We've talked about the idea of having a sandbox server where all of us can mess around & put what we've learned to the test. At our 2nd meeting, I had spoken about getting SOHOlife English Training Centre to sponsor HKDUG with their venue and their web space.
On Saturday, John and I had gone to check the place out and secured its availability for December 6th's OpenEverything.hk event. In return, John and I will migrate their existing horrendous flash site to Drupal. Our plan is replicate their site in Drupal in as little time as possible (while giving them a far better result than what they currently have), and present our experience in the OpenEverything event. We'll also put up a "how we rebuild SOHOlife" as tutorial here. This isn't just limited to John and I, any of you interested are welcomed to join.
I'm hoping that this will form a long term relationship between HKDUG and SOHOlife (and hopefully more will come). Anything we can do to spread awareness and knowledge of Drupal.
Please feel free to raise your ideas & concerns.
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+1 interest to join.
Firstly, out of interest, what is the Open Everything event about and how is it connected to HKDUG? Secondly, I'd be glad to offer any help in the development of SOHOlife if needed.
For personal reasons I missed the 2nd meeting so not sure how far the sandbox idea went. But if the group needs a place to host this sandbox I'm more than happy to host it on my server. Let me know.
OpenEverything HK
see http://openeverything.hk
There is no connection between HKDUG and Open Everything HK other than the fact that I am a member of HKDUG and I'm organizing Open Everything HK.
Open Everything is an unconference in the spirit of 'open'. The HK event will be held on December 6, 2008 as will simultaneous events in Berlin, Germany and Madison, WI, USA.
I will post a formal announcement to the group soon.
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You are the connection
I see, that explains it. Sounds like an interesting event. :)
I will help to promote the event
Thanks for organisating and it is a great event.
I will promote it to local open source community.
English Blog: http://fun.sammy.hk/
Hi! John, I try to e-mail
Hi! John,
I try to e-mail you, but not success. Here is the translation for open everything.
Andy
Open Everything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open.
「分享所有」是有關對文化, 科學及分享精神的全球性會議。集合有開放心靈的人群來為軟件，教育，媒體，公益，社群，工作間及我們所在的社區作出創新及改善。
Where, and when?
There are two kinds of Open Everything conversation planned: five short events in cities around the world and a three day retreat in British Columbia and.
Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, Canada - June 4, 2008 [read what happened]
Shuttleworth Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa - August 22, 2008 [read what happened]
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, Canada - September 3 - 6, 2008 [read what happened]
Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore - September 15, 2008
Young Foundation, London, England - November 6, 2008, Roundhouse [wiki]
A Berlin event has also been proposed for early December.
Eventually, we hope different kinds of Open Everything will happen all over the place. The idea is for people to pick it up and morph it. The events above should be a good start.
那裡及何時?
現計劃有兩項會議，包括: 在全球不同城市舉行五個小議程及在英屬哥倫比亞有三日的會議。
Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, Canada - June 4, 2008 [read what happened]
Shuttleworth Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa - August 22, 2008 [read what happened]
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, Canada - September 3 - 6, 2008 [read what happened]
Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore - September 15, 2008
Young Foundation, London, England - November 6, 2008, Roundhouse [wiki]
A Berlin event has also been proposed for early December.
我們希望「分享所有」的精神能藉著這會議的展開在各地區出現。
Why?
Open is changing the game. And, while Wikipedia and open source software offer great examples of what's up, we know that openness, collaboration and participation are spreading well beyond the realm of technology. It's about value, and values. Where open is headed is huge. Open Everything gathers people who are charting this trajectory.
為何?
分享正改變現有的一切。維基百科及其他開源軟件的例子，正好說明這改變。我們明白開放，結集及參與的發展已經超出科技範疇。「分享所有」就是集合不同人士策劃將來路向。
Who?
Many of us are mashing-up different kinds of open. Open source. Open space. Open orgware. Openness is at the core of our businesses, organizations and networks. Open Everything is for us and by us: it's about connecting and looking under the hood of each others' projects, seeing how they tick, when they work and where they break. It's a about learning how to do open better, together.
是誰?
我們當中許多人已經為分享的作出了許多不同的工夫，例如可分享的開源項目，開放空間及公務的參與。分享已經成為商業，組織及網路的核心。「分享所有」是為我們成立，亦是由我們達成。在大家相互交流當中，了解各人的項目的成敗優劣，從而得知如何能作出更佳的分享方法。
What?
Each Open Everything event is different. Topics kicked up so far include: open business models; running participatory events; the art, science and meaning of open; speedgeek case studies; community engagement; taking open source thinking beyond the tech world; open train wrecks (what went wrong?). What actually gets discussed on the day depends on who shows up, and what they're passionate about.
什麼?
每項「分享所有」的活動都是不同的。展開的項目至今包括: 開源商業模型；舉行供人參與的活動；文化，科學及分享的意義；快閃個案分享；社群聚會；以開源概念用於科學之外；等等。當日所討論的議題因應出席者所好。
Instigators
Mark Surman, Jason Mogus, David Eaves and Michael Lewkowitz starting kicking this idea around for Hollyhock in early 2008. Since then, Andrea Goetzke, Christian Ahlert, Helen King, Jonathan Gray, Philipp Schmidt, Sara Piteira, Sharifah Maisharah Binte Mohamed and Tonya Surman have gotten involved in organizing local events. Organizations helping us to make it all happen include Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation in Singapore, New Thinking Network, the Open Knowledge Foundation, Renewal Partners, the Shuttleworth Foundation, the Social Innovation Exchange and Web of Change.
If you want to get involved or find out more, send mail to gang [at] openeverything.net.
如果你想參與或了解多一些，可以電郵給我gang [at] openeverything.net.
I got the email
Sorry Andy,
I got the email, just haven't had a chance to respond yet. Thank you!
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so what exact ppl do on Dec 6?
I read all those "introduction" but what exactly will ppl do on Dec 6 ?