There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand can make a big splash in.
If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things that are needed will be: * Help with project management * Team communication * Ideas, brainstorming * Testing * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday night/Tuesday morning.
If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks and results linked from this year's competition page.
Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team" Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess it depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three to four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the same place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for those that want to join us here.
I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world? This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to build great technology.
> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
> can make a big splash in.
> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things that
> are needed will be:
> * Help with project management
> * Team communication
> * Ideas, brainstorming
> * Testing
> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
> night/Tuesday morning.
> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks
> and results linked from this year's competition page.
> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team"
> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess it
> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three to
> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the same
> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for those
> that want to join us here.
> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others want
> to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world? This
> is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to build
> great technology.
> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
> can make a big splash in.
> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things that
> are needed will be:
> * Help with project management
> * Team communication
> * Ideas, brainstorming
> * Testing
> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
> night/Tuesday morning.
> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks
> and results linked from this year's competition page.
> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team"
> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess it
> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three to
> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the same
> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for those
> that want to join us here.
> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others want
> to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world? This
> is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to build
> great technology.
Chip wrote: > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there > anything I can help :D
I expect that there's going to be a lot that you can do:
* Make sure that the problem is properly understand * Have good ideas about how to solve it * Document what we're up to and write about it
I expect that people will be coming and going during the course of the weekend. One useful thing would be just hang out on IRC and help people to catch up when they show up.
proteus guy wrote: > I'm game. Can you describe what the competition was last time and what > you did? What languages/tools do you anticipate we'd be using.
Taking last year's as a template it could have been handled by a few loosely coupled teams:
* Build and submission -- the entry had to be capable of building and running on a VM run by the competition organisers. This meant building a build system as part of the submissions and making sure that the builds would work on the target environment. * Telemetry and rover control -- Not a huge task, but absolutely critical. * AI -- Where most of the work and the ideas was needed. The rover controller would need to provide a good API for this. My AI was the simplest possible as I didn't have time to put any real work into it. * Map generation -- The organisers supplied some simple test maps, but to really exercise the AI and control systems more maps would have been useful. I didn't make any. * A/B AI testing -- Something I didn't even have time to think about last year, but some sort of system or procedure to test the AIs against each other and the maps to make a decision about which should be submitted.
This could all be handled by a small team, or broken out to a few larger teams concentrating on each area.
For infrastructure, Felspar can provide a Subversion server and an issue tracker/wiki (on our Support site).
If it was just me, I'd probably mainly use C++ and Python -- Python for speed of development, and C++ for execution speed. I'd use Boost.Python to plug them together. For a larger team though I think it'd be important that people could use their preferred languages.
It's almost certainly an early optimisation to try to work out what the correct team structure would be and the right tools until we've seen the problem. Last year the submission was source code that the organisers had to build and run, in most previous years it has been the answer to what amounts to a number of complex riddles. Which of these is used this year will make a huge difference to how we structure ourselves and what the important tasks are.
Kirit Sælensminde wrote: > proteus guy wrote: >> I'm game. Can you describe what the competition was last time and >> what you did? What languages/tools do you anticipate we'd be using.
This looks really cool. If we could try to implement this as some kind
of Agile Sprint it could be good fun. Looking at http://icfpcontest.org/ it
appears this contest will be significantly different than last years. Since
it looks like you can submit your code to run on any of several (yet
un-named) platforms, I would assume that performance of the application will
not be a significant factor in scoring unlike last year's which was all
about timing. Game simulations seem to be quite popular but there are also
some language or data processing tasks from the prior contests that can be
viewed at links present on the same page.
Hopefully the contest task will be an interesting one.
-- Ben
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Kirit Sælensminde <ki...@felspar.com>wrote:
> Taking last year's as a template it could have been handled by a few
> loosely coupled teams:
> - Build and submission -- the entry had to be capable of building and
> running on a VM run by the competition organisers. This meant building a
> build system as part of the submissions and making sure that the builds
> would work on the target environment.
> - Telemetry and rover control -- Not a huge task, but absolutely
> critical.
> - AI -- Where most of the work and the ideas was needed. The rover
> controller would need to provide a good API for this. My AI was the simplest
> possible as I didn't have time to put any real work into it.
> - Map generation -- The organisers supplied some simple test maps, but
> to really exercise the AI and control systems more maps would have been
> useful. I didn't make any.
