SFD:

Kitchener-Waterloo Software Freedom Day

Scratch Programming Workshop

Post-SFD

Software Freedom Day 2014 in Kitchener-Waterloo has come and gone. A good time was had by all who attended, although attendance was lower than previous years. This is because Kitchener-Waterloo is a lively, thriving place, and there were far too many other activities happening at the same time.

You can follow some of SFD's coverage as microblogged by @SFDKW, by Laurel L. Russwurm on Tumblr, more Tumblr and by Kyle Murphy.

Audio was recorded for the presenations, check back over the next few weeks; links to the finished recordings will be posted here.

Kitchener-Waterloo Software Freedom Day

This event is being organized in part by The Working Centre and KWLUG

This year's festivities will be held on:

Saturday, 20 September 2014 (iCal iCal2)
10am-4pm
The Working Centre
43 Queen Street South and 58 Queen Street South (Map)
Kitchener

All activities are free of charge unless you are purchasing computer equipment during the Installfest.

Schedule

To preregister for workshops or the installfest, email sfd at kwlug.org . You can also preregister by leaving a voicemail message at 519-743-1151 x147 (remember to leave your name and a contact number in the message).

Note that you do not need to preregister to attend presentations, the film festival, or just to show up. Even if you forget to preregister you are still welcome to participate in a workshop or the installfest if there is sufficient space.

Time

Presentations
Queen Street Commons Cafe

Workshops
Working Centre (58 Queen)

Installfest
Computer Recycling
(66 Queen)

Film Festival
Working Centre (58 Queen)

10:00am - 10:30am

Installfest
(New Linux builds
welcome)

Charade
Cary Grant,
Audrey Hepburn

10:30am - 11:00am

Making a Living with FLOSS
Khalid Baheyeldin

Programming with Scratch
Lloyd Carr,
Sergiane Nascimento,
Raul Suarez

11:00am - 11:30pm

11:30am - 12:00pm

Open Access Publishing
Andrew McAlorum

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Never Weaken
Harold Lloyd

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Open Data
Oriana Sharp, Mike Bolger

His Girl Friday
Cary Grant,
Rosalind Russell

1:00pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 2:00pm

RawTherapee
Stefan Chirila

Privacy and Security Tools
Bob Jonkman,
Nick Guenther

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Still installfest
(No new Linux builds)

Sintel,
Superman Shorts

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Inkscape
Kyle Murphy

Sita Sings The
Blues, Superman
Shorts

3:00pm - 3:30pm

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Presentations will be held at the Queen Street Commons (43 Queen Street South). There is no need to preregister for the presentations; just show up and bring your enthusiasm. See below for additional presentation information.

Workshops will be held at the main Working Centre building (58/66 Queen Street South). We recommend that you preregister for workshops to ensure a spot (but dropins are welcome as well if there is sufficient space). Again, see below for additional workshop information.

The Installfest will be held at Computer Recycling (66 Queen Street South). The entrance is off of Charles Street beside the ceramic mural. We recommend you preregister if you are going to install a free software distribution (whether on a computer you bring in or one you get from us). Preregistration is not necessary if you want to install software on your existing operating system. See below for details about the "Build your own Linux system" offer.

The Film Festival will be held at the main Working Centre building (58/66 Queen Street South) in the back room. You will have to walk through the workshop space to get to the film festival; please do not be shy about doing so. Preregistration is not required. See below for short descriptions of the films.

Getting Here

By public transit: The Working Centre is located a block away from the Grand River Transit terminal in downtown Kitchner.

By car: There are many other events happening that Saturday, including the KOI music festival. Parking will be scarce, and you will likely need to use a paid parking spot. There is a pay parking garage off of Charles Street, between Queen and Benton streets. Getting to downtown Kitchener could also be crazy.

By cycle: there is some bike parking beside the CIBC parking lot.

Spread the word!

Film Festival

The film festival is free of charge, and no preregistration is required. Enter the building through the main Working Centre entrance at 58 Queen, and walk through the workshop area.

Charade (1963)

10:00am-12:00pm

License: Public domain. This movie did not carry appropriate copyright notices upon its release, and entered the public domain immediately. (This is not necessarily a good thing.)

Stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Directed by Stanley Doren.

This suspense thriller/romantic comedy was nominated for one Oscar and two Golden Globe awards. It is the story of a widow on the run from criminals with the help of chameleon Cary Grant.

Never Weaken (1921)

12:00pm-12:30pm

License: Public domain.

Stars Harold Lloyd. Directed by Fred Newmeyer.

This is a silent comedy about a brokenhearted man who tries to kill himself.

His Girl Friday (1940)

12:30pm-2:00pm

License: Public domain, because copyright was not renewed in 1968

Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. A newspaper editor attempts to sabotage his ex-wife's plans to remarry.

Sintel (2010) and Superman shorts (1940s)

2:00pm-2:30pm

License: Sintel is released under a CC-BY license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ . The Fleischer Superman shorts are public domain.

