Barcamp Malaysia - Day 2

coming up pretty early on barcamp malaysia - day 2. start the day by attending Silverlight Talk by Kok Chian. Never knew there was Silverlight 2. but then, more surprisingly, there will be silverlight mobile. Right now it’s works only in Windows Mobile. they’re working on Silverlight for Nokia. the advantage of silverlight is, i think, they able to do menu, component using drag and drop interaction. in flash, we have to make it ourselves, hard-coded, but there always component and sample files shared by the gurus. well, let’s just wait silverlight for phone.

after that, attending the journey of microchip startup by vyasa kandasamy. he start a company with no idea how to run it. like an idiots. ( he said that ). but what inspire me is he never stops to learn. and even the company winds up, he still kicking. in business, there’s no rejection of a proposal. it’s more like u reaching a closed door that will lead to another door. he just have 3 slides. haha. he also insist that you can’t work alone. you have to have a team. what the venture capitalist (VC)/big bosses will see in you is how much return that you can bring to their investment. it’s already enough for them if you can promise 5-10times of return. the VC also would want to see, how charismatic and how reliable you are to run a company. if they saw it the other way around, you might end up locking up in their office, doing the job that at first you taught it will benefit you, but later on it will just benefit the boss, oh, for more lower price.

imagine that if you’re not so serious, not presentable. they simply take u work. another thing is The Elevator Pitch, in less than 1 minute, do whatever thing that might secure the deal before the elevator door opens and the vc walks and there you go, you’re potential clients or customer goes. 1 minute dude.

then comes my talk. for some reason, i think i was pretty shaking. i really was. but thank god i think i made it through. peoples are happy and understand my slides. i didn’t show any single view of Flash Timeline because i know, this is not the developers meetups. it’s BarCamp Malaysia!. place to sharing ideas and if the audience not a developer, show them another thing instead.

here are my slides and my video recorded by odin. Thanks to Anne and Fiona from Adobe for supplying Adobe Acrobat notebooks that i gave during my talk.


An hour about Flash lite at Barcamp Malaysia from tekong on Vimeo.

next, having a gracious scrumptious subway sandwiches. my fourth subway. love it. after that announcement was made for Nokia Communicator. CherylGoh owns it.

after lunch, attending lightning talks. this is the super crazy talks. all people are given time to gave talk. you can talk anything. ANYTHING. Arzumy talks even using geeks. someone talks about freeculture. Ariff Azraii talks about his latest projects. mean you, he only 16 and know so much about Django, Instructables and really, i miss out many things indeed. the barcampers are really sharing their experiences.

then, the day ended, and there will be barcamp penang, melaka and jb. maybe i go to penang and jb. well maybe.

KUDOS BARCAMP MALAYSIA! oh please where’s my picture????

July 28th, 2008 by ikhwan nazri Posted in Events, Flavert Media Lab, Geek Stuff, WISIWYG, blogger |

Barcamp Malaysia - Day 1

oh dont forget tomorrow, you’re invited to my talk, my first second, erm, my self-challenge wahaha

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click the link for more details, and you still can be there tomorrow ya.

and today, the Barcamp Malaysia have been turning to something like TED. wohoooo.

i miss out the morning session, planned to listen to Google Android. haih. so i listen to Music 2.0 talk from nazroll. The talk was breath-taking, because it’s about marketing strategy of industry music. taking radiohead as an example, radiohead didn’t use any brand records or labels to stay with. they market the music by themselves. sell the songs but not at fixed price. it’s up to their fans how much they pay for the song. let me rephrase this back. “its up to their fans how much the VALUE of the song”. then, radiohead still get the money but most of the money came i from the concert, the tour, book album, merchandising and so on that they did it on their own, not relying on labels. the concept is

create > interact > share > grow

indeed i learn so much in this session. kudos to mr nazroll

next, move on to Monetizing Youtube by Mr Roni from Ureka Labs. something, again, interesting. I’ve saw that technology during last year MDEC IPCC Competition ‘07 during Mobile Interactive Content Pitching Session at Hotel Crowne Plaza. last time, the application was pretty, complex, and using the name Augmented Technology ( if i’m not mistaken ). but here today it was something, a bit simple. the pattern recognition is also more faster and easier. that technology for now works on FLV, which means it will be later on work on Flash lite . they still didn’t complete it yet but i wish they later on using the FLV format. the monetizing concept is the same like you can see on the football field when there’s a logo of sponsor appear on the centre of the field at the beginning, which was based on the location of that live telecast time. and i just love what Mr Roni said,

we don’t, infact, have a concrete business module because we’re the crazy bunch of guys who taught we can change the world! ( bunyinya lebih kurang macam ni )

a really-really inspiring input there.

next is a lunch. haha. lunch stail kenduri, eat at floor. met kerismelayu, arif azraii, bat infomalaya.

after lunch, a bit late join in the Nokia session. showcased M-Travelogue Shopping Mall: Suria KLCC Unofficial Guide to Mr Henry Wong. He’s amazed with what we did with Flash Lite. Also met Josh Lim. So agitated to know about morph.Well morph, i don’t think it will be sooner. honestly i think i’ll be dead when the morph has been created. After that session, met again with Stephanie Wong from Teras One Solutions that I’ve met for Blogger review, Photoshop CS3. Previously she was in the Monetizing Youtube session. She was asking about getting Adobe Certified Trainer or Community Experts so that I can teach people. hoho. surely one day.

