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Lanzhou GDG has successfully held the first ever DevFestW event on March 10,2013, in ZuGong Hotel ,Lanzhou. The event summary is below:
Event Information
Time: 14:00-18:00 2013.3.10
Location: ZuGong Hotel Of Lanzhou
Attendees: Online registration: 122 people, on-site participants: 106 people (including 61 female)
Event Content
Lanzhou DevFestW event was the first event we used G+ Hangout feature, to link with Hangzhou GDG to do a joint event. We were pleased with the results. Bill Luan of Google DevRel and Jackie Han of Dart GDE joined the event remotely. Bill introduced the worldwide DevFestW background to us, and Jackie presented a short summary about Dart language. The event host was Frank Yuli Liu, but all speakers of is event were female.
Session 1: Google Maps Technology knowledge sharing
Speaker: Yan Li, professor of Lanzhou University
Content: Google Maps introduction, include Google Earth, Google Mars, Google Sky, etc.. Prof. Yan Li using a large map and vivid examples to explain a variety of functions of the Google Maps. Then she analyzed some pieces of code to explain how to use the Google Maps APIs in the development work
Q&A: One developer commented that Google Maps is not very precise when used to calculate travel route. For example, In Lanzhou University, if we go to the RuiDe Mall, the best way is from the back door of school, but the Google Maps displays the the best route from the main entrance, which is not the best way.
Session 2: Google Search Advanced topics
Speaker: Qi Yu, Graduate Student at Lanzhou University
Content: Qi Yu explained how to use the advanced features of the Google search engine. She demonstrated examples of the Mathematical Function Search, Image Search, Specific Web Page Search, Google Trend Search, Web Page Translation, Documents Search and so on.
BarCamp 1: Application development based on the Google Maps, and the good ways and tools of learning Android
Moderator: Frank Y. Liu
Content: In this part, there were five developers shared their experiences in using Google technologies, then we focused on the topics like how to use Android tools installing the original Android OS on smart phones, and the precautions of marking politically sensitive positions on the Google Maps.
Session 4: Colors Of Life
Speaker: Mandy Kwok, Designer at Huixia Guo
Content: Ms. Guo explains the properties of colors, as well as the impact of human visual sense and mentality. The speaker introduced the three elements of color and composition. By using examples, Mandy demonstrated the sense of taste, mood and weight of colors. Then she gave some advice about how to use the basic color matching method in web and Android application development.
Session 5: Android development
Speaker: Xiaobin Kang, professor at Lanzhou College of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Content: Information visualization technology development. Prof. Kang provided an example of how to build "Tag Cloud" and the way to process the broader issues in the development.
BarCamp 2: The application UI/UE enhance, and women's demand of electronic product and application
Moderator: Frank Y. Liu
Content: In this part, there were four developers have a short discussion about the impact of the different application UI/UE, and female developers provided some valuable feedback on the electronic product and application design.
Session 6: G+, Google Groups and Circumvention tools Introduction
Speaker: Changyan Di, professor at Lanzhou University
Content: 1) The Google Goagent use guide; 2) How to become a Lanzhou GDG member; 3) How to use the Google Groups and G+, and 4) How to use the Hangouts of Google Plus.
Audience feedback for future improvements:
Some developer site in the back row could not see the projector clearly;
The event content did not have enough interactions between the participants;
"Climb the Greater Fire Wall" is still not easy for many people
Conclusion
Overall we had a good learning experience in running this event, and we were glad to be part of the worldwide DevFestW event series. We recognize that female developers and students are an important part of our community and for our future events at Lanzhou GDG. We also learned that BarCamp is a good format to use in the future again, as it can help developers share and discuss their views,and also make connections with other people. Lessons learned from organizing this event included the following: There was not enough time for developer to think about the Barcamp theme during the event, and many of the attendees were not proactive in participating interactions with others during the event, which was something we will try to improve in the future.
Special thanks to Adriana Cerundolo and Stephanie Liu at Google Developer Relation for the event information and guidelines provided. We are glad we joined this DevFestW series this year. Hope we'll do this again next year.
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