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Upcoming Talks

Talk Suggestions - Talk Offers

Ctte - Handover - Mon 13 - The Leveson?

October 2010

Main - Tue 5 - Trinity

• Note that this is the first mtg after SFD, so perhaps make it a bit beginners-oriented?
• Jacinta Richardson - TBC - fallen through

• Michael King has confirmed that he can speak on Free and Open-Source Business Models.

  Open Source Business Models

  How can free software make money when you can't sell it ? This is the challenge for businesses with open source. Mike King looks at a few different business models built around it.

  About Mike King

  Mike King is CIO of Horizon Consumer Science, an International market research companies with offices in Melbourne, Los Angeles and London. Mike has B.Sc. in Engineering Science from Warwick University in the UK, and has 30 years of experience in software development, including real time monitoring systems, communications protocols and web and database technologies.

• Brian May has confirmed that he can speak on "A Linux Photo Database Application".

  Brian's abstract is as follows:

  "Digital cameras allow the ability to take hundreds, if not thousands of photos, quickly and easily. However, what do you do with the photos afterwards? If most of your photos are duds, then the solution is easy - just delete them. What if many of them are good quality? How do you store them in such a way you will be able to relocate that photo if you need it? How do you do it without wasting hours tagging hundreds of photos? The talk discusses open source software I have written to try and address these issues, and some of the challenges I have encountered on the way."

  Brian May, Microcom Australia.

Beginners - Sat 16 - The Hub

• Jiri Baum, "What Is Programming?"

Ctte (as decided by new ctte)

November 2010

Main - Wed 3 - Trinity

Note that this meeting is on Wednesday the 3rd

• Kernel hacking, e.g. qemu + remote GDB + module making. - Matt Davis

Beginners - Sat 20 - The Hub

• WordPress Introduction - Kathy Reid

Abstract: WordPress is an opensource blogging and basic content management system based on PHP and MySQL. This tutorial will provide a basic introduction to

• Pages and posts
• Setting up your WordPress blog
• Using the Dashboard
• Using the editor
• Common traps and how to avoid them

Internet access may be limited on the day, so participants should be willing to either install WordPress and prerequisites such as PHP and MySQL on their own computer or be content with following the demonstration.

Bio: Kathy works full time for the IT Division of a regional university in the area of service improvement, and assists with the global PHPWomen group aimed at helping females learn and master PHP. She is passionate about freedom, technology and education, loves knitting and hates cats. She is @KathyReid on Twitter, Identi.ca, Facebook etc.

December 2010

Main - Tue 7 - Trinity

• Linux Games - Andrew Pam
• Practical Arduino - Jonathon Oxer

Beginners - Sat 18 - The Hub

• "Why is Free Software Important? - Ben Sturmfels

January 2011

Main - No Meeting This Month

Beginners - Sat 15 - The Hub - Penguin Picnic

February 2011

Main - Tue 1 - Trinity

• Using GPUs - Paul McIntosh, Melbourne GPU User's Group
• Use of Linux-based OSes for Biophysics & Structural Biology applications

- By Dr Andrew Perry,  
  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Whisstock Lab
  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
  Monash University

Beginners - Sat 19 - The Hub

• Virtualisation for Beginners - Daniel Jitnah

March 2011

Main - Tue 1 - Trinity

• Rakudo Star : An Early Distribution of Perl 6 - Jacinta Richardson
• Linux Routers - Julien Goodwin

Beginners - Sat 19 - The Hub

• Wen Lin - An Introduction to Libre/OpenOffice

April 2011

Main - Tue 5 - Trinity

• The Victorian Life Science Computing Initiative - Chris Samuel
• Molecular Modelling With Linux Supercomputers - Mike Kuiper

Beginners - Sat 16 - The Hub

May 2011

Main - Tue 3 - Trinity

Beginners - Sat 21 - The Hub

June 2011

Main - Tue 7 - Trinity

Beginners - Sat 18 - The Hub

July 2011

Main - Tue 5 - Trinity

Beginners - Sat 16 - The Hub

August 2011

Main - Tue 2 - Trinity

Beginners - Sat 20 - The Hub

September 2011

Main - Tue 6 - Trinity

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