some quickies

JavaScript (and other) Plasmoid Tutorials: It was pointed out to me that we do have tutorials on Techbase for Plasmoids. There are Python, Ruby and "QtScript" tutorials. The QtScript one needs some work, though it covers the basics. For one, all references to QtScript should be changed to JavaScript, and they need to start covering the actual API, e.g. using widgets, using files from packages, storing and reading configuration, etc. These all vary slightly from the C++ varieties to be more handy when used from JavaScript code.

So first: kudos to Pippin, the author of the current JavaScript tutorials; but second: we need more written. I'm happy to mentor someone through this (which means you'd get a free course in writing Plasmoids in JavaScript in the process ;), but just don't have the time or motivation to write tutorials right now. It's a casualty of everything else going on in my life.

I Miss Airports? I went to the airport today, a place I have been to much this year. Well, for a normal human being I probably have, but not at my usual pace. Oddly ... I discovered I experienced a sort of nostalgic response to being there. It was the oddest experience and not a reaction I expected. Weird.

Tokamak III: It's actually in planning now! We have a Techbase page and everything! Very excited about that. I need to come up with a theme for the event with the rest of the attendees that will be thematic and relevant to what we're up to. That shouldn't be too hard as we have some awesome projects happening right now. The media center components are coming along, the remote widgets are shaping up, the netbook interface sprints forward, the desktop experience continues to tighten up, etc...

GSoC Coolness .. I have to say I'm really impressed with this year's summer of code projects. I read about the KDevelop code visualization today and added that one to my list of "woah, NICE" projects we all get to watch evolve and mature.

OpenExpo in Winterthur Help: Alexandra posted a blog today about help need with the OpenExpo event. If you're in the area at the end of September, think about dropping them a line an helping out.

KDE Developer Sprint at LatinoWare? It looks very likely that we'll have a KDE developer sprint in Brazil alongside LatinoWare. Lots of planning left to do on it, but I'm looking forward to seeing that happen and the Latin American communities growing even stronger.