The Darkstar Community is Born!

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

The Project Darkstar community has just been approved by Java.net

We have Marla Parker to thank for shepherding us (sometimes irascible) sheep through the process so if you happen to see her, say thank you!

Chris is working on a real solid portal for us, while I will be setting up the project spaces this weekend. By the opening of JavaOne we should be ready to start creating projects for folks. Some of the first projects will be BunnyHunters and my MUD framework which I will put up as open source examples.

Since we are a community, we now have some new options available…

Darkstar at JavaOne

There will be a community area at JavaOne that Java.net communities can use for get togethers and mini-talks. SO…

    1. You guys want to get together? I think it could be serious fun. Do we want to discuss a time and day or should i just chose something mid J1 that doesn’t conflict with any of my obligations?
    1. We can do mini-talks and they are really encouraging us to get involved in this. I’ll be doing some short talks on subjects like “what is darkstar” and “peeking inside bunny hunters” If any of you have a 10 min or so talks on something you’ve been working on that you’d like to give, let me know and we can see about scheduling them!

Time is short so lets organize efficiently!

JK

#2

That’s great news!

I definately think it would be great to pick a time for us to get together. My vote is for you to just pick a time and we’ll go from there.

For these “mini-talks” that they are asking us to participate in, what kind of stuff would be appropriate? I’ve never been to J1 before so I’m not familiar with them. I’ve spent a decent amount of time fooling around in Darkstar and wouldn’t mind talking about some of my experiences, but I’m not sure what in particular. I can’t really talk about the project I’m working on because of mutliple NDA’s but I might be able to put something together from my experiences.

I’m definately up for anything that gets Darkstar some recognition and more community involvement.

#3

Very informal, anything Darkstar related that takes bout 10 min to present.

Even just a “some early experiences” ramble would be cool 8)

There’s wiki to sign up at, Ill track that down this aft and post that along with a DS community get together time!

#4

Here’s where you go to sing up for mini-talks…

http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javaone/CommunityCorner#MiniTalksDir

#5

Okay,heres a plan.

Ill be giving a little talk on Bunny Hunters at 2pm thursday in the community area so lets officially plan on 2:30 - 3:30 for the community get together.