[Wikiyetu-developers] Fwd: DEVCON1

[Laban M. <lm...@gm...>]

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From: Robert Njuguna <rnj...@pe...>
Date: Sep 12, 2006 8:44 PM
Subject: Opensource Project
To: tir...@gm..., joseph fuchaka <jfu...@ya...>, Laban
Mwangi <lm...@pe...>, pn...@ya...

Hi,

World Software Freedom is a day when we celebrate all the liberties of
"Free Speech" availed to us through Open Source software. It is on this
day that we have chosen to launch a project that will contribute to a
community that has greatly influenced both our formation as developers
and our experiences as end users.

Wikiyetu is an opensource project which aims to develop an offline
encyclopedia for use by people who do not have internet access. The
resulting encyclopedia would then be distributed as  a DVD / CD hence
enabling access by individuals / institutions to a wealth of knowledge.

The aim of DevCon1 will be to jumpstart the Wikipedia project and will
therefore be a development conference and not just a discussion forum.
The following are the areas we look to address on Saturday:

1. Database design
2. User Interface Design
     a. Design of look and feel
     b. Navigation Design
3. Design of update mechanisms
4. Licensing

Plus a look at the following topics would bring you up to speed o some
of the tools that we would use:
1. XUL
2. sql Lite
3. Wikipedia
4. javascript

Please carry a laptop as this will be a developer conference.

Wikiyetu DevCon one will be held at the International House Business
Center Conference room on Saturday 16th September all day.

To get some more  information about the Wikiyetu initiative visit:
http://wikiyetu.sourceforge.net/

Sorry i almost forgot......you are cordially invited to participate in
this event.

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Robert Njuguna
Technical Consultant
Penguin Labs Ltd
Tel:020-4765074
Mobile: 0720408101
website: www.penguinlabs.co.ke



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