Archive for February, 2008
It’s true, SHiFT is back!. We almost died on our first ’round’ in 2006 but we decided to do it again and today we just gave the first (public) step towards it: we’ve unleashed the dates - set your calendars:
A lot of work, discussion and planning will take place in the coming months, so EVERYONE is invited to help and participate in the discussion! We haven’t closed down the speakers list and there will be space for the community to vote on who gets to go up on stage later on, but if you know an exciting speaker or you’re just wishing your secret hero to be there, don’t be shy and let us know!
Pop us an email over at speakers@shift.pt.
Don’t forget to keep an eye on the official Blog, or subscribe SHiFT’s Twitter / jaiku feeds.
See you back in October!
February 29th, 2008
Following a tip from Mark, this blog is now fully iPhone compatible! All it took was to install a very nifty Wordpress plugin - iWPhone. So if you’re the lucky owner of an iPhone just tried it out, you should see something along this:
There’s also another Wordpress plugin for the administration area of your blog - iPhone / Mobile Admin (this one not only for iPhones, but for most of the mobiles actually):
February 20th, 2008
Some of Leonel Moura’s works have made it to the covers of this years MIT Artificial Life magazine. The first one is out and features one of his works from the ‘Swarm Paintings‘ series.
Leonel is one of my favorite ‘Geek’ artist and so it’s expectable that I believe he is a man ahead of our time (and especially ahead of our country). Leonel gets to be my favorite simply because he manages to combine two things I really love: Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.
One of the things that really fascinates me on his works is the fact that he doesn’t simply combines them, he actually helps us visualize and feel the products of such combination, what he calls ‘Symbiotic Art‘. His works aren’t just something we get to see on a computer screen, they’re for real: real live sized canvas full of colors!
If you manage to take some time off in Lisbon I strongly recommend taking some time to check Leonel ARTe gallery in downtown Lisbon, if you’re not around you can always browse thru is portfolio and get a glimpse of his works.
Leonel was both a speaker at SHiFT 2006 and SAPO CodeBits last year.
February 19th, 2008
ATENTION: This is an urgent call to all Freelancers or freelancers wannabe’s out-there!
Stephanie Booth is putting up quite a conference completely oriented towards self employed people. Going Solo will take place in the beautiful city of Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, on 16th May 2008, registration has just open, so don’t wait longer… early-early bird prices close on the 17th of Februrary.
Although the program isn’t yet closed (it’s better this way trust me!) Stephanie has already posted a long list of topics that Going Solo webpage will address:
- Skills: skills that all freelancers need: GTD, marketing, networking, contracts and cash flow
- Rates: fixing prices, closing deals, negotiating contracts (the hardcore businessy stuff
- Tools of the trade (what software/tools/methods can assist you as a freelancer?)
- Partnerships: coworking and staying in touch with “colleagues”
- Internationalization: international clients, travel, different laws and tax rules, accounting
- Size: soloist or small business?
- plus a lot more I’m sure… just keep checking the Going Solo webpage for updates
To keep the updates about Going Solo flowing in I’d suggest checking its Blog or subscribing it’s Twitter feed -> http://twitter.com/goingsolo.
February 13th, 2008
A notícia não é de hoje, mas há alguns dias atrás tomei conhecimento do nascimento formal da Associação Ensino Livre algo que a mim pessoalmente me traz alguma alegria por ver que ainda há quem acredite e se mexa por um ensino mais abrangente do que aquele que é tradicionalmente aplicado no nosso país. Como se pode ler na nota de imprensa:
A Associação tem como finalidade promover a utilização de software livre e a produção de conteúdos livres nos processos de aprendizagem, nomeadamente ao nível do sistema de ensino(…)
e ao que pude apurar na respectiva página, os seus mentores propõem-se a:
- divulgar software livre e conteúdos livres junto dos agentes de ensino;
- organizar acções pedagógicas junto de professores e alunos;
- fornecer aconselhamento sobre software livre e conteúdos livres junto dos agentes de ensino;
- desenvolvimento e suporte de software livre, especialmente de vocação educacional;
- manutenção e promoção de pontos de reunião da comunidade de software livre;
- organização de conferências nacionais e internacionais sobre a temática do software e conteúdos livres, nomeadamente de vertente educativa;
como a associação irá subsistir essencialmente dos seus sócios e ajudas que possa receber, sugiro (porque a cota é rídicula) que se tornem membros da mesma e ou ajudem com donativos:
- Efectuar a transferência para a conta da Associação
NIB: 003507390002696123053
- Notificar a associação da transferência nesta página.
Por um ensino livre, mais acessível a todos!
February 13th, 2008
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