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===Schedule===
===Schedule===


I've been trying to figure out how to make the best use of our people
NOTE: I've been trying to figure out how to make the best use of our people
and time together.  It's a really mixed group, and people don't know
and time together.  It's a really mixed group, and people don't know
each other, etc.  Corban and I chatted a bit today about this, and here
each other, etc.  Please make suggestions, corrections so as to help us achieve our goals.
is a modified version of your schedule, see what you think:


* Friday Late Afternoon:
====Friday Afternoon====


Panel Discussion on Processing, Processing.js, Web Graphics. Get
* People arriving by plane from Toronto get in to Boston ~14:50.
Fry/Reas/Resig/Joe/Blizzard/etc. to have a chat, and ask questions about
* Check-in to hotel
where Processing came from, where it's going, What processing.js is
* Head to Bocoup for some time with Boris on performance
trying to do, how it fits into the open web and web graphics.  I'm
* Casual Dinner with core people somewhere near Bocoup (Seneca/Mozilla/Processing people), chance to get to know one another before Saturday.
thinking of this format vs. a pure keynote so people don't have to
prepare so much.  I'm also thinking you hold this at bocoup and open it
up to a wider audience.


* Friday Dinner:
Q: Sarah/Blizzard: is this dinner something Mozilla can fund?


Core group of people goes out for dinner and spends some time getting to know one another, talking about processing, the open web, graphics, etc.
====Friday Evening====


* Saturday Morning:
Panel Discussion at Bocoup (open to public?) on Processing, Processing.js, Web Graphics.  Get Fry/Reas/Resig/Al/Corban/Joe/Blizzard/etc. to have a chat, and ask questions about where Processing came from, where it's going, What processing.js is trying to do, how it fits into the open web and web graphics.  I'm thinking of this format vs. a pure keynote so people don't have to
prepare so much.


Spend the morning as a group discussing, demoing, and looking at various things.  Ask various people to prepare something short to discuss/show, for example:
Q: Al/Boaz - can you invite people to this?  What time?  7:00 pm?


- Fry/Reas on Processing past, present, future
====Saturday Morning (9:00 to noon?)====
- Al on cool things he and others are doing with Processing.js (demos)
 
- Corban on Processing.js internals
Spend the morning as a group discussing, demoing, and looking at various things.  Get various people to give short talks (no slides, ad hoc) to bring the group up to speed.  Some ideas include:
- Me on state of Processing.js project
 
- Blizzard on how Processing.js might fit into the open web
* Fry on Processing past, present, future.  What is Processing hoping to become going forward, what does the web mean for Processing, etc.
- General discussion on how to leverage more of the open web, html5,
* Blizzard on how Processing.js might fit into the open web
* Dave on state of Processing.js project
*  Al on cool things he and others are doing with Processing.js (demos)
* Corban on Processing.js internals
* General discussion on how to leverage more of the open web, html5,
etc. in processing.js (building pjs libraries, integration with jQuery,
etc. in processing.js (building pjs libraries, integration with jQuery,
etc.)
etc.)
- Andor on WebGL and Processing.js
* Andor on WebGL and Processing.js
* Lessons learned using canvas/html5 to port Processing.js: what was hard?  what was slow?  etc.
* Future of Processing.js post 1.0
* Dave on Mozilla Foundation sponsored Processing.js contest
* etc.
 
Please add your ideas to this list.
 
====Saturday Lunch====


* Saturday Lunch:
* Pizza or something else simple at Bocoup?
* Get Joe/Jeff to lead a discussion of where the web is at, js
performance, gfx present/future, canvas/webgl, etc.
* Students and Processing.js developers to brainstorm about ideas for canvas and how to make things like building Processing.js easier for web developers in future


Get Joe/Jeff/bz to lead a discussion of where the web is at, js
Q: Sarah/Blizzard/Boaz: can you guys pay for and organize this lunch?
performance, gfx present/future, canvas/webgl, etc.  Use this as a time
to tie the two discussions together a bit


* Saturday Afternoon:
====Saturday Afternoon (1:00 pm to whenever)====


Have a few break-out hackfests going on, with guided topics people can
Have a few break-out hackfests going on, with guided topics people can
get involved in, for example:
get involved in, for example:


* Performance testing and improvements - work with Mozilla to js- or canvas-bound code, profiling, file bugs on Firefox, etc.
* Making more demos with Processing.js
* Making more demos with Processing.js
* Work on porting existing Processing code, especially looking for things that break our parser, things that are slow, things that don't work, etc.
* Improving html5, js integration with Processing.js
* Improving html5, js integration with Processing.js
* Performance testing and improvements
* WebGL and Canvas hacking in Processing.js code (looking for
* WebGL and Canvas hacking in Processing.js code (looking for
improvements or tricks)
improvements or tricks)
* Writing tests, docs, whatever
* Writing tests, docs
 
====Saturday Evening====


* Saturday Dinner/Evening:
Dinner + something fun for whoever wants to join.


Something fun (me singing doesn't sound like fun) :)
Q: Al/Boaz: ides on where/what?


