FOSS@RIT Boston HackFest

by trose on Thu 24 June 2010 // Posted in Events // under

Timezone: US/Eastern Summary: Start 07/10/2010 - 12 00am

Timezone US/Eastern

What
Open Video Chat will be returning to Boston July 8th for a hack fest at OLPC headquarters. If you'd like to come, contact us on the Open Video Chat mailing list (ovc@lists.fedorahosted.org). We will be tackling farsight and telepathy-farsight to pave the way for cross platform communication.

When
July 8th @ 10am

Where
OLPC Headquarters

1 Cambridge Center

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Start: 07/10/2010 - 12:00am

Timezone: US/Eastern

What
Open Video Chat will be returning to Boston July 8th for a hack fest at OLPC headquarters. If you'd like to come, contact us on the Open Video Chat mailing list (ovc@lists.fedorahosted.org). We will be tackling farsight and telepathy-farsight to pave the way for cross platform communication.

When
July 8th @ 10am

Where
OLPC Headquarters

1 Cambridge Center

Cambridge, Massachusetts

How
Come hack with us or participate remotely through our IRC channel (#rit- innovation on freenode.net ). Please send us an email to our mailing list with your full name by Wednesday July 7th at midnight so we can compile a guest list for the security desk Thursday morning.

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Guest List
Stephen Jacobs ( LTL )

Remy DeCausemaker ( Civx )

Taylor Rose ( OVC )

Justin Lewis ( OVC )

Fran Rogers ( OVC )

JT Mengel ( Fortune Hunter )

Kevin Hockey ( Fortune Hunter )

David Silverman ( Fortune Hunter )

Qian Li ( Storyteller )

Adam Holt ( SugarLabs )

Steven DuBois

Hernan Pachas

GOALS

OVC/Telepathy

Project Page

Goal 1: Create a python app using telepathy/ farsight calling another instance using xmpp

Goal 2: Run the code on an XO 1.5 with default codecs (1.0 if possible )

Goal 3: Bundle the code into activity stub so it can be shared over sugar neighborhood

Goal 4: Create a GUI

CIVX

Goal: Solidify People Dashboard for NYSenate.gov

MAFH

Project Page

Art/Animation Group

Goal 1: Confirm and reevaluate their testing strategy.
Goal 2: Discuss and develop a plan for an animation engine.

Game Engine Group

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