February 2007 Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others


10:00

Coffee

10:15

You've got to lively yourself up! - All present
We will discuss ways to rev up the monthly meetings and start thinking about Forth Day! Perhaps we'll discuss the pros and cons of alternate venues. How can we institute outreach to hobbyists, students, and robot builders?

11:00

Forth on the Internet - All present
We'll flip through a few back issues of Forth Dimensions, look around the Webring, Google "Forth", and generally poke around, provided an Internet connection is available.

12:00

Lunch
Some folks bring their lunch, some folks go to Togos.

13:30

Introductions, announcements, rumors, and random access

14:00

Interesting Items - Volume 7 - Dave Jaffe
Dave will continue his survey of interesting newly-introduced microcontrollers, I/O peripherals, sensors, products, and gadgets that can provide useful and unique capabilities to Forth embedded systems. If anyone has come across anything that fits this category, pass them along to him for inclusion in his presentation.

Slides in pdf

14:30

Break

15:00

"The Fairchild Chronicles" - DVD Part 1 - Presented by Kevin Appert
We may just chat instead of watching this, but it might make for a worthwhile use of our time in lieu of actual content.

16:00

Adjourn

Other items:

Craig R. Hughes
Gumstix
1005 Portola Rd.
Portola Valley, CA  94028
650/331-0528
650/618-1861 fax
650/851-4450 cell
craig-at-gumstix.com

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