BarnCamp 2019 ideas scratchpad
Example Entry
- Proposed by
- Exampley Mc Exampleface
- Time
- 3-4 years
- Level
- Some experience of using a wiki required
- Resources
- Laptop and 10 mice, USB hub (10 port)
- Number
- up to 10 people all huddled round a laptop and USB hub with 10 mice in it
You will learn how to make generic fictional entries into wiki pages, demostrating the format of the page expected, together with some humour. You will also use bullet points to:
- show how bullet points are used in Mediawiki
- add some much needed recursive self reference
- make friends
You'll then finish off your description with how exciting workshop will be, or with an uncomfortable orphan sentence type paragraph.
This is the end of the example.
Avoiding paywalls to access academic research publications
- Proposed by
- Mark
- Time
- 1-2 hours
- Level
- Ability to use Tor Browser
- Resources
- Projector and screen. All participants to provide own laptop
- Number
- 5-10 people
You will:
- Explore some of the free repositories of scientific publications on the internet
- sci-hub
- libgen
- and tools like unpaywall
- discuss different ideas about ownership, propriety and freedom of information
- remember Aaron Swartz and some of the other people who have made this possible
- if time permits, discuss how to carry out a systematic literature review using these resources
Ensuring Public Accountability Using Blockchain Technology
- Proposed by
- Darren Rhodes
- Time
- To be announced
- Level
- To be announced
- Resources
- To be announced
- Number
- To be announced
You will:
- Please do not begin to populate this notice until I remove this line.
- this is an initial call for expressions of interest
- I plan to give more details over the next few days so that people can see where there are gaps and how they can fill them
- Background
- To be filled in by DR:
Scuttlebutt install fest
- Proposed by
- Sam
- Time
- 1 hour
- Level
- All
- Resources
- Bring your own device - Mac/ Win/ Nix / Android (No iPhone client yet)
- Number
- up to 10 people all huddled round a couple of laptops
You will learn how to install a Scuttlebutt client on your phone or laptop https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/
- For Android there is https://www.manyver.se/
- For computers we'll use patchwork
- The adventurous may try other clients https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/applications