IEC Open Source Mela

About the mela

Wednesday Mar 26, 2008

I caught up with Tirthankar Das in the hallway this afternoon. What does he think about the mela? See for yourself.

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Posted at 07:36PM Mar 26, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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Creativity at work

Tuesday Mar 25, 2008

If you have been wondering who got so creative with the open source mela posters and e-mails, meet the creative engineers of IEC - Pallavi Madhusudhan & Manu Samuel. It's not an easy task to design these posters or come up with e-mails soliciting participation. These posters have to convey the essence of open source, and at the same time must be catchy too. They had to fit this task in between their regular work and deliver them at short notice. Thank you so much, Pallavi and Manu!

Take a look at one of the posters they designed. This poster invites contributions for the mad-ads contest.


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Posted at 04:24PM Mar 25, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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Day 1: The second half

Tuesday Mar 25, 2008

The second half of Day 1 is currently underway. Usually, enthusiasm dies down post-lunch. But just the opposite seems to be happening in IEC. Highlights from the second half of the day:

  • Gamers queueing up to play Quake III Arena
  • Big crowd to learn more about Sun SPOT
  • Sessions filled up with just standing space for late-comers
  • High level of participation in contests and quizzes

It's a packed schedule on both the days for IEC engineers.

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Posted at 03:58PM Mar 25, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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IEC Gaming Mela

Tuesday Mar 25, 2008

The fun part of the open source mela is gaming. See this video of IEC engineers enjoying the multi-player Quake III Arena.

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Posted at 03:34PM Mar 25, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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Explore OpenPortal

Monday Mar 24, 2008

Portal Server enthusiasts will have a lot to rejoice in the open source mela. At least four talks around OpenPortal are planned.

 

  • Manage content using Project Mirage by Joshna Kambalapalli: CMS is a system used to create, store, and manage content. Project Mirage is an open source CMS initiative from the Portal team based on a JSR-170 compliant content repository.

  • Incorporating Workflow in applications using SAW (Simple API for Workflow) by Ganesh Ram: The Simple API for Workflow(SAW) is intended to offer a generic workflow API to perform human workflow interaction with various workflow engines. This generic workflow API will ship with a default implementation for Java Composite Application Platform Suite (JCAPS). The SAW is being consumed by other features (Example: OpenPortal and Project Mirage).

  • In addition, talks on Dreamweaver Plugin (by Ganesh Ram, again) and SharePoint integration (by Murali Krishna Reddy) are planned.

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Posted at 09:17PM Mar 24, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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You are the next open source hero!

Monday Mar 24, 2008

Seen in the IEC lobby:

A poster inviting Sun engineers to attend open source mela!

Open source projects are primarily community driven, although companies may make commercial products from these projects. Open source projects encourage everyone in the community to contribute their knowledge and expertise and, in turn, everyone in the community benefits. For example, when the community contributes enhancement requests or submits bug reports, fixes or enhancements are implemented to improve the tools, and everyone benefits. Example: Because NetBeans is open source, you can influence what happens to the IDE and the direction for NetBeans' future growth. Click here for more information.

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Posted at 08:26PM Mar 24, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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Logo/caption contest

Monday Mar 24, 2008

A logo/caption contest was organized as part of the open source mela. Nivedita Kamat ran the contest on behalf of IEC. A good number of entries were received, but it was extremely difficult to finalize the best entry. There were a lot of responses a day before the contest close date. The name of the winner along with the list of captions will be published soon. Watch this space for updates.

The contest announcement:

It's the perfect time for you to get those gray cells working! The IEC Open Source Mela 2008 is looking for it's very own Brand Guru!!! We bring to you the Caption and Logo competition! All you need to do is envisage a logo OR design a caption for the IEC Open Source Mela 2008. What we expect is not the run of the mill ideas but beyond the obvious and the known. So send in your ideas for the Caption and Logo competition and the best ones will be recognized and rewarded. 

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Posted at 07:49PM Mar 24, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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Open Source and HR?

Thursday Mar 20, 2008

Meet the IEC HR team. 

Did you think only software groups are gearing up for the open source mela? Well, HR is getting ready for the mela too. But why? In fact, HR is setting up stalls to talk to IEC engineers about hiring, internal job transfers, job statisfaction and so many other things that are closely related to working at Sun. It is an effort from HR to reach out to the ever busy techies. Only an event that is as powerful as the open source mela can bring the IEC geeks from their desks to the mela venue. So, HR is cashing in on the opportunity to reach out to the employees.

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Posted at 07:54PM Mar 20, 2008 by vasanth in Sun
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