Re: [Wikimania-l] Conference schedule on Google Calendar

2013-08-07 Thread Pavel Richter
yes, thanks a lot, that is great! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2013/8/6 Tomer Ashur tomeras...@gmail.com Thank you. This is very helpful. Tomer On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Linas Valiukas

[Wikimania-l] WEDNESDAY: Tech shopping meetup

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Lih
To kick off Wikimania Dev Day 1, we're having a tech shopping meetup: Meet at 515pm (1715) in N112 hacking space. We're visiting Sham Shui Po, the electronics marketplace for everything computer, electrical, telecom, audio, video, photo, tablet, cases, cables, etc. This is also a good time to

Re: [Wikimania-l] Could you please put your arrival time here

2013-08-07 Thread Lereko Moronge Obonyo
Is there registration for the welcome party, or I just show up? Moronge. Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:13:42 +0800 From: deryckc...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Could you please put your arrival time here No, we won't be sending anyone to the airport on

Re: [Wikimania-l] Welcome party

2013-08-07 Thread Lereko Moronge Obonyo
Soirry folks, wrong subject line in my previous message: Is there registration for the welcome party, or I just show up?Moronge. From: mlobo...@hotmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 11:53:31 + Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Could you please put your arrival time

[Wikimania-l] Thursday, 10-14:00 – Chapters Dialogue Session

2013-08-07 Thread Nicole Ebber
Dear Wikimaniacs, we have recently kicked-off the Chapters Dialogue project (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue) and are inviting all of you who are interested in Wikimedia chapters goals, needs and stories to our working session: Tomorrow, Thursday from 10:00 - 14:00 in room M104

Re: [Wikimania-l] Eid al-Fitr at Hong Kong

2013-08-07 Thread Alan C Y Lai (Wikimedia)
Dear All, I've just made a phone call to the Kowloon Mosque and they have confirmed that the Eid al-Fitr will be on Friday and Ramadan fasting continues tomorrow. Best regards, Alan Sent on the road On 5 Aug, 2013, at 15:22, Nazif İLBEK nil...@hotmail.com.tr wrote: Dear Belayet,

[Wikimania-l] Charger

2013-08-07 Thread Amir Ladsgroup
Hello All I forgot my laptop charger and I left it in the venue. has anyone see a charger? Best -- Amir ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] presentation clinic

2013-08-07 Thread phoebe ayers
Reminder that this is happening tomorrow -- don't forget to come if you want to practice your presentation! On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:14 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Wikimaniacs, I hope everyone is getting excited about Wikimania! This year for the first time I'm

Re: [Wikimania-l] Welcome party

2013-08-07 Thread Ellie Young
You can just show up. We are asking people who would like to go there by the shuttle service to meet at PolyU JCA Auditorium area at 6:00 p.m. to be escorted to where the shuttles are for transport to ICC. Ellie On Aug 7, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Lereko Moronge Obonyo mlobo...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Didn't See the Greeters - But No Worries

2013-08-07 Thread derfussi
Same happened to me... Looked around for any WM sign or something Nothing.. But you can not miss the airport express Gesendet von Windows-Mail Von: Jack LEE Gesendet: ‎Donnerstag‎, ‎8‎. ‎August‎ ‎2013 ‎03‎:‎04 An: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Hi, Were the greeters at the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Didn't See the Greeters - But No Worries

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Gray
I missed the airport greeters (same time as you!) but found them at Kowloon station with no problem. They were very helpful. Well done Wikimania :-) A. On 8 August 2013 03:04, Jack LEE jack...@smu.edu.sg wrote: Hi, Were the greeters at the airport on 6 August? My plane landed around 10:00

Re: [Wikimania-l] Buying a new phone

2013-08-07 Thread Charles Gregory
On the tour of the Hong Kong electronics district (Sham Shui Po) last night, at least one person purchased a new Android phone - given that Andrew Lih recommended the area I would expect this is the best place. It is five stops (but two line changes) from the conference venue (two stops to

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Itzik Edri
I'm at m104 On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Takashi OTA supertakot+wikima...@gmail.comwrote: In which room are you staying? If you are in the DevCamp room and you can use 5GHz (11a/part of 11n), you are strongly recommended to use WIKIMANIA-5G network instead of WIKIMANIA. --Takashi On

Re: [Wikimania-l] Didn't See the Greeters - But No Worries

2013-08-07 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
I landed yesterday around 10.30, was out by 11.oo am and could easily locate them just at the arrival exit B. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.ukwrote: I missed the airport greeters (same time as you!) but found them at Kowloon station with no problem. They

Re: [Wikimania-l] Didn't See the Greeters - But No Worries

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Lih
HKG airport is awesome in all respects, except for the fact that there is exit A and B, making it a tough to catch all arrivers. Hopefully with more volunteers starting today to welcome more arrivals the exits will have more coverage. Welcome to steamy HK!

Re: [Wikimania-l] WCA room

2013-08-07 Thread Itzik Edri
Are we having WCA meeting today? - Sent from my mobile device. On Aug 7, 2013 9:26 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi, everyone. The WCA sessions are taking place in room *PQ304, *not P304. PQ rooms are accessible from the P building. Floor 3 in the elevator. Follow signage

[Wikimania-l] Grants booth at the Jockey Club Auditorium (Friday - Sunday)

2013-08-07 Thread Winifred Olliff
Greetings, Wikimaniacs! We encourage you to join us at the Wikimedia Foundation grantmaking booth. The booth will be located in the Jockey Club Auditorium near the registration area, where you can take a break from the heat. The booth will be active from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon.

Re: [Wikimania-l] WCA room

2013-08-07 Thread Markus Glaser
Itzik, yes, the meeting will be at 1415 HKT in Room PQ304. Find more details here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Meetings/2013-32 Best, Markus Von: wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Raul Veede
Here's a tip: WiFi works quite well in an empty room. Not perfect, but okay. I'm rather surprised that in a polytechnical university, there are no charging sockets in the lecture halls. Are the sockets cleverly hidden or do all the students here make notes on paper only? Raul On Thu, Aug 8,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Lodewijk
If you study or work at an academic institution that supports eduroam: eduroam is also available here. It seems to work better for me than the wikimania network (and it's built to support the whole university, so should be able to handle a lot of load). I suggest that at least people with access

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Itzik Edri
btw, someone with windows 8 manged to connect the Wikimania-5G network? On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: If you study or work at an academic institution that supports eduroam: eduroam is also available here. It seems to work better for me than the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Lih
Itzik, thanks and the local team is working with PolyU staff to get better performance. PolyU seems to be very careful in siting their access points -- perhaps too careful, as I don't see any overlapping channels in some rooms! They also don't have 5Ghz capable access points all over campus. In