> - A/B AI testing -- Something I didn't even have time to think about
> last year, but some sort of system or procedure to test the AIs against each
> other and the maps to make a decision about which should be submitted.
> This could all be handled by a small team, or broken out to a few larger
> teams concentrating on each area.
> For infrastructure, Felspar can provide a Subversion server and an issue
> tracker/wiki (on our Support site).
> If it was just me, I'd probably mainly use C++ and Python -- Python for
> speed of development, and C++ for execution speed. I'd use Boost.Python to
> plug them together. For a larger team though I think it'd be important that
> people could use their preferred languages.
> It's almost certainly an early optimisation to try to work out what the
> correct team structure would be and the right tools until we've seen the
> problem. Last year the submission was source code that the organisers had to
> build and run, in most previous years it has been the answer to what amounts
> to a number of complex riddles. Which of these is used this year will make a
> huge difference to how we structure ourselves and what the important tasks
> are.
I think it will be interesting. Had a look at the previous years and
the FAQ for this year states that there is no restriction on language
or platform.
Quite intrigued as to what the challenge will be this year. Oh
additionally there is no size limit for teams.
> This looks really cool. If we could try to implement this as
> some kind of Agile Sprint it could be good fun. Looking at http:// > icfpcontest.org/ it appears this contest will be significantly
> different than last years. Since it looks like you can submit your
> code to run on any of several (yet un-named) platforms, I would
> assume that performance of the application will not be a
> significant factor in scoring unlike last year's which was all
> about timing. Game simulations seem to be quite popular but there
> are also some language or data processing tasks from the prior
> contests that can be viewed at links present on the same page.
> Hopefully the contest task will be an interesting one.
> -- Ben
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Kirit Sælensminde
> <ki...@felspar.com> wrote:
> proteus guy wrote:
>> I'm game. Can you describe what the competition was last time and
>> what you did? What languages/tools do you anticipate we'd be using.
> Taking last year's as a template it could have been handled by a
> few loosely coupled teams:
> Build and submission -- the entry had to be capable of building and
> running on a VM run by the competition organisers. This meant
> building a build system as part of the submissions and making sure
> that the builds would work on the target environment.
> Telemetry and rover control -- Not a huge task, but absolutely
> critical.
> AI -- Where most of the work and the ideas was needed. The rover
> controller would need to provide a good API for this. My AI was the
> simplest possible as I didn't have time to put any real work into it.
> Map generation -- The organisers supplied some simple test maps,
> but to really exercise the AI and control systems more maps would
> have been useful. I didn't make any.
> A/B AI testing -- Something I didn't even have time to think about
> last year, but some sort of system or procedure to test the AIs
> against each other and the maps to make a decision about which
> should be submitted.
> This could all be handled by a small team, or broken out to a few
> larger teams concentrating on each area.
> For infrastructure, Felspar can provide a Subversion server and an
> issue tracker/wiki (on our Support site).
> If it was just me, I'd probably mainly use C++ and Python -- Python
> for speed of development, and C++ for execution speed. I'd use
> Boost.Python to plug them together. For a larger team though I
> think it'd be important that people could use their preferred
> languages.
> It's almost certainly an early optimisation to try to work out what
> the correct team structure would be and the right tools until we've
> seen the problem. Last year the submission was source code that the
> organisers had to build and run, in most previous years it has been
> the answer to what amounts to a number of complex riddles. Which of
> these is used this year will make a huge difference to how we
> structure ourselves and what the important tasks are.
It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc...
Just get over to BKK. :-)
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
> anything I can help :D
>> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
>> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
>> can make a big splash in.
>> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
>> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
>> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
>> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
>> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things
>> that are needed will be:
>> * Help with project management
>> * Team communication
>> * Ideas, brainstorming
>> * Testing
>> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
>> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
>> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>> night/Tuesday morning.
>> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks
>> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team"
>> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
>> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess it
>> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three to
>> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the same
>> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for those
>> that want to join us here.
>> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others
>> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world?
>> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to
>> build great technology.
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
> co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc...
> Just get over to BKK. :-)
> -- Ben
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>> It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
>> anything I can help :D
>>> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
>>> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
>>> can make a big splash in.
>>> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
>>> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
>>> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
>>> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
>>> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things
>>> that are needed will be:
>>> * Help with project management
>>> * Team communication
>>> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>> * Testing
>>> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>>> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
>>> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
>>> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>>> night/Tuesday morning.
