread the call in your
 network.
 If you have questions please contact the board.


 Cheers
 Lydia


Hosting Akademy can seem daunting. Please don't let this be a major
consideration. There is an experienced team within the KDE Community
that will work in close partnership with the host team. You will
succeed.

Besides KDE, your local community also stands to benefit from Akademy.
We work mostly online, invisible to the outside world. Unique among
KDE projects, hosting Akademy gives KDE a physical presence including
exceptional people who contribute their energy to serving others. The
way that Akademy is extended into the local community depends on the
imagination of the local team. Experienced people are available to
assist with ideas and implementation.

Carl
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Re: [kde-community] The Future of Speech Recognition in KDE: Proposal

[Carl Symons]

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Peter Grasch pe...@grasch.net wrote:
 Hello,

 for those of you that do not yet know me, my name is Peter Grasch and I
 currently maintain the Simon project (http://simon.kde.org), a speech
 recognition project in KDE's extragear.

 Over the course of the summer, I have been working on bringing dictation
 capabilities to Simon (more info  demo video: http://grasch.net/node/22).
 Now, I'm trying to build up a network of developers and researchers that
 work together on building high accuracy, large vocabulary speech
 recognition systems for a variety of domains (desktop dictation being
 one of them).

 Building such systems using free software and free resources requires a
 lot of work in many different areas (software development, signal
 processing, linguistics, etc.).
 In order to facilitate collaboration and to establish a sustainable
 community between volunteers of such diverse backgrounds, I am convinced
 that the right organizational structure is crucial to ensuring continued
 long-term success.

 Naturally, as a KDE contributer, I would like to launch this project as
 part of KDE. I talked to quite a number of the people who expressed
 interest in taking up an active role in this effort, and this is what we
 would like to propose:
 * A new category in KDE's extragear called Speech (putting it on the
 same level as e.g., Network). Rationale: Not all speech recognition
 applications are necessarily related to accessibility (e.g., lecture
 transcription) and splitting up the projects in different categories
 would hinder collaboration.
 * Creating the open speech group (name still a work in progress) and
 setting up a project page for it. This would serve as little else than a
 common label for all projects that are part of the initiative -
 basically the equivalent of KDE Multimedia Team but for speech instead
 of multimedia. Rationale: A common brand makes it easier to market and
 represent the collective effort of all sub-projects.

 I've obviously read the KDE manifesto carefully and I think that such a
 group would be in line with the overall spirit, even though there are
 some details that I feel the need to point out explicitly:
 Some of the sub-projects may not necessarily be about end-user software
 or even software at all (e.g., speech modeling). However, please keep in
 mind that this is a sub-project of a larger initiative that is very much
 about end-user software; splitting the speech modeling in a separate
 project just makes sense because it's an ambitious project in it's own
 right.
 Some of sub projects may appear to diverge from established practices
 (by not using C++, for example) but that is mostly because there won't
 be any similar KDE projects (for example, somebody is already working on
 a web-based transcriber system based on ruby on rails) or special
 considerations (e.g., an application for Mac OS X may use the native
 toolkit because the KDE infrastructure for OS X is not sufficiently mature).

 I'm posting this here on the community list because I want to hear your
 thoughts on the proposal. Do you think that the 'open speech group'
 would fit within KDE?

 Best regards,
 Peter

+1

Accessibility is an important aspect of the Simon project, but can
also be limiting as you explain.

Example:
Tablets and smartphones are mostly for content consumption rather than
creation. Adding speech recognition to Plasma Active would be nifty.

Carl
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