Re: GNUstep @ FOSDEM 2010 6th and 7th February 2010

[Nicola Pero]

> - What are we planning for FOSDEM? Will we apply for a dev-room  
> again and/or for a stand? (for a dev-room we would need speakers, a  
> stand needs more manpower to operate than the dev-room (all the time  
> at least two to three people must be at the stand and since nobody  
> can be there all the time so we need way more than that))

I agree that if we have to choose, a room with some good presentations  
for the general public seem to be more effective than the stand in  
terms of marketing. :-)

When I say "presentations for the general public" I was thinking of  
topics such as, for example,

 * Objective-C/GNUstep on Microsoft Windows.  How you use it, what  
works, what doesn't, with demo.

 * a tutorial on how to build your first Objective-C programs  
(probably the most frequently asked FAQ on the mailing list)

 * Maybe a general introduction to Objective-C ?  We can make it  
reasonably general so it applies to both GNUstep, Apple and iPhone -  
thus attracting
a bigger crowd.

 * Maybe some tutorials/presentations on some "advanced" topics in  
Objective-C ?  (eg, discussing some of many typical Objective-C/ 
OpenStep design patterns)
Something that might be useful to iPhone/Apple developers as well as  
GNUstep ones - so they come to the presentation, and then we'll do all  
the explanations
and examples in GNUstep and they'll incidentally discover that there  
are free/GNU Objective-C frameworks, and that they work great. :-)

Thanks