>>> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks
>>> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team"
>>> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
>>> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess
>>> it depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three
>>> to four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the
>>> same place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>> those that want to join us here.
>>> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others
>>> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world?
>>> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to
>>> build great technology.
This sounds great, and to promote Thailand as Kirit says - this thread
should be translated into Thai... could anybody help?
ah... if my Thai was good then I can participate this as translator :( I'm
not hard-core programmer, maybe I can be a waitress serving strong coffee
for geeks :D
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm in - let me think what i can do....
> 31o5
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>> co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc...
>> Just get over to BKK. :-)
>> -- Ben
>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>>> It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
>>> anything I can help :D
>>>> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
>>>> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
>>>> can make a big splash in.
>>>> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>>> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
>>>> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
>>>> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
>>>> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
>>>> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things
>>>> that are needed will be:
>>>> * Help with project management
>>>> * Team communication
>>>> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>>> * Testing
>>>> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>>>> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
>>>> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
>>>> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>>>> night/Tuesday morning.
>>>> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
>>>> tasks and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>>> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>>>> "team" Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that
>>>> w/e.
>>>> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess
>>>> it depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three
>>>> to four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the
>>>> same place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>>> those that want to join us here.
>>>> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others
>>>> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world?
>>>> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to
>>>> build great technology.
> This sounds great, and to promote Thailand as Kirit says - this
> thread should be translated into Thai... could anybody help?
> ah... if my Thai was good then I can participate this as translator : > ( I'm not hard-core programmer, maybe I can be a waitress serving
> strong coffee for geeks :D
> 31o5
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> i'm in - let me think what i can do....
> 31o5
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board co- > ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
> etc... Just get over to BKK. :-)
> -- Ben
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
> anything I can help :D
> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something
> a little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
> Thailand can make a big splash in.
> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
> though, it's not just for functional programming languages. The
> winners are invited to the conference (they do have some cash to
> help with travel expenses).
> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
> things that are needed will be:
> * Help with project management
> * Team communication
> * Ideas, brainstorming
> * Testing
> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
> timezones worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced
> at 1am on Friday night/Saturday morning and we would have until the
> same time Monday night/Tuesday morning.
> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
> tasks and results linked from this year's competition page.
> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
> "team" Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding
> time that w/e.
> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
> guess it depends on how many people are interested. Personally I
> think that three to four people is probably ideal for this sort of
> thing, and being in the same place will help. The Felspar offices
> will be open over the w/e for those that want to join us here.
> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
> others want to test their programming skills against some of the
> best in the world? This is a great way to promote Thailand as
> somewhere that does know how to build great technology.
> It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
> co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc...
> Just get over to BKK. :-)
> -- Ben
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
> > anything I can help :D
> >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
> >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp Thailand
> >> can make a big splash in.
> >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
> >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
> >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry though, it's
> >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited to
> >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
> >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things
> >> that are needed will be:
> >> * Help with project management
> >> * Team communication
> >> * Ideas, brainstorming
> >> * Testing
> >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
> >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my timezones
> >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on Friday
> >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
> >> night/Tuesday morning.
> >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's tasks
> >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
> >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering "team"
> >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that w/e.
> >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I guess it
> >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that three to
> >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the same
> >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for those
> >> that want to join us here.
> >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others
> >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the world?
> >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know how to
> >> build great technology.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> count me in ...
> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
> things...
> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders, etc...
> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
> > -- Ben
> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
> > > anything I can help :D
> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something a
> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
> Thailand
> > >> can make a big splash in.
> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
> though, it's
> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are invited
> to
> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the things
> > >> that are needed will be:
> > >> * Help with project management
> > >> * Team communication
> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
> > >> * Testing
> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
> timezones
> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on
> Friday
> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
> tasks
> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
> "team"
> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that
> w/e.
> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
> guess it
> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
> three to
> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in the
> same
> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
> those
> > >> that want to join us here.
> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many others
> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the
> world?
> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know
> how to
> > >> build great technology.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure on
> us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> count me in ...
>> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
>> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
>> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
>> things...
>> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
>> etc...
>> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
>> > -- Ben
>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
>> > > anything I can help :D
>> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something
>> a
>> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
>> Thailand
>> > >> can make a big splash in.
