[Cialug] CIALUG Group project?-- flying e-book... DUCK!!!

[David Champion]

See also: http://area515.org, the Des Moines Maker Space. There may be
people there that could be interested.

-dc


On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

> No volunteers quite yet unfortunately. Does anyone on the list want to help
> get this going with researching ideas? I'm going to check in with a few
> people i know. Does anyone have any ideas, or want to do some digging on
> the interwebs?
>
> Thank you
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:11 PM Danielle Brommer <
> dbrommer at leantechniques.co>
> wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to say- very cool!  Hope you find some people to help out!
> >
> > Danielle Brommer
> > 515-208-5490
> >
> > > On May 9, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > This was said by me in slack recently. I wanted to get a feel for
> > interest from people, see if anyone would like to volunteer skills. I'm
> > happy to help organize, but would appreciate a co organizer. I know one
> Dr
> > who works a lot with brain injuries had a lot of ideas when i asked him
> > about something like this before. We could build small devices to run
> code
> > and pcs with raspberry pis, etc that could help people in some way,
> shape,
> > or form.
> > > I'm sure many others suffer from this too, but it's an extremely
> helpful
> > project That would be personally life changing for me. I have a brain
> > injury with short term memory loss. I like ios because i don't like to
> mess
> > with my phone much, if at all, because it takes me awhile to adapt. Ever
> > since i left android phones and had my task list on my home screen there
> i
> > have had a horrible time keeping up with my list of tasks. I grow used to
> > the reminder sound even if i regularly change it. so i never hear
> > notifications in my pocket from reminders i set. I usually get alarms but
> > those are more forceful and time consuming, when you are out and about.
> > Since i can't rely on the sound, i use alarms for some but it's annoying
> to
> > change with how it's set up. I would LOVE to be able to place my
> reminders
> > screen on my home screen. Right now it probably requires a jail break,
> but
> > this is an example so we can branch off more ideas.
> > > Here's the original message. It's a grand project but it would be
> > amazing if we could use code and tech, which we play with on a daily
> basis,
> > for something to give locally, or beynd. Rather than just lining the
> > pockets of corporations with your work and never seeing the end results,
> > you would see direct results on the people.
> > >
> > > Proposition 42:
> > > Could we as a nerdy group come up with a devops solution that could
> > positively benefit someone,a group, or society?
> > > Doesn't matter how small or large the benefit, or project, is. It would
> > require some thought and research, something that comes easy for this
> group
> > of smart nerds. We could use meeting time for work on it, or we could
> have
> > people demonstrate skills to the public that they worked with recently on
> > the project. This could keep the group material updated and fresh. Ex:
> How
> > a specific api works, wtf is git?? svn? Perl? Php? Lxde? Does gnome
> really
> > suck? How do i use kali Linux? The meaning of life?? (the answer to that
> > last one is a combo of #42, and Linux) :)
> > > We wouldn't do it for recognition or money. This could keep the group
> > fresh with material, encourage new members to join, be fun as hell, and
> > positively effect society. I know it's a grand scheme, but i think it
> could
> > really work.
> > >
> > > -How about we vote 1 - yay or 0 - nay?
> > > if enough are interested...
> > > -Volunteers? Please let me know what skills you can help with
> > > -Think we would need funding at all? Should we even ask for sponsors so
> > we could possibly have some funding to work with? We don't want to turn
> it
> > into being about money though.
> > > -I'd need a volunteer or two to help organize everything as well.
> > >
> > > Let me know if anyone has any questions, or better ideas?
> > > Kyle
> > >
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