* Sunday all day:
====Saturday (all day minus travel)====


Anyone still around (me/corban/seneca people/anyone else) get together
Anyone still around and interested (Dave/Corban/Seneca people/anyone else), meet at Bocoup to hack on things that came-up on Saturday.  This will mean more performance work, testing, demos, whatever.
to hack on things that came-up on Saturday at Bocoup.


Questions:
===Schedule Questions===


1) Do we want to have another talk on the Saturday night?
1) Do we want to have another talk on the Saturday night?
2) I'm a bit worried about keeping such a small group of people who
don't know each other engaged all day Saturday.  Does this plan achieve
that?
I'd like to get a wiki page up with schedule this week so we can email
all the people involved and get them thinking about what they'll do.


===Performance Work===
===Performance Work===

Revision as of 17:13, 2 April 2010

Boston Processing.js Workshop

Goals

Attendees

  • David Humphrey (Seneca/Processing.js/Mozilla http://vocamus.net/dave)
  • Corban Brook (Processing.js/University of Waterloo)
  • Al MacDonald (Processing.js/Bocoup)
  • Andor Salga (Seneca Student)
  • Anna Sobiepanek (Seneca Student)
  • Mickael Medel (Seneca Student)
  • Matthew Lam (Seneca Student)
  • Daniel Hodgin (Seneca Student)
  • Scott Downe (Seneca Student)
  • Joe Drew (Mozilla)
  • Chris Blizzard (Mozilla)
  • Jeff Muizelaar (Mozilla)
  • Boris Zbarsky (Mozilla)
  • Ben Fry (Processing)

Please add your name, or names of others I've left off this list.

Schedule

NOTE: I've been trying to figure out how to make the best use of our people and time together. It's a really mixed group, and people don't know each other, etc. Please make suggestions, corrections so as to help us achieve our goals.

Friday Afternoon

  • People arriving by plane from Toronto get in to Boston ~14:50.
  • Check-in to hotel
  • Head to Bocoup for some time with Boris on performance
  • Casual Dinner with core people somewhere near Bocoup (Seneca/Mozilla/Processing people), chance to get to know one another before Saturday.

Q: Sarah/Blizzard: is this dinner something Mozilla can fund?

Friday Evening

Panel Discussion at Bocoup (open to public?) on Processing, Processing.js, Web Graphics. Get Fry/Reas/Resig/Al/Corban/Joe/Blizzard/etc. to have a chat, and ask questions about where Processing came from, where it's going, What processing.js is trying to do, how it fits into the open web and web graphics. I'm thinking of this format vs. a pure keynote so people don't have to prepare so much.

Q: Al/Boaz - can you invite people to this? What time? 7:00 pm?

Saturday Morning (9:00 to noon?)

Spend the morning as a group discussing, demoing, and looking at various things. Get various people to give short talks (no slides, ad hoc) to bring the group up to speed. Some ideas include:

  • Fry on Processing past, present, future. What is Processing hoping to become going forward, what does the web mean for Processing, etc.
  • Blizzard on how Processing.js might fit into the open web
  • Dave on state of Processing.js project
  • Al on cool things he and others are doing with Processing.js (demos)
  • Corban on Processing.js internals
  • General discussion on how to leverage more of the open web, html5,

etc. in processing.js (building pjs libraries, integration with jQuery, etc.)

  • Andor on WebGL and Processing.js
  • Lessons learned using canvas/html5 to port Processing.js: what was hard? what was slow? etc.
  • Future of Processing.js post 1.0
  • Dave on Mozilla Foundation sponsored Processing.js contest
  • etc.

Please add your ideas to this list.

Saturday Lunch

  • Pizza or something else simple at Bocoup?
  • Get Joe/Jeff to lead a discussion of where the web is at, js

performance, gfx present/future, canvas/webgl, etc.

  • Students and Processing.js developers to brainstorm about ideas for canvas and how to make things like building Processing.js easier for web developers in future

Q: Sarah/Blizzard/Boaz: can you guys pay for and organize this lunch?

Saturday Afternoon (1:00 pm to whenever)

Have a few break-out hackfests going on, with guided topics people can get involved in, for example:

  • Performance testing and improvements - work with Mozilla to js- or canvas-bound code, profiling, file bugs on Firefox, etc.
  • Making more demos with Processing.js
  • Work on porting existing Processing code, especially looking for things that break our parser, things that are slow, things that don't work, etc.
  • Improving html5, js integration with Processing.js
  • WebGL and Canvas hacking in Processing.js code (looking for

improvements or tricks)

  • Writing tests, docs

Saturday Evening

Dinner + something fun for whoever wants to join.

Q: Al/Boaz: ides on where/what?

Saturday (all day minus travel)

Anyone still around and interested (Dave/Corban/Seneca people/anyone else), meet at Bocoup to hack on things that came-up on Saturday. This will mean more performance work, testing, demos, whatever.

Schedule Questions

1) Do we want to have another talk on the Saturday night?

Performance Work

Examples of Processing.js that seem to be canvas and/or js bound (cf. Minefield vs. Chrome):

Useful Links

Event

Technical

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