>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
>> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
>> though, it's
>> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are
>> invited to
>> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel expenses).
>> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
>> things
>> > >> that are needed will be:
>> > >> * Help with project management
>> > >> * Team communication
>> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
>> > >> * Testing
>> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
>> timezones
>> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on
>> Friday
>> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
>> tasks
>> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>> "team"
>> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that
>> w/e.
>> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
>> guess it
>> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
>> three to
>> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in
>> the same
>> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>> those
>> > >> that want to join us here.
>> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
>> others
>> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in the
>> world?
>> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know
>> how to
>> > >> build great technology.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> sajal
> would you come to my office? I thought I come over to Kirit's with
> proteusguy etc, but maybe I just stay in my office and be online....
> or anybody around suk, we can do little camp at my office if anybody want
> (then I can be a waitress).
> 31o5
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure on
>> us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> count me in ...
>>> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
>>> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
>>> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
>>> things...
>>> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>>> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
>>> etc...
>>> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
>>> > -- Ben
>>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>>> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
>>> > > anything I can help :D
>>> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's something
>>> a
>>> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
>>> Thailand
>>> > >> can make a big splash in.
>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is the
>>> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
>>> though, it's
>>> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are
>>> invited to
>>> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel
>>> expenses).
>>> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
>>> things
>>> > >> that are needed will be:
>>> > >> * Help with project management
>>> > >> * Team communication
>>> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>> > >> * Testing
>>> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>>> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
>>> timezones
>>> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am on
>>> Friday
>>> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>>> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
>>> tasks
>>> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>>> "team"
>>> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time that
>>> w/e.
>>> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
>>> guess it
>>> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
>>> three to
>>> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in
>>> the same
>>> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>> those
>>> > >> that want to join us here.
>>> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
>>> others
>>> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in
>>> the world?
>>> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know
>>> how to
>>> > >> build great technology.
ah... ok, i got only little eeePC, not enough to work. so thought better to
stay online with my computer at office.
but i'd love to be there physically, it's gonna be fun :)
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:08 AM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're all going to help run the sprints & the agile board kinda need to
> be there. Serving drinks requires a physical presence too!!! come on!!
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> sajal
>> would you come to my office? I thought I come over to Kirit's with
>> proteusguy etc, but maybe I just stay in my office and be online....
>> or anybody around suk, we can do little camp at my office if anybody want
>> (then I can be a waitress).
>> 31o5
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure
>>> on us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> count me in ...
>>>> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
>>>> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
>>>> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
>>>> things...
>>>> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>>>> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
>>>> etc...
>>>> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
>>>> > -- Ben
>>>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>>>> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is there
>>>> > > anything I can help :D
>>>> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's
>>>> something a
>>>> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
>>>> Thailand
>>>> > >> can make a big splash in.
>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>>> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is
>>>> the
>>>> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
>>>> though, it's
>>>> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are
>>>> invited to
>>>> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel
>>>> expenses).
>>>> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
>>>> things
>>>> > >> that are needed will be:
>>>> > >> * Help with project management
>>>> > >> * Team communication
>>>> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>>> > >> * Testing
>>>> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding sprints)
>>>> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
>>>> timezones
>>>> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am
>>>> on Friday
>>>> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time Monday
>>>> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous year's
>>>> tasks
>>>> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>>> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>>>> "team"
>>>> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time
>>>> that w/e.
>>>> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
>>>> guess it
>>>> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
>>>> three to
>>>> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in
>>>> the same
>>>> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>>> those
>>>> > >> that want to join us here.
>>>> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
>>>> others
>>>> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in
>>>> the world?
>>>> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does know
>>>> how to
>>>> > >> build great technology.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:22 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ah... ok, i got only little eeePC, not enough to work. so thought better to
> stay online with my computer at office.
> but i'd love to be there physically, it's gonna be fun :)
> 31o5
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:08 AM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you're all going to help run the sprints & the agile board kinda need
>> to be there. Serving drinks requires a physical presence too!!! come on!!
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> sajal
>>> would you come to my office? I thought I come over to Kirit's with
>>> proteusguy etc, but maybe I just stay in my office and be online....
>>> or anybody around suk, we can do little camp at my office if anybody want
>>> (then I can be a waitress).
>>> 31o5
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure
>>>> on us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> count me in ...
