World: r3wp

May I suggest that the following be added to the home page of REBOLConf.info 
website:

- Much bigger date and time.
- Link to the video conference.
- List of known speakers.

I'm working as fast as I can with the info (still have a prez to 
write too).

Sunanda, that looks like a nasty one.

Chris, your site also needs a link to the conference location, perhaps 
in the Where section.

Nevermind, Reichart already mentioned that.

Please feel free to add!!!

I am only working on the front page.  All others need content.

I don't know the url of the video conference. That is why I was looking 
at your site in the first place (though it's nice).

It's above in this chat.

I need: a countdown timer that sits in an external file, is invoked 
with startTimer('date and time string'); and changes the text content 
of <span id="counter">.  That is all.  Otherwise, no timer...

I need, a Schedule.

http://2008.rebolconf.info/on/Schedule

I need: short Bios on speakers: http://2008.rebolconf.info/on/People

A brief rundown of REBOL resources here: http://2008.rebolconf.info/on/Learn

I put the link out there for where. I can't find the schedule anywhere.

What schedule there is has always been here in AltME - REBOL3 - Checklist

Chris, if you click on my presentation, all my information is in 
there.  Photo, Bio, Topic, and Description.

I never even knew there was checklists  for REBCON until now.  Thanks 
Reichart.

Chris, I would update it with that info but not sure how the snippet 
works.

It's just a stripped down version of make doc.

(forgot how odd makedoc was).

http://rockfactory.us/rooms/room22/is exposing my password

Not to mention rejecting it when I am already lgged in at  http://2008.rebolconf.info/on/People

Do I need a second login for that 'home' page security 'JOIN CONF' 
??

Incorrect Username/Password.

RobertS, They're not tied together.  Please use "devcon/devcon"

at which URL, please

http://rockfactory.us/rooms/room22/

so where should I have registered?

I am logged in at rebolconf.info

ah by devcon/devcon you mena user/pwd

There was no formal registration this year - just the discussion 
here and an informal list at http://rockfactory.us/events/devcon.cgi

yes, devcon/devcon is user/pass

Robert, cehck out - http://2008.rebolconf.info/on/Developers_Conference_2008

Reichart, are you going to present first?

Any reason not to?


If only I could figure out how to insert a carraige return after 
the image on teh front page in the reduced MakeDoc command set....

Were using the chat built into the website correct instead of ALTME?

I'd think this is a better channel for the chat.....At least for 
the stuff you want published on the web.

Reichart says better for him to chat via altme.....either this group 
(which is public) or the private group.
Other presenters may prefer other ways of interacting with them.

The live group has been closed, and will reopen when we do another 
conference.

Chris, may I suggest we set up the wiki website such that at the 
top is a given even (Name + Date) and that everything else be put 
on one big page.  

This has a lot of advantages.  This is not to say people can't put 
things on other pages, but if we do it this way, everything can be 
in one place.

You come to the Home page, then click on the event you are interestested 
in, and that is it.

There's a lot to that.  I was kind of using the DevCon '05 as a model 
(my fav so far) where all the info is knee deep on the front page 
with more detail on sub pages.

I set aside too little time for this one (not intentionally), though 
not too bad for a rush job...

Note: http://2008.rebolconf.infois still editable by those that 
have registered.  The auto redirection will turn off shortly and 
http://rebolconf.infowill point to the future.

Btw: it seems that the url for the 2007 DevCon has changed.  I'll 
try and keep http://2007.rebolconf.infopointed to the correct site...


Alternately, if whoever maintains the 2007 DevCon pages wishes me 
to host them under the above address, I'll be happy to...

Yeah, it would be cool to build the list on your page so that we 
refer or copy over old stuff.

Thanks to everyone who made DevCon2008 a reality.
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A couple of follow-up points:


-- How about doing an eDevCon twice a year, whether or not there 
is a physical one too.

-- And plenty more notice so some Devolunteers can help with with 
set-up and promotion.


-- Chris's presentation would have seriously benefited from some 
sort of screen reader / whiteboard system....A camera pointing at 
the screen was not ideal.

May have slipped off on the 'Live' group, but Nick suggested a screen-capture-as-a-camera-source 
product for Linux and Windows (though I used a Mac for my presentation...)

My points:


- I enjoyed Reicharts talk. I found the format to be fine. We submit 
questions and he answers quickly.

- For future eDevCons, keep them on fixed dates (+/- a week), 2 times 
a year with pre-announcements 2 months prior to the devcon. With 
fixed dates, people will be able to adjust to "the devcon season", 
and allow presenters to make some great presentations without hiccups.
- Could RT "sponsor" a news item on rebol.com for the date?

- DevCon could also be for beginners. An expert could provide courses 
(although I don't know if that should be for free). This point may 
not be ideal to carry out in a devcon at this small scale.

I actually was capturing the output of yesterdays conference with 
my screen capture tools but my connectioin was bad because of the 
storms in the area and became so choppy that it was useless to me.

I suggest another addon to the Devcon site called MyDevCon where 
people can post their own videos of demostrations of their products. 
 I know Graham has done video presentations of his efforts before. 
 Would be nice to see how some of these projects work in the interim.

Or just MyDev.