How will we be programming in the future? Why is programming so inaccessible to many people? I’ll give a short problem description (slides) and then live demo where we write some simple programs. The idea is that if you can say in one or two sentences what you want to program (in detail) and another […]
How to watch YouTube video without frying an egg on Linux Laptop ?
The talk starts with a simple question: how to watch YouTube video without frying an egg on Linux Laptop (since video decoding is a CPU-intensive process and produces a lot of heat). Then the speaker briefly introduces the backgrounds/issues/history about video decoding on Linux desktop includes: h264 patents (includes recent Cisco deal), Google VP8 (which […]
Learn R through Public Data Hacking: Introduction to Practical Data Science
Public data are everywhere but can you make use of them? This course aims to bring you the essential techniques such as data acquisition, data manipulation and data visualization to make sense out of the public data. The tool of choice is R. Why? We are the Hong Kong R User Group, that’s why. Speaker: […]
Makers, Open Source Hardware and Shanzhai
Makers movement powered by open source hardware and online sharing platforms have been coined the “New Industrial Revolution” by Chris Anderson. XinCheJian is the first hackerspace in China established in 2010. The talk will cover Maker movement in China and the researches done by hacked matter group to show how this present new opportunities for […]
Quality comes free with open source software tools – Functional Testing
This is a continuation of the previous talk in HKOSC 2013. Steven will continue introducing open source test automation for functional testing. Again tools appear straightforward, but testing at functional level is a lot more than catching bugs. There will be demonstration to illustrate on what’s more we can do than merely catching bugs – […]