>>>>> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
>>>>> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
>>>>> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
>>>>> things...
>>>>> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>>>>> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
>>>>> etc...
>>>>> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
>>>>> > -- Ben
>>>>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>>>>> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is
>>>>> there
>>>>> > > anything I can help :D
>>>>> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's
>>>>> something a
>>>>> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
>>>>> Thailand
>>>>> > >> can make a big splash in.
>>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>>>> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is
>>>>> the
>>>>> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
>>>>> though, it's
>>>>> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are
>>>>> invited to
>>>>> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel
>>>>> expenses).
>>>>> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
>>>>> things
>>>>> > >> that are needed will be:
>>>>> > >> * Help with project management
>>>>> > >> * Team communication
>>>>> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>>>> > >> * Testing
>>>>> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding
>>>>> sprints)
>>>>> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
>>>>> timezones
>>>>> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am
>>>>> on Friday
>>>>> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time
>>>>> Monday
>>>>> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
>>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous
>>>>> year's tasks
>>>>> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>>>> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>>>>> "team"
>>>>> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time
>>>>> that w/e.
>>>>> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
>>>>> guess it
>>>>> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
>>>>> three to
>>>>> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in
>>>>> the same
>>>>> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>>>> those
>>>>> > >> that want to join us here.
>>>>> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
>>>>> others
>>>>> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in
>>>>> the world?
>>>>> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does
>>>>> know how to
>>>>> > >> build great technology.
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 15:35 +0700, proteus guy wrote:
> someone's making excuses. you don't need any more than what you
> got. :-)
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:22 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> ah... ok, i got only little eeePC, not enough to work. so
> thought better to stay online with my computer at office.
> but i'd love to be there physically, it's gonna be fun :)
> 31o5
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:08 AM, proteus guy
> <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're all going to help run the sprints & the
> agile board kinda need to be there. Serving drinks
> requires a physical presence too!!! come on!!
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA
> <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> sajal
> would you come to my office? I thought I come
> over to Kirit's with proteusguy etc, but maybe
> I just stay in my office and be online....
> or anybody around suk, we can do little camp
> at my office if anybody want (then I can be a
> waitress).
> 31o5
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy
> <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko &
> Sajal are putting a lot of pressure on
> us guys... haha we might actually have
> to do some of this stuff now...
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal
> <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> count me in ...
> Since Satoko already took the
> coffee ... i can be the drink
> mixer ...
> I suck at programing... just
> manage to get things working
> quick n
> dirty... This looks like an
> oppurtunity to see how the
> "big boys" do
> things...
> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus
> guy <proteus...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It's quite likely that we
> would need testers, an agile
> task board
> > co-ordinator, possibly team
> liason(s), drink mixers,
> cheerleaders, etc...
> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
> > -- Ben
> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at
> 12:37 PM, Chip
> <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> > > It sounds great. I have
> time but I'm not a programmer,
> then is there
> > > anything I can help :D
> > >> There's clearly some
> interest in Google Wave, but
> there's something a
> > >> little closer that might
> also be fun and something I
> think BarCamp Thailand
> > >> can make a big splash in.
> > >> If you've not heard of it
> before then the ICFP
> competition is a
> > >> programming competition
> for teams from across the
> world. ICFP is the
> > >> International Conference
> on Functional Programming.
> Don't worry though, it's
> > >> not just for functional
> programming languages. The
> winners are invited to
> > >> the conference (they do
> have some cash to help with
> travel expenses).
> > >> You don't have to be a
> programmer to join the team.
> Some of the things
> > >> that are needed will be:
> > >> * Help with project
> management
> > >> * Team communication
> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
> > >> * Testing
> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially
> important after those long
> coding sprints)
> > >> The competition is going
> to be held next weekend. If I
> have my timezones
> > >> worked out right then I
> think the puzzle will be
> announced at 1am on Friday
> > >> night/Saturday morning
> and we would have until the
> same time Monday
> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
> > >> If you've not heard of it
> before then check out the
> previous year's tasks
> > >> and results linked from
> this year's competition page.
> > >> Last year team Felspar
> entered and didn't do too
> badly considering "team"
> > >> Felspar was only me and I
> only had about 8 hours of
> coding time that w/e.
> > >> I'm not sure whether we
> should be many teams or one
> big team -- I guess it
> > >> depends on how many
> people are interested.
