Planet SoC

This past Saturday was Barcamp Hong Kong (photos). If you’ve never heard of Barcamp you should check out the Wikipedia article. The event was organized by technologists from the area and was hosted by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. at their location in Quarry Bay.

There were five rooms available during each of six time slots for a total of 30 possible sessions. I attended six:

This past Saturday was Barcamp Hong Kong (photos). If you’ve never heard of Barcamp you should check out the Wikipedia article. The event was organized by technologists from the area and was hosted by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. at their location in Quarry Bay.

There were five rooms available during each of six time slots for a total of 30 possible sessions. I attended six:

Just before the end of the 2008 Spring semester the RPI Game Development Club hosted a Game Jam. Brian McDonald, Peter Mueller and I formed a team to develop a fully functional themed game in eight hours.
The announced theme was “digging”; our answer was Mr. Flatland, a Tetris-esque arcade style game. Mr. Flatland is a digging creature who longs to keep the ground above his head… you guessed it, flat. The game speed (difficulty) increases logarithmically as the player’s score increases. Falling bricks, which are “undiggable” at first disrupt the flat horizon. The user gains points and “undiggable” bricks become “diggable” whenever a flat horizon is achieved.

Just before the end of the 2008 Spring semester the RPI Game Development Club hosted a Game Jam. Brian McDonald, Peter Mueller and I formed a team to develop a fully functional themed game in eight hours.
The announced theme was “digging”; our answer was Mr. Flatland, a Tetris-esque arcade style game. Mr. Flatland is a digging creature who longs to keep the ground above his head… you guessed it, flat. The game speed (difficulty) increases logarithmically as the player’s score increases. Falling bricks, which are “undiggable” at first disrupt the flat horizon. The user gains points and “undiggable” bricks become “diggable” whenever a flat horizon is achieved.

About a week ago I announced an Olympic Ticket Giveaway. The time has come to announce the winners and runners-up. Although there is no way for me to verify you’ve done your good deed, I hope that you will follow through even if you didn’t win the tickets.
There was a great response, with even better ideas:

About a week ago I announced an Olympic Ticket Giveaway. The time has come to announce the winners and runners-up. Although there is no way for me to verify you’ve done your good deed, I hope that you will follow through even if you didn’t win the tickets.
There was a great response, with even better ideas:

About a week ago I announced an Olympic Ticket Giveaway. The time has come to announce the winners and runners-up. Although there is no way for me to verify you’ve done your good deed, I hope that you will follow through even if you didn’t win the tickets.
There was a great response, with even better ideas:

I have a surplus of tickets to the Olympics; rather than scalp them for crazy prices I’ve decided to give them away free of charge. There are three pairs of tickets available (six tickets total).
The tickets are for Equestrian Events in Hong Kong (A Class) to take place on August 9, 2008. The events will be held at the Sha Tin Racecourse (accessible via KCR).
You don’t have to pay me back, but there is a slight catch. I expect you to “pay it forward” by doing a good deed, any good deed.
The tickets are available to anyone, really, anyone… that means you! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post describing the good deed you will do. Be creative, have fun and make sure the good deed is not directed toward me (that would defeat the idea of this pseudo-contest).