[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Re: Know GIMP? Know Inkscape? Want to host a class?

Sat Sep 10 17:10:15 UTC 2011

OK, I will be at NB at 7:PM on Tuesday to begin authoring the "Inkscape
paths for cutting tools" document.  This will be around the weekly meeting,
but not concurrent, so who ever wants...or should I say needs...to do both,
don't worry about that.  I need people to ask questions while I am authoring
so we can work out the kinks in real time.  I also need someone to write
HTML and take dictation so I can work on taking screenshots and answering
questions.

I will be formulating a tutorial specifically to address basic tools useful
for authoring plasma/laser cutting documents.  It will be a lengthy tutorial
because I will touch on ALLLLLL the caveats for this process that I have
faced, and I have faced a lot.  These caveats are easy...EASY...all of them
are, except one, which I will dedicate another document too and will not be
covered in this course work.  Said ultimate caveat is hunting down breaks in
a path.

I will be working on a second tutorial for getting inkscape and the laser
engraver/cutter to play nice...and then one for getting the plasma cutter at
boxshop and inscape playing nice.

So four tutorials:
1. Inkscape paths for cutting tools
2a. Inkscape paths and NB's laser
2b. Inkscape paths and BS's plasma
3. Inkscape and unfucking paths

After the Inkscape tutorial is done, we can talk about GIMP, people's
impressions of GIMP, and what roadblocks people have had to overcome.  I
will not lead the GIMP discussion because my perspective is, "What's the big
deal?" and I will be blind to people's GIMP needs.

I am inviting people not from noisebridge to join us because I feel their
needs and perspectives will add value to the discussion.  Also, because I
know them to be fun, awesome people, with cutting shit on their brains.

So...WHO'S WITH ME?  What times are good for everyone?  When is "The
Meeting" usually over?

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> Alright. What I'd like is a group to babble at as i author an inkscape
> tutorial, with one person who knows basic html who can take dictation as i
> capture screenshots.  That way i can work on talking to people and getting
> their needs while working the software.
>  On Sep 8, 2011 3:51 PM, "Erik JM Schneider" <eriktrips at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Tuesday night works for me. Anytime pretty much works for me, so
> > whatever suits others.
> >
> > Erik
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 15:36, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>
> wrote:
> >> Who can meet tuesday night to discuss authoring and teaching content? I
> have
> >> an inkscape tutorial that i need to recreate (lost it to a hard drive
> >> failure) that i could bang out in a couple hours with some help.
> >>
> >> On Sep 8, 2011 1:52 PM, "Erik JM Schneider" <eriktrips at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I would also be interested in a GIMP/inkscape tutorial, and I am happy
> >>> to lend out my teaching skills, such as they are. I have taught
> >>> university classes before and could team up with someone who knew
> >>> about GIMP (Kelly? Corey?) and/or facilitate a self-study group if we
> >>> wanted to go that way. I've taught at length on texts I've only read
> >>> that morning. :)
> >>>
> >>> I've also been using Photoshop for over a decade, although primarily
> >>> for digital production, so I do not know much about print production
> >>> beyond making a photo look decent on a bubble jet printer, but I have
> >>> some color theory in me and a fair amount of trial and error learnings
> >>> that I could try to convert into GIMP terms with others' help.
> >>>
> >>> I have managed to remain Wiki-ignorant for the most part but can take
> >>> a shot at putting up a NB page if others are reluctant to do so. Fools
> >>> rush in and all that. If nobody else has done it by tomorrow morning I
> >>> will try my hand at it.  So, um, if anyone would like to prevent that,
> >>> now is your chance.
> >>>
> >>> Erik
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:09, Elizabeth Sarah Quirk Goodman
> >>> <elizabethsqg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > I'd be interested in a GIMP tutorial.  I'd got frustrated trying to
> do
> >>> > one simple drawing-on-a-picture with GIMP some time ago and switched
> >>> > to Inkscape instead.  I have been thinking of taking another charge
> at
> >>> > the learning curve, and can probably think of things to request.
> >>> > Best,
> >>> > Quirk
> >>> > P.S. Many things that are easy in one n00b's perspective are
> >>> > frustrating in another's, you know (take it from a mathematician in a
> >>> > communicative department :)).
> >>> >
> >>> > 2011/9/7 Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>:
> >>> >> I'd be willing to help.  I use GIMP exclusively, but I'm not a
> graphics
> >>> >> geek
> >>> >> by any stretch.  I use inkscape as much or less for graphic work
> than I
> >>> >> do
> >>> >> for laser/plasma cutting.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> GIMP is easy.  I think people who don't like it fall in to two
> >>> >> categories,
> >>> >> people who don't want to learn something new or people who don't
> want
> >>> >> to
> >>> >> learn the concepts behind photo editing. OSS tools are built for
> people
> >>> >> who
> >>> >> are unencumbered by limits to their desire to learn.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I use gimp exclusively. I'd be up for doing some tutorial. Can we
> make
> >>> >>> a wiki page where people can request things? I know Gimp but I
> don't
> >>> >>> know know how to teach a software class...
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We could just have a mutual worktime workshop.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> -Kelly
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> PS. I know some inkscape as well.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 00:26, Michael C. Toren <mct at toren.net>
> wrote:
> >>> >>> > On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 12:53:28AM +0200, Felipe Sanches wrote:
> >>> >>> >> Oh! And I forgot to mention but... I have been twice to
> Noisebridge
> >>> >>> >> in
> >>> >>> >> the past and I may go to San Francisco again in the end of
> October
> >>> >>> >> for
> >>> >>> >> the Google Summer of Code mentors summit.  Then I may host a
> class
> >>> >>> >> on
> >>> >>> >> Inkscape for you guys, if you are still interested.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Hi Felipe, nice to meet you.  Yes!, I'd love for you to give a
> talk
> >>> >>> > about Inkscape the next time you're in town.  If you need any
> help
> >>> >>> > organizing this, or making it happen, please let me know.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> >> I can also talk about my pinball machine project if there's
> anybody
> >>> >>> >> interested in hearing about it.
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > That could be fun, too. :-)
> >>> >>> >
> >>> >>> > Thanks,
> >>> >>> > -mct
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> >>> >> Albert
> >>> >> Einstein
> >>> >> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo Da Vinci
> >>> >> Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but
> when
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