Then i join in a bit, i think, not my type, well a bit too educated session. Conducted by Mr Scientist that playing werewolf last night. Sorry forgot your name. Move on to Health 2.0. a bit of my type bur dozing off sometimes. maybe just too tired. then after that, skip the talk because meeting Jean-Yves Sireau from myfamilyhealth.com that email me to meet me today. And after that,off to Aggressive Web Development.

Another brilliant input i must say. how to stay focus, stay healthy, and stay in the line in web development industry. love and appreciate the mistake because mistake is what enhancing you. and with every project completed, it’s a rolling stone that will never be stopped. so keep on rolling.

next is, oho, the developer and entrepreneur gangbang by khailee, kris khaira and arzumy. the concept of co-working is new in malaysia. i’ve working in cafe and mamak and a supply for a rented places just for a day or two will suit the demand for growing talent of freelancers here in malaysia. well i’m not a freelancer because i have a company but due to fact that we’re closely working with our clients in KL, we didn’t use the office in cyberjaya due to the petrol issues. and i really looking forward for the co-working concept.

with that, the talk ends for day 1 and right now I’m at Mamak Kari Kepala Ikan, finishing my keynote, with flavert’s soon-to-be junior programmer, odin. and this post, marks the 9th place of my mobile office.

for more news and updates, log on to barcamp malaysia website.

July 26th, 2008 by ikhwan nazri Posted in Artikel, Events, Freelancing, Geek Stuff, Issues, WISIWYG, blogger |

Mari BerCamping di BarCamp Malaysia

Adakah anda suka BerCamping?

Dan adakah anda salah seorang techie, programmer, seorang yg suka menggelarkan diri sendiri ‘pengikut teknologi’, pengamal tegar Web Standards, CSS, Flex , Flash Lite, Silverlight, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, Joomla, ape ape lah ( aku pun tak faham ape aku nak cakap ni )

Tak pernah langsung berniat nak jadi geek/nerds tapi bercita-cita untuk menjadi salah seorang darinya,

Tensen dengan kerja dan rasa nak berhenti kerja, nak buat sesuatu yang anda suka tapi tak konfiden dengan masa depan selepas tu ( dlm kes nak buat ape dan sebagainya )

Adakah anda rasa ketinggalan dengan teknologi-teknologi terbaru seperti Facebook, Web 2.0, Music 2.0 cara cara membuat duit melalui youtube,

atau mungkin anda seorang jejaka/wanita kesunyian di hujung minggu yang tidak kisah untuk meluangkan masa mencari pasangan baru dikalangan mereka yang ….. bermain dengan code, nerd, geek.

Siapa kata pasangan nerd/geek tidak romantik? Adobe Master tu. mereka siap menulis buku bersama-sama. mereka bermain dengan code sepanjang masa.

( apsal aku melalut-lalut macam lalat ni )

hadirkan diri anda ke BarCamp Malaysia, 26-27 July di xTrain, Megan Avenue, Kuala Lumpur.

P/S: Saya kasi talk pasal Flash Lite. maklumat pasal talk di blog company ya. Clacktiel!

July 23rd, 2008 by ikhwan nazri Posted in Artikel, Freelancing, Geek Stuff, WISIWYG, funny stuff |

GENG’s Corner - Restoran & Katering

Geng!.. sekali sebut macam familiar.. bukan kita satu geng.. tapi ini geng the movie lah. Just in case korang lupa.. ni ha.. Upin Ipin

diorang bukak restorannnnn!!!!!!

jom serbu.. agak2nye ade tak patung ke atau maskot upin ipin jalan2 serve makanan.. kalo ade.. mesti ade bebudak yg nak peluk termasuk la kakak-kakak budak ahaha. tempat derang kat seksyen 13 shah alam. aiseh. dah la jarang turun sana.. nak carik seksyen tu yg seksa.. huhu

maklumat lanjut pasal restoran derang disini. tapi tulah.. takde lak pricelist harga.. bole bajet berape nak makan.. maklumlah minyak mahal huhu. nak merempit konfem sakit belakang kalo merempit dari ampang.

dan milestone untuk harini.. telah mula menyimpan duit utk masa depan.. yes!! semalam masa forum perdana ehwal islam, bes betul ustaz tu nye ayat

“pergi kerja pagi petang

dapat gaji bayar hutang”

tak silap aku bunyinye camtu.. takpe.. azam pada diri sendiri.. eruda dah beli.. so masa untuk menyimpan.. Prue leh tangguh nanti mintak sebagai hantaran. itu pun kalo ade orang nak kasik PS3 as hantaran..

haha, mimpi seorang geek + nerd herd.

