I’m also looking for contributors, so if you wanna work on a
interesting library used atm by Amarok & Nokia Podcasts, drop me a line.

Changes in libmygpo-qt 1.0.5:
-) fixed a bug in downloadSubscriptionsJson()
-) changed the way http basic auth information is transmitted to
gpodder.net to no longer getting annoying popups when using
libmygpo-qt with KIO from KDE 4.7.X
-) implemented functions to access the new API for retrieving
synchronization information of devices
-) implemented functions to retrieve toplist and search results in
gpodders custom XML format
-) added “ConfigStyle” package finding to CMake Buildsystem

Where to get libmygpo-qt?

Tarball:
http://stefan.derkits.at/files/libmygpo-qt/libmygpo-qt.1.0.5.tar.gz
md5sum: 37af04b1e944f982e35b69c04b5d1b0f
sha1sum: a38d0ac08cc4601634b3cda3851226aabcff9638

Some more important Links for libmygpo-qt:

Project Website: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Libmygpo-qt
Git Repo: https://github.com/gpodder/libmygpo-qt
Doxygen Documentation: http://stefan.derkits.at/libmygpo-doc/
gpodder.net API: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Web_Services/API_2
Bugreports: http://bugs.gpodder.org
Contact: gpodder@freelists.org

General Infos about libmygpo-qt

What is libmygpo-qt?

libmygpo-qt is a Qt/C++ Library wrapping the gPodder.net Webservice. It
was created as part of a University Course & it is used in
Amarok (since 2.4.1) with the new gpodder.net
Service, that makes the gpodder.net Podcast Directory available from
within Amarok.

One of the next Versions of Amarok (2.5) require libmygpo-qt 1.0.5 for the
gPodder PodcastProvider, with which you can synchronize your local
Podcasts between Amarok and gpodder.net (and other podcatchers with
gpodder.net integration).

In addition to that, Ari Hannula from Nokia created Podcasts for the Nokia N9, which also utilizes libmygpo-qt for synchronizing and searching podcasts.

Thanks to Lucas & Ari, we found (and fixed ) some Bugs in libmygpo-qt, so we announce hereby the availability of libmygpo-qt v1.0.4

Changes in 1.0.4:
-) fixed a bug with an invalid timestamp when uploading EpisodeActions
-) fixed a bug with a wrong url when retrieving EpisodeActions by Podcast
-) fixed a crash happening on MeeGo because of the deletion of QNetworkReply Pointers

Where to get libmygpo-qt?

Tarball:
http://stefan.derkits.at/files/libmygpo-qt/libmygpo-qt.1.0.4.tar.gz
md5sum: 9c840d6a7dc96055c6eb5a7d36d02a7c
sha1sum: 7d46fcbcc3c0177bc353f8e15b0bff9fd19013e6

Some more important Links for libmygpo-qt:

Project Website: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Libmygpo-qt
Git Repo: https://github.com/gpodder/libmygpo-qt
Doxygen Documentation: http://stefan.derkits.at/libmygpo-doc/
gpodder.net API: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Web_Services/API_2
Bugreports: http://bugs.gpodder.org
Contact: gpodder-devel@lists.berlios.de

What is libmygpo-qt?

libmygpo-qt is a Qt/C++ Library wrapping the gPodder.net Webservice. It
was created as part of a University Course & it is used in
Amarok (since 2.4.1) with the new gpodder.net
Service, that makes the gpodder.net Podcast Directory available from
within Amarok.

One of the next Versions of Amarok require libmygpo-qt 1.0.4 for the
gPodder PodcastProvider, with which you can synchronize your local
Podcasts between Amarok and gpodder.net (and other podcatchers with
gpodder.net integration).

P.S.: Desktop Summit was awesome, my first (but for sure not last) FOSS conference, I will write about it sooner or later

P.P.S.: libmygpo-qt is always looking for additional Developers, so if you’ve read till here and are interested, drop me a line

Hello Planet KDE

About me

I’m Stefan, living in Vienna (one of the greatest Cities on Earth ) and I study Computer Science at the Technical University of Vienna. After learning C++ in the Summer Term 2010, I’ve started last Summer developing small features for Amarok. In Winter 2010 we (2 colleagues & me) created libmygpo-qt & the gpodder.net service for Amarok, which was my first bigger Open Source project.

Especially my work on libmygpo-qt and the gpodder Service made me an even more Open Source Enthusiast as before. It was a great collaboration between the gpodder/gpodder.net Developers (both also living in Vienna), Amarok Developers and our Team. During the process of creating a library and the feedback we got, I’ve learned many things (like d-pointer or API/Binary compatibillity) which I didn’t knew before.

