Archive for April 17th, 2008:
FISL 9.0 - First day
That’s me on the right
The first day at FISL (forum internacional de software livre) freely translated as International Forum of Free Software had begun extremely packed with people. The lines in front the main entrance area were huge and the waiting time so long that the event organization decided to allow everybody to access the talks without their credentials.
Our stand booth looks better than i expected, we hanged some XO’s in the roof, turned them on and put it on webcam mode. I wasn’t expecting so much attention to our stand this year, because the XO’s laptops aren’t in the mainstream news, but i was completely wrong. People stops in our booth and still ask a lot about the hardware, software, how we use it in the school and many other questions.
I’m also happy with the kick off of the Game Jam 2008 i was organizing. We have 8 teams developing the game right now. I think they are having big fun! Friday night they’ll return the XO’s borrowed to me and i’ll give them to the children evaluation. Like i said, the funniest game is going to be the winner!
I met a lot of people there, maybe most of them i won’t talk again, some other i’ll keep in touch, but there’s one guy i liked very much to know: Fábio Akita, one of the rails gurus here in Brazil. He is a very accessible and easygoing guy. It’s a shame i’m tired and can’t join him and other railers to the pharmacy students party. Maybe next year here at FISL or in a rails related conference.
That’s all for now. Tomorrow begins again!