Unity 3D Session December 2012

Dave Brennan @thedavil presented a great Introduction to Unity 3D at Lightboxlab in December. Unit 3D is Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid work flows to create interactive 3D content. The topics he went through on the day were under the following  headings.

• Unity 3D? – What is it ? Why use it ?

• Licensing & Pricing

• What about the competitors? UDK, Cryengine etc.

• Unity editor basics – The basic building blocks

• Examining the 1st and 3rd person controller prefabs

• Unity Asset Store and other places to get assets

• The Unity community

• Unity Scripting Basics

I think its fair to say that we all enjoyed the day and were very surprised on how far we were able to get in the space of a few hours with a very knowledgeable instructor. Hopefully after Christmas we'll get another run through and maybe look at creating terrains etc. Below is a quick video on some of what was put into practice on the day. Also the presentation can be downloaded HERE.

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Introduction to Joomla 2.5

This is fully booked out now for the first session. If you wish to participate in the next series of tutorials let me know @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I'll start a new list. When places are filled I'll arrange new dates. 

Paul

Lightboxlab are holding a series of tutorials on Joomla CMS starting in April. For those who don't know too much about Joomla take a look at this link to Joomla's site. I've been using Joomla for a while now and have created a few sites using this great open source solution, Lightboxlab's website www.lightboxlab.ie being a real world example. This is more a hobby to me so I don't profess to be an expert by any means but I try to find my way around it. This is open to all and you don't need to an MSCS to attend. (If you do happen to have one though you can give me a hand :0) The only requirements are that you have a laptop, a sense of humor and a fiver if you need it. 

Details

The cost to attend is €5 per class. Lightboxlab members have free admittance. Details are below. As this is the first set of tutorials I have no idea on how many sessions this will take as yet. Sessions will be approx 3 hours. If you are interested please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as spaces are limited for the first session. 

An Introduction to Joomla CMS 2.5

IT Definition                                                                      (My Definition)

Introduction

Joomla CMS What is it?                                                 (What’s it all about anyway)

Real World examples                                                     (I like pictures)

Help? Where to look                                                       (I’m stuck)

Alternatives to Joomla CMS                                          (I like Apple)

Basics

What is a Web Development Environment?                         (Let’s get going)

Install a Web Development Environment. Win/MAC/Linux (Seriously let’s get going)

How to install Joomla 2.5 CMS                                               (Finally)

First steps in Joomla navigating the user interface            (Now we’re sucking diesel)

Creating a Joomla Website

Installing a web template                                                         (techie badge)

Understanding module positions                                          (nerd badge)

Creating Articles                                                                         (creativity badge)

Menus                                                                                           (yawn, coffee break time)

Modules                                                                                        (yawn more, red bull time)

Plug-ins                                                                                        (prehaps time for a break)

Enhancing Articles.  Multimedia, Social media, Pictures   (facebook time \0/)

Joomla Extensions - how to manage your extensions       (this is cool stuff)

Joomla SEF/SEO or how to be SEEN                                     (not so cool but you need to do this)

Administration

The backend configuration options of Joomla                      (there be dragons ahead)

Backups                                                                                        (serious face)

Updates                                                                                         (ditto)

Upgrades                                                                                      (ditto ditto)

AOB

Questions                                                                                      (Your delaying everyone leaving)

More Questions                                                                            (No problem but it's your round)

Paul

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GaelHack 2013

The Event

GaelHack is a 3 day convention around the theme of hackerspaces, following the format of other similar events in other countries :

• It's run by volunteers and non-profit.
• No one gets a free ticket.
• The talks/events/workshops are run by those who attend.
• The types of events depend on who attends and what they volunteer to do.
• It is for people with an inquisitive mind and/or an interest in making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and crafters.
• The types of things we expect to happen
• Social meet-ups, meet those with shared interests.
• Workshops on soldering, electronic kit building etc.
• Security talks and workshops
• Talks on topics of interest in technology, software, electronics, crafts etc.
• Demonstrations of recent projects and achievements.

The types of things we expect to happen

Social meet-ups, meet those with shared interests.
Workshops on soldering, electronic kit building etc.
Security talks and workshops
Talks on topics of interest in technology, software, electronics, crafts etc.
Demonstrations of recent projects and achievements.
Have a look at the schedule of similar, UK event:
https://www.emfcamp.org/talks
As this is our first year we expect our conference to be smaller.
Our complete schedule of events will only be released a few days before the event.

When

Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of June 2013.
Friday night from about 7pm people will start to arrive.
Talks/Workshops/Events will take place from 10am Saturday until the evening.
Talks/Workshops/Events will take place from 10am Sunday until probably 3 or 4pm.

Full details and registration information is availible on the GAELHACK website.