Other than my interest in Open Source & trying to get my degree at University, I’m also a CouchSurfer, even though in the last years I don’t host that much, but I’m active in attending & organizing Events in Vienna.

I think for the moment that’s enough for my introduction, I should start packing, because:

10 more hours and I will already be on the Train to Berlin, 3 days of sightseeing, then I will attend the Desktop Summit and afterwards the CCC Camp, soo much looking forward to this nerdy holiday in Berlin, hope to meet many of you there

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Thanks for all the Feedback since 1.0.2 … it’s time again for a new Bugfix Release, so here is libmygpo-qt 1.0.3

Where to get libmygpo-qt?

• Tarball: http://stefan.derkits.at/files/libmygpo-qt/libmygpo-qt.1.0.3.tar.gz
• md5sum: 0ed91cc9483f4634e8709a0ea95baeba
• sha1sum: e4ebbed34168517ee7a6b9fc20f59a60af715e23

Some more important Links for libmygpo-qt:

• Project Website: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Libmygpo-qt
• Git Repo: https://github.com/gpodder/libmygpo-qt
• Doxygen Documentation: http://stefan.derkits.at/libmygpo-doc/
• gpodder.net API: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/Web_Services/API_2
• Bugreports: http://bugs.gpodder.org
• Contact: gpodder-devel@lists.berlios.de

What is libmygpo-qt?

libmygpo-qt is a Qt/C++ Library wrapping the gPodder.net Webservice.

It was created as part of a University Course & it is used in Amarok (since 2.4.1) with the new gpodder.net Service, that makes the gpodder.net Podcast Directory available from within Amarok.

Also at the Moment there is a GSoC Project running, trying to create a Podcast Provider, which allows you to synchronise your Amarok Podcasts with gpodder.net.

What is gpodder.net?

gpodder.net is a Webservice (with an open API) that can be used for discovering new Podcasts (via Search, Toplists, Tags etc) and for Synchronization of Podcast Subscriptions & Podcast/Episode Status.

Stefan

P.S.: Hello Planet KDE! I will (hopefully) post an introductory Post soon

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One Tramwaydriver makes a bad & stupid joke and looses his job and maybe also gets punishment by the law and is all over the news. Somehow I think he is a poor guy, who maybe watched to much Sterman & Grisseman and didn’t realize what the difference between these two and him is.
Why I think he is a poor guy?

Because there are some politicians which say “Ausländer raus!” and other things (or praise the working environment in the third reich) and what do they get for it?
They get a good salary as Nationalrat and when they die they are nearly praised as a Volksheld by a whole Bundesland.

So “Wiederbetätigung” will be punished roughly and Xenophobia not?

Somehow strange all in all, isn’t it? I find the media coverage of this horrible.
I was there, and I didn’t really see that the people where laughing and cheering about this bad joke.
In reality the atmosphere on the last round around the ring, after his speech was very depressing, people talked about him and where trying to find out how he meant it.

I agree with the decision of the Wr. Linien to cancel his contract, but if he get’s punished for it, then I’d like to see much more people get punished for their statements.

1) Twitter is really a useful tool for such Conferences. Everyone is tagging their Tweets with the Tag #bcv08. You can find all Tweets with that Tag on Twitter Search. Even if you are there and see what’s going on, it’s great to see what’s happening in other sessions or read other peoples thoughts about the session you are attending.

2) The Sessions are not everything. As every event, BarCamp is also a social Event and so there is much “networking” going on. But “networking” in a good & nice way. Soo many different people (Students, Founders of StartUps, People working in the IT Sector, Marketing People, Politicians,…) in one place makes the BarCamp such a great experience.

3) It’s interesting to get to know People you know by their blogs (or even people you “know” already since years through Online Communities) in person. As with many events organized by Online Communites which I attended, you feel like you already know the people you meet in person because of their “online presence”.

4) Somehow (probably because there are so many Bloggers here), by attending this BarCamp you find motivation to blog, you find out how useful Twitter can be and how to really use it. I twittered more in the last 1 1/2 days than in the 24 days before. The motivation to blog partly comes also from the fact that by Twittering for example about the BarCamp you have more attention from persons who before didn’t know your Blog and this way more people look at your blog or mention it in their blog. And due to the fact that I see that people are reading and at least partly interested in this blog, I’m more motivated to write Posts.