Sintel is the story of a girl and her dragon. The animated film was created using the Blender 3D modelling software (which is free software).

Fleischer studios produced many popular animated characters, including Popeye and Betty Boop. Its series of Superman cartoons fell into the public domain in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sita Sings the Blues (2008) and Superman Shorts (1940s)

2:30pm-4:00pm

License: Public domain

Sita Sings the Blues is an animated film directed by Nina Paley, who ran into copyright trouble in licensing the musical score (sung by Annette Hanshaw). Since then Paley has become a strong advocate for free culture works. The film is about Sita's loyalty to her suspicious husband Rama.

Workshops

All workshops are free of charge, but space is limited. Dropins are welcome, but people who preregister get priority. Preregister by emailing sfd at kwlug.org

Programming with Scratch

time: 10:30am-12:30pm (Note time change)

facilitators: Lloyd Carr, Sergiane Nascimento, Raul Suarez

Scratch is a programming language and online community designed to get children programming and sharing their interactive creations. It is a visual language that can be used with a web browser on as an offline app.

From sequential instructions to conditionals and loops in an event driven environment, the "programmer" gets instant gratification of watching things happening in the screen.

This workshop will introduce participants to programming in Scratch. You can bring your own computer or use one of our lab computers.

Children are welcome to participate in this workshop if accompanied by an adult. Adults are welcome to participate as well!

Space for this workshop is limited, so those who pre-register will get first priority for participation. To pre-register, please email sfd at kwlug.org .

As part of this workshops participants will create a Scratch account. Be prepared to make a password.

Privacy and Security Tools

time: 1:30pm-3:30pm (Note time change)

facilitators: Nick Guenther, Bob Jonkman

A year after Edward Snowden's whistleblowing of NSA activities, many people remain concerned about online privacy and surveillance. In this workshop, Bob and Nick will discuss and help you install some tools that can be helpful in increasing your privacy and security online. In particular, they will focus on the Tor Browser Bundle.

This workshop will be most effective if you bring your own computer. Laptops are preferred; if you wish to bring a desktop then please contact us at the address below.

In addition to bringing a computer you can bring a USB memory stick (1GB or larger) and install TOAST (Tor On A STick).

Space for this workshop is limited, so those who pre-register will get first priority for participation. To pre-register, please email sfd at theworkingcentre.org .

Presentations

Open Source for Fun and Profit: Making a Career out of FOSS

presenter: Khalid Baheyeldin (http://2bits.com)

time: 10:30-11:20am

Learn how Khalid earns a living developing and optimizing Drupal websites, and what career opportunities may be available to you, whether you can program a computer or not.

Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) has seen steady growth for the last two decades. Yet it is not obvious how one would go about making a career of out FOSS.

Open Access Publishing

presenter: Andrew McAlorum, University of Waterloo

time: 11:30am-12:20pm

Andrew will discuss open access publishing efforts at the University of Waterloo. Open Access publishing gives everybody (affiliated at a university or not) access to scholarly articles over the Internet.

Open Data in Kitchener and Waterloo Region

presenters: Mike Bolger, City of Kitchener and Oriana Sharp, Region of Waterloo

time: 12:30pm-1:20pm

Mike and Oriana will discuss Open Data initiatives at their levels of government, which provides government data in machine-readable forms. Others can access this data, analyse it, and mash it up with other data in interesting ways.

Photo Processing with RawTherapee

presenter: Stefan Chirila (http://www.stefanchirila.com/)

time: 1:30pm-2:20pm

Stefan is a professional photographer and a free software enthusiast. In this presentation, he will demonstrate how to use RawTherapee to process files generated by digital cameras.

Introduction to Inkscape

presenter: Kyle Murphy

time: 2:30pm-3:20pm

Learn how to use Inkscape for vector graphic design. Kyle's demonstration will cover a variety of techniques to create promotional materials, logos, art, and video game assets.

Installfest

Our installfest will be held all day. Bring your computer and get some assistance in configuring or installing free software on your system (Windows, Mac or Linux). We can also help you install a GNU/Linux distribution on your computer (Xubuntu 14.04 or Fedora 20 by default, but other distros are available).

If you do not have a computer (or do not have a computer to spare for a GNU/Linux distribution) then computers will be available onsite for you to build and take home. These computers will cost $20 with a monitor or $0 without. Here are the basic system specifications:

We will help you put together your computer and install Xubuntu 14.04 or Fedora 20 on it (or other distros, depending on volunteer availability).

There will be some other components available for an additional charge, including:

Preregistration is not required for the installfest, but people who preregister are guaranteed spots/machines. Preregister by emailing sfd at kwlug.org

We do reserve the right to limit quantities, so do not get ridiculous. There is no warranty for these machines (and no post-event support through the Working Centre, although there are other places to turn for help).

Resources


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