> Personally I think that three
> to
> > >> four people is probably
> ideal for this sort of thing,
> and being in the same
> > >> place will help. The
Till wrote: > so wait are you guys planning to pull an all-nighter?
Not sure about that, but it could happen. Lightning round would need to be in by 1am on Sunday morning/Saturday night. I think we'll certainly be up that late as we are planning to put in a lightning round entry.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:22 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ah... ok, i got only little eeePC, not enough to work. so thought better to
> stay online with my computer at office.
> but i'd love to be there physically, it's gonna be fun :)
> 31o5
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:08 AM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you're all going to help run the sprints & the agile board kinda need
>> to be there. Serving drinks requires a physical presence too!!! come on!!
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> sajal
>>> would you come to my office? I thought I come over to Kirit's with
>>> proteusguy etc, but maybe I just stay in my office and be online....
>>> or anybody around suk, we can do little camp at my office if anybody want
>>> (then I can be a waitress).
>>> 31o5
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko & Sajal are putting a lot of pressure
>>>> on us guys... haha we might actually have to do some of this stuff now...
>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> count me in ...
>>>>> Since Satoko already took the coffee ... i can be the drink mixer ...
>>>>> I suck at programing... just manage to get things working quick n
>>>>> dirty... This looks like an oppurtunity to see how the "big boys" do
>>>>> things...
>>>>> On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus guy <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > It's quite likely that we would need testers, an agile task board
>>>>> > co-ordinator, possibly team liason(s), drink mixers, cheerleaders,
>>>>> etc...
>>>>> > Just get over to BKK. :-)
>>>>> > -- Ben
>>>>> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Chip <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
>>>>> > > It sounds great. I have time but I'm not a programmer, then is
>>>>> there
>>>>> > > anything I can help :D
>>>>> > >> There's clearly some interest in Google Wave, but there's
>>>>> something a
>>>>> > >> little closer that might also be fun and something I think BarCamp
>>>>> Thailand
>>>>> > >> can make a big splash in.
>>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then the ICFP competition is a
>>>>> > >> programming competition for teams from across the world. ICFP is
>>>>> the
>>>>> > >> International Conference on Functional Programming. Don't worry
>>>>> though, it's
>>>>> > >> not just for functional programming languages. The winners are
>>>>> invited to
>>>>> > >> the conference (they do have some cash to help with travel
>>>>> expenses).
>>>>> > >> You don't have to be a programmer to join the team. Some of the
>>>>> things
>>>>> > >> that are needed will be:
>>>>> > >> * Help with project management
>>>>> > >> * Team communication
>>>>> > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
>>>>> > >> * Testing
>>>>> > >> * Enthusiasm (especially important after those long coding
>>>>> sprints)
>>>>> > >> The competition is going to be held next weekend. If I have my
>>>>> timezones
>>>>> > >> worked out right then I think the puzzle will be announced at 1am
>>>>> on Friday
>>>>> > >> night/Saturday morning and we would have until the same time
>>>>> Monday
>>>>> > >> night/Tuesday morning.
>>>>> > >> If you've not heard of it before then check out the previous
>>>>> year's tasks
>>>>> > >> and results linked from this year's competition page.
>>>>> > >> Last year team Felspar entered and didn't do too badly considering
>>>>> "team"
>>>>> > >> Felspar was only me and I only had about 8 hours of coding time
>>>>> that w/e.
>>>>> > >> I'm not sure whether we should be many teams or one big team -- I
>>>>> guess it
>>>>> > >> depends on how many people are interested. Personally I think that
>>>>> three to
>>>>> > >> four people is probably ideal for this sort of thing, and being in
>>>>> the same
>>>>> > >> place will help. The Felspar offices will be open over the w/e for
>>>>> those
>>>>> > >> that want to join us here.
>>>>> > >> I'll certainly be doing it again, the real question is how many
>>>>> others
>>>>> > >> want to test their programming skills against some of the best in
>>>>> the world?
>>>>> > >> This is a great way to promote Thailand as somewhere that does
>>>>> know how to
>>>>> > >> build great technology.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Till <tillkow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> so wait are you guys planning to pull an all-nighter?
> On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 15:35 +0700, proteus guy wrote:
> > someone's making excuses. you don't need any more than what you
> > got. :-)
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:22 PM, 31o5 OHIRA <3105.oh...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > ah... ok, i got only little eeePC, not enough to work. so
> > thought better to stay online with my computer at office.
