# HG changeset patch # User Tero Koskinen # Date 1326135587 18000 # Node ID 28969f95e6f006a05a6878b3e572b6ce42f90bd1 # Parent 79f358df38316df7f7389b19b6e409bf99771c7f Add year 2011 summary. diff -r 79f358df38316df7f7389b19b6e409bf99771c7f -r 28969f95e6f006a05a6878b3e572b6ce42f90bd1 ada/2011summary.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/ada/2011summary.rst Mon Jan 09 13:59:47 2012 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Year 2011 summary +================= + +:date: 2012-01-09 20:00 +:tags: summary, ada, ahven, twitter, adaconnection2011 + +When it comes to Ada and its community, last year (2011) was pretty +interesting to me. Here is a small summary what I managed to do: + +* I did three Ahven releases (1.9, 2.0, and 2.1). I had hoped + to do yet another (2.2), but didn't find time for that. + +* I became AVR-Ada contributor. I started playing with Arduino and AVRs + some years ago (2009, I think) and AVR-Ada is quite pleasant to use + on them, after you overcome the installation issues. + +* Ada Connection 2011 conference in June was the real highlight of the year. + I saw a lot of Adaists face to face and they are no longer only + random email addresses on newsgroups and mailing lists. + +* Dan Eilers kindly accepted me as second writer for his papers + about ACATS (and Ahven). The first paper was presented at + Ada Connection 2011 and the second at SigAda 2011. + +* I registered domain http://www.ada-language.com/ (.net, .info, .org also). + For now, the content there is pretty light, but I do have some plans for it. + +* My Twitter and Identi.ca client `Beautiful Ladybird `_ is progressing nicely (although somewhat slowly). Homeline and status update functionality works from the command line, I just need to do UI with Claw and GtkAda. + +* `Jdaughter `_ library for reading and writing JSON data was a by-product of Ladybird. It is still missing some features, but I can parse Twitter and Identi.ca feeds with it. + +Finally, here some pictures from AdaConnection 2011 in Edinburgh: + +The John McIntyre conference centre (rainy day, like most days that week): + +.. image:: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6668258957_2e82fd3a83_m.jpg + :target: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66708330@N00/6668258957/ + +Jacob Sparre Andersen giving a presentation: + +.. image:: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6668250263_055c8a2978_m.jpg + :target: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66708330@N00/6668250263/ + +I also visited Holyrood Park, which was nearby: + +.. image:: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6668232857_ce09a751e7_m.jpg + :target: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66708330@N00/6668232857/ + + +PS. Notice, that `Ada Information Clearinghouse `_ is showing videos from the conference. Be sure to check them out!