Louis Armstrong and aKademy

[Jos van den Oever]

2007/2/12, Adriaan de Groot <groot at kde.org>:
> Things have come to a pretty pass,
> Our romance is growing flat,
> For you like this and the other
> While I go for this and that.
> Goodness knows what the end will be;
> Oh, I don't know where I'm at...
> It looks as if we two will never be one,
> Something must be done.
>
> OK, Ella Fitzgerald as well. The aKademy 2007 call for papers has been open
> for a month or so (see http://akademy2007.kde.org/conference/cfp.php ,
> submissions go through our Pentabarf setup at
> https://akademy2007.cis.strath.ac.uk/pentabarf/submission/ak2007 ). There are
> two days left in the submission period. We specifically put the submissions
> period fairly early in order to leave ample time for review, acceptance and
> to give authors the chance to get visas on time (if visas are needed).
>
> So far there are four (4) submissions, none of which need visas for Scotland.
> That's relaxing, it means there's hardly any work to do in reviewing stuff.
> It's also kind of discouraging to think that there's not even a hint of
> enthusiasm for presenting things at this year's aKademy. Here's a list of
> speakers and topics I would *personally* like to see.
>
> - Phonon. What is it and how to use it in apps. (M Kretz)
> - Solid. What is it and how to use it in apps. (K Krammer)
> - Decibel. What is it and how to use it in apps. (Hartmut?)
> - Sonnet. What is it and how to use it in apps. (J Rideout)
>         (Fortunately, Jacob *has* submitted an abstract)
> - Akonadi. What is it and how to use it in apps. (T Konig)
> - Khalkhi. What is it and how to use it in apps. (F Kossebeau)
> - Plasma. What is it and how to use it in apps. (A Seigo)
> - Strigi. What is it and how to use it in apps. (J vanden Oever)
> - Threadweaver. Make apps look fast! (M Boehm)
> - User support. What is it and how to contribute. (B Schoenmakers)
> - Documentation support. What is it and how to contribute. (R Endres)
> - Website support. What is it and how to contribute. (D Haumann)
> - Unit tests for all. (D Faure)
> - Quality checking. (A Winter)
> - Translation support. What is it and how to contribute. (K Connelly)
> - Translation support (2). How developers should write strings. (C Ilych)
> - Usability. What is it and how to listen to the experts. (C Paul)
> - Release planning. What is it and how to contribute. (T Albers)
> - Down with C++. RAD for KDE with Ruby & Python. (R Dale)
> - Walking hand-in-hand. Guidance for new developers. (S Kulow)
>
>
> Please, take the time (about 15 minutes) to register with the Pentabarf setup
> and then adding a talk for your subject.
>

Great list. I will certainly send an abstract. I liked the subtitle
you chose for the Strigi talk very much. Until I those of the other
talks ....

Cheers,
Jos