> > but i'd love to be there physically, it's gonna be fun :)
> > 31o5
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:08 AM, proteus guy
> > <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you're all going to help run the sprints & the
> > agile board kinda need to be there. Serving drinks
> > requires a physical presence too!!! come on!!
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, 31o5 OHIRA
> > <3105.oh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > sajal
> > would you come to my office? I thought I come
> > over to Kirit's with proteusguy etc, but maybe
> > I just stay in my office and be online....
> > or anybody around suk, we can do little camp
> > at my office if anybody want (then I can be a
> > waitress).
> > 31o5
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, proteus guy
> > <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > big boys eh? hmm.... seems Satoko &
> > Sajal are putting a lot of pressure on
> > us guys... haha we might actually have
> > to do some of this stuff now...
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM, sajal
> > <saja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > count me in ...
> > Since Satoko already took the
> > coffee ... i can be the drink
> > mixer ...
> > I suck at programing... just
> > manage to get things working
> > quick n
> > dirty... This looks like an
> > oppurtunity to see how the
> > "big boys" do
> > things...
> > On Jun 21, 11:37 pm, proteus
> > guy <proteus...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > It's quite likely that we
> > would need testers, an agile
> > task board
> > > co-ordinator, possibly team
> > liason(s), drink mixers,
> > cheerleaders, etc...
> > > Just get over to BKK. :-)
> > > -- Ben
> > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at
> > 12:37 PM, Chip
> > <c...@huyenchip.com> wrote:
> > > > It sounds great. I have
> > time but I'm not a programmer,
> > then is there
> > > > anything I can help :D
> > > >> There's clearly some
> > interest in Google Wave, but
> > there's something a
> > > >> little closer that might
> > also be fun and something I
> > think BarCamp Thailand
> > > >> can make a big splash in.
> > > >> If you've not heard of it
> > before then the ICFP
> > competition is a
> > > >> programming competition
> > for teams from across the
> > world. ICFP is the
> > > >> International Conference
> > on Functional Programming.
> > Don't worry though, it's
> > > >> not just for functional
> > programming languages. The
> > winners are invited to
> > > >> the conference (they do
> > have some cash to help with
> > travel expenses).
> > > >> You don't have to be a
> > programmer to join the team.
> > Some of the things
> > > >> that are needed will be:
> > > >> * Help with project
> > management
> > > >> * Team communication
> > > >> * Ideas, brainstorming
> > > >> * Testing
> > > >> * Enthusiasm (especially
> > important after those long
> > coding sprints)
> > > >> The competition is going
> > to be held next weekend. If I
> > have my timezones
> > > >> worked out right then I
> > think the puzzle will be
> > announced at 1am on Friday
> > > >> night/Saturday morning
> > and we would have until the
> > same time Monday
> > > >> night/Tuesday morning.
> > > >> If you've not heard of it
> > before then check out the
> > previous year's tasks
> > > >> and results linked from
> > this year's competition page.
> > > >> Last year team Felspar
> > entered and didn't do too
> > badly considering "team"
> > > >> Felspar was only me and I
> > only had about 8 hours of
> > coding time that w/e.
> > > >> I'm not sure whether we
> > should be many teams or one
> > big team -- I guess it
> > > >> depends on how many
> > people are interested.
> > Personally I think that three
> > to
> > > >> four people is probably
> > ideal for this sort of thing,
> > and being in the same
> > > >> place will help. The
> > Felspar offices will be open
> > over the w/e for those
> > > >> that want to join us
proteus guy wrote: > That's the plan when it starts at 1am. Kirit's gonna provide massage > girls and drinks. hahaha
I'd kind of assumed that we would meet on Saturday morning which would let us attack it fresh and give us some time to think about things properly first.
1am read the problem 2am sleep 8am get up 9am meet up
We could move those last two back an hour of course.
> proteus guy wrote:
> > That's the plan when it starts at 1am. Kirit's gonna provide massage
> > girls and drinks. hahaha
> I'd kind of assumed that we would meet on Saturday morning which would
> let us attack it fresh and give us some time to think about things
> properly first.
> 1am read the problem
> 2am sleep
> 8am get up
> 9am meet up
> We could move those last two back an hour of course.
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