[Cialug] CIALUG Group project?-- flying e-book... DUCK!!!
Kyle H
khamil8686 at gmail.com
Thu May 10 20:55:01 UTC 2018
I already sent some emails for idea research to on with life (tbi rehab
place), a Dr, and a therapist who see many people with disabilities. I
figured i may need to get a concrete idea to aim for and then explicitly
get volunteers for the steps of the project.
I do need help running this, if you are interested? I can do it, it's
just helpful to have someone without short term memory loss & a brain
injury helping to lead it. Two heads are better than one, and it helps me
to see the whole picture, one of many ways I have to cope.
At DMACC from 2011-2014 I got a 4.0gpa, several IT certs, was the first
Honors student (New DMACC program stayed in 2012-13ish) to graduate from
that program and held leadership positions. I'm very proud of it, not
trying to brag if it sounds like i am. i am smart and capable but, as i
like to say, execution is flawed. In my leadership positions I've always
had someone there to bounce stuff off of and help. Since you have recent
experience with it, you would be perfect for it if you are up for another
gold star on your resume! That goes for anyone who wants to help with the
project. HR loves seeing that you have hobbies and are a positive influence
in the world! You could be leader or co leader, whichever you would like.
For me, the main thing is that all i want is to give back to society. I
just feel i owe it to the world to make the most of my second chance. I'll
repeat my story because it's relevant and i have no idea who already knows
me, and i have no idea whom i have told on this list.
Sep 5, 2007, i took a *sleeping pill that had a side effect of blacking
out* *rarely that i wasn't aware it had*... oops... I took it one night,
then woke up two months later! Best nap ever! I learned that my girlfriend
of the time and i got into an argument that night. So, I *unknowingly*
decided to take a casual drive to cool off.
They didn't have much hope for me waking up, it was assumed i was going
to die, or live life as a vegetable. The police even held my family at
home until they knew for sure my condition. They didn't know to send them
to the hospital, or the morgue. The hospital it was!!
I stabilized, but slept 24/7 while my brain rebooted, had my bios
reflashed, and my os was cleaned up/repaired/reprogrammed by whichever
deitie(s) that you may believe in. I slowly slept less and less, went to
therapy, etc.
I finally left the hospital after a fateful meeting a therapy dog. This
is why i have a therapy dog today and I regularly take him to places for
visits. (if you have a place that would like a therapy dog to visit, email
me and maybe wee can work it out! Anyways, the big beautiful golden
retriever dog came in, jumped on my bed and bonded with me. This was a
miracle moment. The nurses were amazed, all the swelling on my brain and
any other abnormalities subsided immediately as further tests showed.
because of this therapy dog, I was able to go home soon after meeting
her!! (I wish i could find her again, that beautiful blonde golden
retriever that used to make rounds at Mercy and Mercy Capital in 2007. I'd
love to thank her and tell her owner that their dog is a reason I'm alive
and did so well l in my recovery.
I went home to a teenage dream, videogames and nerding out 24/7...
Actually gets kind of boring, but the nerding out stuck with me!
Surprisingly, my brain injury has improved my life in many ways, while
completely inhibiting others. I'm not a trouble maker anymore as I was and
many in their teens/twenties can be. I don't take so many things for
granted, and i learned to really value what i have. I could have had
nothing.Right after i graduated DMACC and entered the work force my health
started declining... but here i am today! :)
This isn't the only effort I've made to give back of course. It's a life
habit/value/moral that i live by. This is a much larger way to exercise
it. I've done public motivational speaking, fundraisers where one of
which rose $300000 For DMACC honors scholarships! I still don't feel like
I've paid the world back enough for 2007. :)
Apologies for the tangent. You all should know I'm looking winded! Lol. If
you have questions about the project, or my story too, feel free to reach
out. My number is 515-864-6336 text/call and email of course. Looking
forward to finding a good idea to build this project up. Will keep group
updated.
Thank you,
Kyle
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:28 PM Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
> I just ran a project like this and it went extremely well. However, the
> trick is to have an in-person kickoff and to pre-create an outline so
> people can volunteer to fill in their specific areas of interest.
