The first OLPC Australia TechFest will be held on June 1st in Sydney. It will include demonstrations, workshops about the OLPC hardware and software, developer tutorials and more! Please click through for the full agenda. Everyone is welcome, though the event is mainly designed to help potential technical contributors get involved.
The TechFest will be led by Pia Waugh (OLPC Australia), Joel Stanley (OLPC “XO” laptop guru) and Martin Langhoff (OLPC “XS” server project lead). Thanks very much to Joel and Martin for providing their insights into the project and volunteering their time for us!
To help many potential contributors across the country participate, we hope to provide a live video and audio stream from the venue, and will discuss activity throughout the day on IRC (#olpc-au on irc.freenode.net). Plus, video and audio recordings of the talks will be released after the event.
- Event: OLPC Australia TechFest
- Date: Sunday, June 1st
- Time: 9:30am to 6pm. Please come along for the whole day.
- Location: Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview (travel info, map). There will be plenty of parking available at the school.
- Cost: Free
- RSVP: Please RSVP for catering purposes. Refreshments will be provided.
A big thank you to the Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview for providing the venue for this event.
OLPC Australia TechFest Agenda
Overview: e-learning and challenges @ 10:00
- Hole-in-the-Wall and Constructionism
- No power, no connectivity… no problem!
- Distributed computing
- Building hardware and software together
- Testing and using the XO at home
- Helping the community
OLPC Australia @ 11:30
- Who’s who
- Local goals and projects
- How to get involved
Lunch @ 12:00
Live a life of XS @ 13:00
- OLPC School Server project status and roadmap
- How XO talks to XS
- Tips on developing with the School Server
- XS and e-learning platforms: Moodle, Mediawiki and LAMS
- Wikislices, wwwoffle and the return of UUCP
Gung ho on the XO @ 14:00
- OLPC laptop project status and roadmap
- Sugar user interface overview
- Tips on developing with the XO
Breakout into developer rooms @ 15:00
XS development
- Security
- Backups
- Server infrastructure for schools
XO development
- Developer environment: sugar-jhbuild, qemu
- .xo package bundles
- Power management
- Unique windowing and screen considerations
- Localisation
- Networking, presence and collaboration
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For those going by PT - I think the transport details at that link are for school days only - those buses don’t run on the weekends. Check 131500.info - there are less direct buses that set down about 1km away.
The techfest was great. I attended, learned a lot and met some very interesting and passionate people. I’ve blogged about it here:
http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/olpc-australias-first-techfest/
I missed the first get together at Riverview … I’m totally disappointed about that, although I would not have been able to contribute to the technical aspects of the day … I have an XO and am keen to meet and talk with others who are involved in Australia … love to know when the next meeting/day/etc is … I’m not a developer … but have watched this project for the last couple of years and can see the the advantages for kids … particularly in Aboriginal communities.
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