P/S: adobe acrobat pro 9 dah di-public-releasekan.. check it out dan download utk menggunakan features2 dia yg cool.

June 28th, 2008 by ikhwan nazri Posted in Geek Stuff, WISIWYG, funny stuff |

masa punya ceritera

malam tadi adalah first time mobile office aku ngan sabau. ahaha. kami bekerja selama 4 jam di mamak. hasilnya amatlah memberangsangkan. 4 jam yang penuh produktivi dan konsentrasi. lagipun tanyalah pada diri anda sendiri, berapa lama anda boleh tumpukan perhatian anda membuat kerja? umumnya mungkin kita bekerja 9-5.. rehat mungkin 12-2 .. so 8 -2 = 6 jam je kerja. tu belum campur waktu fanboying, fangirling, melihat-lihat sumber2 inspirasi seperti Freelance Switch atau InfoMalaya  atau Blog company kami yang telah diupdate dengan mende baru :p dan mungkin masa yg paling banyak diluangkan adelah untuk… berchatting :p

jadi renungkan semula waktu yang anda gunakan. tapi ceritera saya mengenai masa tak terhad sampai situ je. balik dari bekerja, saya menonton Metal Gear Retrospective. hoho. ceritera mengenai Solid Snake, Naked Snake, ah macam-macam la watak dalam tu. berbahagialah para pemilik PS3 menikmati permainan tersebut.

dalam episod 4 yang menceritakan mengenai MGS3: Snake Eater, sekiranya pemain membunuh watak Revolver Ocelot yg masih muda, pemain secara automatik kalah dan gagal dalam permainan kerana ianya telah mencipta ‘time paradox‘. time paradox ini berlaku kerana Revolver Ocelot bakal menjadi Boss Jahat dalam MGS1: kat Shadow Moses. Time paradox ini.. dalam bahasa ringkas.. kalau korang time travel patah balik pastu menggagalkan mak ayah korang jumpa, korang takkan wujud ( Back to The Future 1 )

itu baru ceritera kedua pasal masa.. ini ceritera yang ketiga pulak.

selepas menonton metal gear retrospective, saya ketiduran, bangun untuk subuh, dan tidur semula. saya bermimpi yg saya sedang memandu Anubis dengan laju, ya sangat laju. kemudian singgah di suatu kedai. nampak buku yang menarik untuk dibeli kerana ada full cover story pasal metal gear solid. kemudian beli tetapi tah macam mana penjual tu cakap “nak buku nih bayar 80 ringgit”.. so saya takleh nak bayar sbb tak cukup duit untuk isi minyak kereta nanti. maklumlah, isu minyak mmg hangat hari ini ianya dibincangkan di parlimen.

jadi dengan hati yang kecewa, saya memandu semula sambil merungut tak dapat beli buku itu.. kemudian terasa melalui jalan yg sama dan akhirnya terbabas masuk tasik. sempat buka tingkap dan meloloskan diri dari Anubis yang tenggelam dan kemudian.. nampak kedai itu semula. saya masuk semula ke kedai, mengalami peristiwa yang sama, kecuali saya buat keputusan untuk membeli buku tersebut. keluar dari kedai tersebut, Anubis, kereta yang sepatutnya tenggelam dalam tasik tadi, elok rapi dekat tempat letak kereta.

adakah aku mengalami time paradox dalam mimpi?? dengan membeli buku tadi, duit keluar dan tak dapat memandu kereta sbb ketiadaan duit untuk mengisi minyak??

HOH APEKAH!.. dan aku terbangun selepas itu.

Al-Quran juga menceritakan perihal masa didalam Surah Al-Asr,

Demi masa!
Sesungguhnya manusia dalam kerugian,
Kecuali orang-orang yang percaya,
dan membuat kerja-kerja kebaikan,
dan saling berwasiat pada yang benar,
dan saling berwasiat untuk bersabar.
(103:1-3)

Oleh itu para pembaca, hargailah masa yang anda ada. dan terima kasih kerana meluangkan masa membaca entri saya ini hehehe :)

June 23rd, 2008 by ikhwan nazri Posted in Artikel, Geek Stuff, WISIWYG, funny stuff |