It’s Google Wave Time!
The guys at the Singapore Google Technology User Group, also known as SG-GTUG, are holding another one of their monthly meet ups. And this time the focus is on Google Wave, the newly launched platform which everybody wants to get on. Google Wave is an online tool for collaboration and real time communication. If you still have not heard of it, you might want to check out the demo video here. The meetup will be held on Oct 31st.
The team behind SG-GTUG has put up an interesting agenda consisting demos and technical discussions. Here are the details of the events and the session:
Program
1:30-2:00pm Registration
2:00-2:10pm Announcements by SG-GTUG
2:10-2:45pm Talk + Demo 1 — Pamela Fox: Google Wave APIs Overview (via VC)
2:45-3:10pm Talk + Demo 2 — Nazrul Kamaruddin: Hello Roboto!
3:10-3.30pm Break for refreshments
3:30-3:55pm Talk + Demo 3 — Lim Chee Aun: Pentago on Wave
3:55-4:20pm Talk + Demo 4 — Shinchi: Video Conferencing with Google Wave!
4:20-4:30pm Upcoming Google Wave Hackathon, SG-GTUG matters, prize giving, Q&A
4:30pm onwards Refreshment & mingle
### TALK 1 ###
Google Wave APIs Overview (by Pamela Fox, Google Developer Relations joining us via video conferencing from Sydney, Australia)
In this talk, Googler Pamela Fox will introduce the three aspects of Google Wave – the product, the protocol, and the platform, and then talk more in-depth on the platform. She’ll cover the range of APIs offered – from Robots to Gadgets to Embed, then show kickass demos and do a live coding walkthrough.
### TALK 2 ###
Hello Roboto! (by Nazrul Kamaruddin, GTUG Kuala Lumpur)
A rockstar approach building a simple search robot assistant for Google Wave. Brief discussion on several types of robots that you can build with the Wave API, experiences while building a robot & also a demo of GuaRockYou, a simple search robot assistant, which is available as an open source project.
### TALK 3 ###
Pentago on Wave (by Lim Chee Aun, Web Developer for Wego.com)
Introducing an award-winning board game ported to the Wave platform. This talk will reveal some background of the game, a demo of it and detailed steps on how its code is adapted as a Google Wave Gadget.
### Talk 4 ###
Video Conferencing with Google Wave! (by Shinchi, Developer for Seesmic Web)
In this demonstration, Shinchi will be showing how you can create a Gadget that enables video conferencing between your participants. He will also highlight upcoming technology that will enables the saving of the conference and playback of it for future references.
For more details, feel free to visit the event page on Facebook or the main SG-GTUG site.
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