5) By attending such a “Conference” with your Laptop, you also change your style of Internet Usage. You no longer just browse randomly from website to website, you “report” about the conference via Twitter, IRC or Blog; watch the Twitter Search for the #bcv08 Tag, reply to people and twitter short thoughts about the Sessions or something else. In between you think what you will talk about in your Session and prepare a Presentation for it in the Evening. I think from now on I will more often take my laptop with me when I’m not at home and try to work with it on interesting things (read blogs/articles,write on twitter or on the blog,do university related stuff,…) and not just stupidly browse around. (There is a Word … wilfing or so for it … don’t have time to find it out now)

So these were my first experiences/impressions, Lunch is ready. Also another experience now after writing this Blog entry in a little bit of a “hurry” you find out that Blog Posts can be written fast. They don’t have to be perfect, better a not perfect Post than no Post.
My Session is at 2 pm in the yellow room, I’m looking forward to it

I will try to twitter some of my Impressions of the BarCamp directly from there.

One of the rules of a BarCamp is: “If this is your first time at BarCamp, you HAVE to present.”
I’m not really reluctant to present, but I’m not sure if I know any interesting topic for this BarCamp. The only thing I could present about would be Couchsurfing, we will see, maybe I could present it as an successful example of a Virtual Community, more talking about the Couchsurfing Community and what we are doing and what we could do, instead of presenting what Couchsurfing is about (I think that’s not soo hard to find out anymore ).

Maybe someone wants to join forces with me and present something together? Maybe someone wants to give some input?

Let’s see how the BarCamp is on Saturday, I will do the “extension” of the “presenting” rule (“Ok, you don’t really HAVE to, but try to find someone to present with, or at least ask questions and be an interactive participant.”) on Saturday, let my first day at an BarCamp “sink in” and then think about presenting again Saturday evening.

Some words about Twitter (that I could not fit into Messages with a maximum lenght of 140 Characters ):
Some weeks ago I started reading more and more on Twitter and found it very interesting. I especially like the replies to other Tweets, because you find other interesting Twitter Users and the whole thing becomes more dynamic, more like if people would talk to each other in person.
Then I created my own account,and now I’m not sure about how to use it. Maybe I want to do it more often or not. From time to time doesn’t really make sense.

Studying is something that will also use up some time in the next months, because tomorrow the winter term starts at University, so I will be there more often again
Tomorrow I’ll attend the Beginners Day for Computer Science Students. Not really because I’m a real Beginner (already had 2 semesters to find out how some things work at the University) but more for the social component. Maybe I’m gonna meet someone I know, maybe some new interesting people, let’s see

Ohh and I changed this blog back to the standard theme because I just realized that the Fast Lane theme hides all the links … stupid theme, even though it looked so nice.

I needed a little bit over one year for it. And it was a fascinating year. The idea to study, even though I already had the thought to one day do it already a long time, came up as such a small idea and all the exams (also some university exams for the first & second semester) went on so smoothly … I’m really surprised about … about the way all this worked out, about myself, …

So in October I’m starting my first semester as an official Student … till then I have holidays (at least from learning … I’m at the moment working around 70 hours per Week in Prater, which is really funny because you work outside and work with people and even though you don’t earn much per hour have a great time there and see “new working worlds”).

Seminary related Wrap-Up:

I never thought before that so many people were researching the topic of the combination of “E-Learning & Web 2.0″ or “modern E-Learning”.
Slidecasting is one of many projects in this area and I think that with more functions it will be more motivating and of better use for the Students.
But it could also be that the whole motivation by features/rating/membership-levels thinking is idealistic and that the only way to motivate Students is by giving them something back that can affect their grades (e.g. points).
And maybe another point is that some Students can never be motivated to take part in anything that isn’t necessary to receive a positive grade.

Personal Wrap-Up:

Especially the topic of Virtual Communties is a really big topic, which got me interested (maybe because I’m taking part/took part in many Virtual Communites ). There is then also the fact that some Virtual Communites also change to also be Real Life Communities. Even that alone (questions like “how to sucessfully motivate users to also join Real Life Meetings”,”why are some communties so sucessfull in motivating their users to also join meetings in Real Life”,…) brings up many questions which probably were already researched by many people.
Also I found out that Virtual Communties are nearly a 1:1 reproduction of the Real-Life. Including people who work a huge amount of time for the communites, but also the possibillity of a sort of “burn out” syndrom. People are still doing their voluntary work for a Community but did too much, so that they no longer really appreciate to do it.