Presentation on OpensourceAfter several painstaking hours of collecting pictures and piecing together a presentation on Open Source, I've made it readable online. A good read, I still need to get the nav icons in place. The source is in Kpresenter format which I had to compile to get working (KOffice 1.4 with KDE 3.5). This presentation is targeted at newbies or those who wish to be introduced to the free software and opensource community. There is an additional Oasis OpenDocument version of the presentation available here accompanied by an easy-to-use PDF. This is to make it simpler to deliver the presentation irrespective of the platform you use (when you aren't carrying your laptop.) The newest version "Freedom Software," delivered at "Parisutham Institute of Technology and Sciences" (PITS) is available for download as a PDF. |
Kernel Building PresentationAnother presentation on Building the Linux Kernel meant for newbies who're interested in playing with the kernel (addressing 2.6). |
Another "Reliance" rconnect + linux HowToThis is another "connecting to the net with your reliance phone" HowTo, except unlike the earlier ones, this helps you use Reliance's scripts (rconnect-cmdline-1.0.tar) from their site. Download the PDF (128KB). This HowTo is far* from complete, but presently serves as a rconnect-cmdline guide. |
Pixelview PlayTV Pro 2 with Linux HowToThis is a HowTo for those who have Pixelview PlayTV Pro 2, Conexant 878A (or BT878A) chipset based cards and need some help in configuring and using them in a Linux distribution. Read on for the Howto. |
Introductory Presentation on Project-ManagementThis is an introductory presentation on Project Management which will be followed with Case studies and some interesting material you'd like to read. This one is more of a schedule without dates which will follow shortly. To facilitate more people attending this, I will try and arrange a presentation coupled with an IRC session. Download the HTML (4.7KB). The source of this presentation is available as Magicpoint (4.0KB). Unless you wish to make modifications, I recommend the HTML version. |
Schedule of Project Management PresentationsThese Project Management presentations are sequenced 2,3,4 and 5. There was one on eXtreme Programming on Saturday which is completely OPTIONAL. It's just for those curious about it. Download the HTML (8.1KB) contains a brief schedule. The revised schedule is HTML (8.1KB) and obsoletes the earlier one. |
Discerning *-Management and Project-ManagementThis lecture is solely for discerning the differences between different management terminology and the focus that "Project Management" refers to. I try to stress the fact that the military invented it. The military works because mammals of the holoecene period adopted a pack structure for better survival. Hence, similar hierarchical fundamentals work best. Download the HTML (7.6KB). The source of this presentation is available as Magicpoint (5.8KB). Unless you wish to make modifications, I recommend the HTML version. |
Project Management - Formal MethodsThis lecture is an introduction to formal methods, kind-of a history class. You'll have to attend the presentation to get a good feel of it where I try to add in quizzical stuff. "Trinity","Super","Manhattan" - connect them. Any amateur quizzer can do this. Then there's more like who made CPM, a chemical company. In addition there are now rendered slides of the presentation for the ungeeky who can't run mgp. Download the HTML (7.6KB). The source of this presentation is available as Magicpoint (5.8KB). Unless you wish to make modifications, I recommend the HTML version. |
Reading Material for Project ManagementThis has a table of reading material and a tentative, how long I'd take to read the same material. I am an average reader (2 books a week while working). You can schedule and read them. There is an implicit sequence in the presented material. Geeks are expected to read in reverse. Download the HTML (6.6KB) |
Technical Articles and Indices
Technical Articles and Indices
Here are some of the articles that are categorized "technical." Two of them are HowTos and are titled so. There is a dual presentation on the Linux Kernel, the first being on Open Source (Free/Libre) Software in general and the follow-on introducing people to Linux kernel 2.6 with a live compile session. There are a few more presentations on Project Management and are easy reading. I've annexed an index of Books, CDs (Video and Audio) to this section. This is a temporary arrangement until the primary topic finds its own home.
Book CollectionHere's the Print Book Collection (PDF) and (HTML) of all the books I've collected in pune. Hopefully I will be adding a few more in a couple of months. Here's the catch, those of you who borrowed books from me, please make an effort to locate and return them to me. Those whose books I have borrowed, I am quite sure which ones, I'll return them some day you choose. Anyone with the slightest doubt on whether they have lent me their stuff and haven't received it back, please send a mail. Best thing, come over to my house and peruse the collection for your book. Updated again on the 21st with details of the books that can be clicked. |
Video CollectionHere's my Video CD/DVD Collection (PDF) and (HTML) of all the videos I've collected in pune. Hopefully I will be adding a few more in a couple of months. Here's the catch, those of you who borrowed CDs from me, please make an effort to locate and return them to me. |
Audio CollectionHere's my CD/Audio (No MP3) Collection (PDF) and (HTML) All of them are movie soundtracks, or classical instrumentals, sometimes accompanied by tenors. My knowledge of classical music is severely limited, to enjoying them. I do not claim to understand the nuances and variations played. If you do have a instrumental, classical, western classical piece of music, I'd request you to lend it to me to keep a copy. The converse being true. None of these CDs will be available as take-aways. You can mail me for a more current collection in "Tellico" format for all of the above indices. |