>
> I ran the project for 1.5 weeks out of my house, leading the people through
> a research sprint, a writing sprint, and an editing sprint. We all
> negotiated the length of each sprint, but managed to get through about two
> cycles per day.
>
> We ended the project with just over 80 pages. I have to add about 20 more
> pages on my own and we'll be done.
>
> So the model can work. You just really need a strong workflow manager and
> good initial structure first.
>
> -Josh More
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The lug does have funds if needed. We've never really had a method to
> > define distribution of those funds though, but we can overcome that
> >
> >
> > -barry
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/10/18, 14:19, "Cialug on behalf of Kyle H" <
> > cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > No volunteers quite yet unfortunately. Does anyone on the list want
> to
> > help
> > get this going with researching ideas? I'm going to check in with a
> few
> > people i know. Does anyone have any ideas, or want to do some digging
> > on
> > the interwebs?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:11 PM Danielle Brommer <
> > dbrommer at leantechniques.co>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Just wanted to say- very cool! Hope you find some people to help
> > out!
> > >
> > > Danielle Brommer
> > > 515-208-5490
> > >
> > > > On May 9, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This was said by me in slack recently. I wanted to get a feel for
> > > interest from people, see if anyone would like to volunteer skills.
> > I'm
> > > happy to help organize, but would appreciate a co organizer. I know
> > one Dr
> > > who works a lot with brain injuries had a lot of ideas when i asked
> > him
> > > about something like this before. We could build small devices to
> > run code
> > > and pcs with raspberry pis, etc that could help people in some way,
> > shape,
> > > or form.
> > > > I'm sure many others suffer from this too, but it's an extremely
> > helpful
> > > project That would be personally life changing for me. I have a
> brain
> > > injury with short term memory loss. I like ios because i don't like
> > to mess
> > > with my phone much, if at all, because it takes me awhile to adapt.
> > Ever
> > > since i left android phones and had my task list on my home screen
> > there i
> > > have had a horrible time keeping up with my list of tasks. I grow
> > used to
> > > the reminder sound even if i regularly change it. so i never hear
> > > notifications in my pocket from reminders i set. I usually get
> > alarms but
> > > those are more forceful and time consuming, when you are out and
> > about.
> > > Since i can't rely on the sound, i use alarms for some but it's
> > annoying to
> > > change with how it's set up. I would LOVE to be able to place my
> > reminders
> > > screen on my home screen. Right now it probably requires a jail
> > break, but
> > > this is an example so we can branch off more ideas.
> > > > Here's the original message. It's a grand project but it would be
> > > amazing if we could use code and tech, which we play with on a
> daily
> > basis,
> > > for something to give locally, or beynd. Rather than just lining
> the
> > > pockets of corporations with your work and never seeing the end
> > results,
> > > you would see direct results on the people.
> > > >
> > > > Proposition 42:
> > > > Could we as a nerdy group come up with a devops solution that
> could
> > > positively benefit someone,a group, or society?
> > > > Doesn't matter how small or large the benefit, or project, is. It
> > would
> > > require some thought and research, something that comes easy for
> > this group
> > > of smart nerds. We could use meeting time for work on it, or we
> > could have
> > > people demonstrate skills to the public that they worked with
> > recently on
> > > the project. This could keep the group material updated and fresh.
> > Ex: How
> > > a specific api works, wtf is git?? svn? Perl? Php? Lxde? Does gnome
> > really
> > > suck? How do i use kali Linux? The meaning of life?? (the answer to
> > that
> > > last one is a combo of #42, and Linux) :)
> > > > We wouldn't do it for recognition or money. This could keep the
> > group
> > > fresh with material, encourage new members to join, be fun as hell,
> > and
> > > positively effect society. I know it's a grand scheme, but i think
> > it could
> > > really work.
> > > >
> > > > -How about we vote 1 - yay or 0 - nay?
> > > > if enough are interested...
> > > > -Volunteers? Please let me know what skills you can help with
> > > > -Think we would need funding at all? Should we even ask for
> > sponsors so
> > > we could possibly have some funding to work with? We don't want to
> > turn it
> > > into being about money though.
> > > > -I'd need a volunteer or two to help organize everything as well.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if anyone has any questions, or better ideas?
> > > > Kyle
> > > >
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