Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
That is true of virtually all educational institutions in the state and most of them in the country too. Exceptions are probably the IITs, IISc,etc. That is probably going to continue for the rest of our lifetimes. Sad, but I dont see chances of any change soon. Best, Sasi -Original message- From: jaseem abid To: ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 10:35:50 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:27 PM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: Why are our (Kerala's) students behind in this? IMHO education in kerala is absolutely hopeless and so bookish. I was fortunate enough to get into undoubtedly the best engineering college (NITC) in the state. All the system wants out of students is the ability to mug up something from standard textbooks and vomit it on paper during the examinations. Only a very few professors care more than that here. Its sort of the same in other colleges also. My girl friend id doing degree physics and is proud of her 3.63/4 GPA from a *pretty awesome college*. I knew more physics when I was in 12th std. They barely learn anything in the whole course. Fiddle with a few transistors, make an LED blink with 555 and electronics lab done! Write surprisingly stupid, silly and childish exams, get awesome grades ans finally a degree. I have met CS undergraduates who have not seen CLRS or SICP. The worst thing is that colleges is Kerala (especially NITC) even though have a lot of teachers who barely know anything or teach things, makes the students attend 80% classes. A lot of colleges at least allow students to work on a major project alone during their final semester. We even don't have the liberty to do that here. Even a lot of private colleges allow that these days. Personally I don't have a solution to this. I would like to hear from others. -- Jaseem Abid http://jaseemabid.github.com -- "Freedom i -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
So sorry to top post. I am writing from my Android phone and I dont find a way to write at the end or to delete unnecessary text. Good work, Praveen. Not being a developer, I am unable to contribute significantly here. But I hope developers here will contribute to the wiki and build a good database of project ideas for students. Also, as Praveen rightly suggests, mentor students from some college(s). Hope that we will soon be seeing several student projects in Free Software flowering in our colleges. Thanks and good luck, Sasi -Original message- From: Praveen A To: lug tvm Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 10:14:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android 2012/10/31 V. Sasi Kumar : > Very good. Many such projects have been launched or fully executed by > engineering students. Another one that comes to mind is Prabhu > Ramachandran's Mayavi. I am sure there must be more. Why are our (Kerala's) > students behind in this? Perhaps our developers should spend some more time > identifying projects for students and guiding them. I was once told by > engineering college teachers that both students and teachers lack good Free > Software project ideas. Perhaps we could start a wiki with such project > ideas? What do you all think? > > Best, > Sasi a wiki page would be a good start, I tried to collect some ideas earlier http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Projects/TaskList We can use that to collect more. Also it would be good to have every one in the community regularly interacting with students of at least one engineering college. I regularly interact with students of MES Kuttippuram, NSS Palakkad and COEP Pune. We should start Free Software communities in more campuses and also make sure existing communities are passed on to the next batch before the current active batch leaves (misses this step most of the time). If there is students from colleges other than the colleges listed there, reply here and we can find some one to mentor your community. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
2012/10/31 V. Sasi Kumar : > Very good. Many such projects have been launched or fully executed by > engineering students. Another one that comes to mind is Prabhu > Ramachandran's Mayavi. I am sure there must be more. Why are our (Kerala's) > students behind in this? Perhaps our developers should spend some more time > identifying projects for students and guiding them. I was once told by > engineering college teachers that both students and teachers lack good Free > Software project ideas. Perhaps we could start a wiki with such project > ideas? What do you all think? > > Best, > Sasi a wiki page would be a good start, I tried to collect some ideas earlier http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Projects/TaskList We can use that to collect more. Also it would be good to have every one in the community regularly interacting with students of at least one engineering college. I regularly interact with students of MES Kuttippuram, NSS Palakkad and COEP Pune. We should start Free Software communities in more campuses and also make sure existing communities are passed on to the next batch before the current active batch leaves (misses this step most of the time). If there is students from colleges other than the colleges listed there, reply here and we can find some one to mentor your community. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
Very good. Many such projects have been launched or fully executed by engineering students. Another one that comes to mind is Prabhu Ramachandran's Mayavi. I am sure there must be more. Why are our (Kerala's) students behind in this? Perhaps our developers should spend some more time identifying projects for students and guiding them. I was once told by engineering college teachers that both students and teachers lack good Free Software project ideas. Perhaps we could start a wiki with such project ideas? What do you all think? Best, Sasi -Original message- From: jaseem abid To: ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 09:10:21 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. The official wikimedia app is actually written by a college student. Porting a tamil keyboard to android or something for wikimedia is his major project. He is a friend :) Source : https://github.com/yuvipanda -- Jaseem Abid http://jaseemabid.github.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions > every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for > it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was > wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the > thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. > The official wikimedia app is actually written by a college student. Porting a tamil keyboard to android or something for wikimedia is his major project. He is a friend :) Source : https://github.com/yuvipanda -- Jaseem Abid http://jaseemabid.github.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
Okay. Thank you. Should have done that before writing here! Stupid of me :-( Best, Sasi -Original message- From: Akhil Krishnan S To: ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 05:32:53 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia Its the offical app by Wikimedia foundation. Here are some apps for the sister projects: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Wikimedia+Foundation And you can find a bundle if you search in the Google play On 2012 10 31 10:52, "Nishan Naseer" wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions > every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for > it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was > wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the > thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. > > Thank you for your ideas and suggestions in advance. > > Best, > Sasi > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of India > http://swatantryam.blogspot.com There is one already : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia Thanks, Nishan -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscribe@googlegroup -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia Its the offical app by Wikimedia foundation. Here are some apps for the sister projects: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Wikimedia+Foundation And you can find a bundle if you search in the Google play On 2012 10 31 10:52, "Nishan Naseer" wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM, V. Sasi Kumar > wrote: > > Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions > > every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for > > it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was > > wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the > > thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. > > > > Thank you for your ideas and suggestions in advance. > > > > Best, > > Sasi > > -- > > V. Sasi Kumar > > Free Software Foundation of India > > http://swatantryam.blogspot.com > > There is one already : > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia > > Thanks, > Nishan > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: [fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions > every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for > it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was > wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the > thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. > > Thank you for your ideas and suggestions in advance. > > Best, > Sasi > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of India > http://swatantryam.blogspot.com There is one already : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia Thanks, Nishan -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Wikipedia app for Android
Wikipedia, as you know, is a widely popular website visited by millions every day. I was thinking that many people would love to have an app for it on their Android phones. I would certainly like to have one. Was wondering whether it could not be done as a project by one of the thousands of B.Tech students in our colleges. Thank you for your ideas and suggestions in advance. Best, Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
