+25 Multi Monitor Machines

All about multi-monitor setups. The hardware and the software. The advantages and disadvantages. The Tips and Tricks.

By a guy who is works on three monitors.

+30 Media Hypocrisy and Freedom of Speech

I want to discuss the recent action against bloggers internet users in the name of Indian IT act. Also I want to discuss how the corporate media is changing our thoughts and actions.

+14 Campus Blogging

A complete expo on campus blogging -- highlights, advantages, guidelines and also TEN

+16 Device management in modern Linux system

The Linux is become more complex day by day. It is difficult to understand the working of the kernel even though it is an open source project and there are bunch of docs out there in the cloud ( Internet ). It needs more than a day even months to explain the working of the Linux kernel. I am not going for that adventure. Instead of that I will take a small ( and important ) part called the kernel device management. The talk mainly focuses on the Udev ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev ) and covers the HAL, Dbus and advanced version of HAL called DeviceKit ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviceKit ). The Udev is the main device manager for the latest Linux kernel and that provides many advantages than the traditional device management tools and style used in older Linux kernels. The Seminar will cover the working of Udev and How the Udev/Hal/Dbus work together with the desktop applications like filemanager/video/audio players etc to make the life of common Linux user an easy one.

+15 Introduction to Open Street Mapping

The session will be a brief introduction to Open Street Mapping...

+24 Security & Security Theater

A discussion on (1) What works and what does not work in real world security systems, (2) Why common sense win and "expert" advice fail in many security issues and (3) How the security systems in the future will work.

+27 3D Computer Graphics Programming

The Visual Computing Paradigm is in vogue for the past ten to fifteen years. In Kerala, we have got plenty of talent in the Computer Graphics content (designers,media animators etc ) space. There are only a few people who have chosen Computer Graphics Programming as a career in Kerala ( for that matter whole of India ). The Session will give a detailed introduction to Computer Graphics Programming Concepts like Mathematics of Co-ordinate System/Geometric Transformations,Viewing,Lighting Techniques,Texture and Special Effects to name a few. I will be demonstrating Procedural Techniques using Cg (NVIDIA) , GLSL (OpenGL) and HLSL (from Microsoft ). These are languages meant for programming the GPU (Graphics Processing units). The Presenter has (in the past ) spent considerable amount of time on Real Time Computer Graphcis as applied to CAD and Visualization industry. The samples will be shown using Direct3D,OpenGL and even Software Rendering. The stuff like Ray Tracing will also be discussed.

+7 Zope and Plone

Zope is a Python-based application server for building secure and highly scalable web applications. Zope combines the power of (1) Python programming language (2) Zope Object Database (3) built-in security system into an application server for building secure and highly scalable web solutions. (Sources: zope2.zope.org). Plone a powerful, flexible Content Management Solution that is easy to install, use and extend. Plone is among the top 2% of all open source projects worldwide, with 200 core developers and more than 300 solution providers in 57 countries. The project has been actively developed since 2001, is available in more than 40 languages, and has the best security track record of any major CMS. It is owned by the Plone Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is available for all major operating systems.(Sources: CVE and Ohloh.)

+18 Giving life to discaded Computers with LTSP

We find a lot of old PC s thrown out as unusable . For example a P3 with 64 MB RAM was a great machine in 2000. But now it is junk. Is it really junk?. The modern PCs with p4 dore2 duo is a very powerful machine . In fact , you may not use the full computing power of your new P4. It is possible to wire up the old PC as a terminal of the new powerful machine. This solution can work wonders in our schools , colleges and offices with reduced hardware costs. This talk will try to explain how to build such a terminal with ease. There will be live demo. Time needed 20 mins. If some one can bring in an old lap with a network card it will be great

+9 Discussion Topics

Hopefully somebody can start a discussion on these: (1)The prospects of starting a software/web company in some place in Kerala. (vs places like Bangalore). (2) Venture capital opportunities in Kerala (3) A discussion on why there are no good (read quality) websites where malayalees hang out (compare to NYT/hacker news/reddit/whatever). (4) What can we do to increase the quality of higher education in India. (People like Pranav Misry etc had to go to MIT to work on his project even though he had the complete idea an skill to do 90% of the work on his own. We could not deliver the 10% push.) (5) Discussions on the rate of decline of traditional media in Kerala. When will our media giants be sidelined? What effects will this have on our 100% literacy crowd?

+19 Building complex web site the Drupal way

The Drupal way is about less coding and more configuration by combining CCK, Views and other high-level building blocks, and by extending their functionality with sub-modules. Drupal is booming with high profile sites like whitehouse.gov, Economist.com and Sony Ericsson Labs. Come and see what all the fuss is about.

+5 Scrum and Procrastination

Procrastination takes its' toll on any project with deadlines. Software development projects could become a tangled thread with too much procrastination. Scrum has answers on how to put a check on this. But even then, procrastination has it's goodies.

+24 Better NGO's with Better Technology

Make a Difference(MAD) is a youth volunteer network teaching children in orphanages and street shelters, English and Computer skills. Started as a college project back in 2006 with 20 volunteer, MAD today teaches 2500 children with the support of 800 volunteer teachers in 10 cities. This year we developed an ERP system that integrates our HR, Training, Operations, PR and fund-raising activities on-line giving us real time information on what is happening on the ground real time. My talk would be on this open source ERP system called MADapp and how we can redefine the way NGOs are managed by integrating technology

+9 Innovation! - "The UST Global Way"

I want to share the exciting story of how we successfully developed a strong "innovation-friendly" positioning for UST Global in our Fortune 500 customers' minds. Essentially, how we encouraged our employees to ‘think’ for himself, for our company & for our clients, and how it actively encouraged intra-company entrepreneurship.

+2 Barcamp Kerala (History and Present)

All about Barcamp Kerala...!! History and present... BarCamp Kerala is an ad-hoc gathering rooted in the desire to share and learn in an open & friendly environment. It is an intense yet cool, event with discussions, demos, and strong interactions.