IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS for NASA Space Apps Challenge 2021 - Ghazipur, UP, India

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

• Connect with your Local Lead: Each location Event Info page contains contact information for the “Local Leads” -- the Space Apps volunteers from your location who will be organizing virtual gatherings for your location and providing support to participants both prior to and during the hackathon. (The Universal Event also has a Local Lead.) Please feel free to contact Chapter Lead - Anwar Jamal at Toughjamy@yahoo.com

• Our Facebook Community: Follow Space Apps on https://www.facebook.com/spaceappsghazipur/

• You can also follow the blog World Wide Web Learner's Consortium for more details about NASA Space Apps Challenge, ideas and more hackathon helpful APIs and Data.

• Pick a Challenge: The challenges are now available! Browse the options and decide which one you want to solve! Recommended data for each challenge can be found by clicking the "Resources" tab. We encourage you to invite your friends along! Typical Space Apps teams have 2-6 participants (the limit is 6 members per team). Space Apps is all about collaboration and the most successful teams are often ones with a diverse set of skills and expertise -- coding, storytelling, creativity, data, science, engineering, technology, and more.

• Judging and Awards: Space Apps is all about collaboration and problem solving. However, we do offer awards to the most promising projects. More information about Judging and awards can be found in the Space Apps 2020 Judging and Awards Guide. For Ghazipur Space Apps Challenge the judges will include primarily but not limited to Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz, Industry professionals, IEEE Members, OWASP Leaders, faculty from AMU Aligarh, PhDs and practitioners of STEM in India.

Learn more! Do you want to know more about the challenges, chat rooms, project submission, and awards and other important information? Please consult the Participant FAQ and other guides on the Space Apps resources page and on your user dashboard.

Thank you! We’re looking forward to a fun-filled Space Apps weekend!

Registration, Sponsorships and Judging

Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh is inviting teams to register for the contest.

We also welcome sponsorships to join in the event!

Local prize winners shall be judged on the basis of idea, completeness, novelty, presentation and use of NASA available APIs and resources.

For any issues, please contact NASA Space Apps Lead - Mohd Anwar Jamal Faiz (+91-8888327658) Toughjamy@yahoo.com

SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ASIA/KOLKATA)

Sunday, September 26th

1. 7:00 pm

   Introduction to Space Apps Challenge 2021

What is NASA Space Apps Challenge

 

HELLO, SPACE APPS COMMUNITY!

Space Apps 2021 will be coming to you on October 2-3, 2021. We’re excited to embark with you on this journey!

This page contains information relevant to ALL participants - no matter which location you’re registered for. To see the particular details for your local virtual event, please select the “Event Info” tab above. That page is important because your location may be hosting special events, offering local awards, or providing additional opportunities that are not reflected on this page or in our other materials. So, make sure you’re up-to-date!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS

In the interest of our global community’s continued health and safety, this year’s hackathon will be an all-virtual event. Thus, all local events will be moved online. While we hope to have in-person events in the future, we hope that this virtual environment provides new opportunities to collaborate across time and space!

Check out Our Resources

• To celebrate our tenth annual event, our theme for Space Apps 2021 is the “The Power of Ten.” Click here to read more about the history of Space Apps and how we are celebrating this important milestone.
• As you begin your Space Apps journey, the best resource for you to read is the 2021 Participant FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
• Before the hackathon begins, detailed guides (on chat, team formation, project submission, and judging and awards) will be posted on the Space Apps resources page and on your user dashboard under "Materials.”

Register for a Location

• You will not be able to participate in the hackathon until you have registered for a location. Please click the "Register Now" button on this page to register for this location or to create a Space Apps account (if you do not already have one).
• If there is a location for your city or for a city near you, please register for that location. (Locations will be added through early September, so please check back for your location.)
• If you do not see a local event for your city, please join the Universal Event. It is for everyone who is not affiliated with a location. You will be able to meet other people joining the Universal Event and form teams! (If a location near you is added at a later date, you may change your location.)
• You can change your location at any time in your user dashboard, once you have created an account. Select "Change Location."
• Registration will be open through the end of the hackathon. However, we encourage you to create an account and register for a location far in advance to ensure that you get plugged into the local community and that you can take full advantage that will open before the hackathon begins, such as chat and team formation.

Contact your Local Lead

Each location page contains contact information for the “Local Leads” -- the Space Apps volunteers from your location who will be organizing virtual gatherings for your location and providing support to participants both prior to and during the hackathon. The Universal Event also has a Local Lead. Don’t hesitate to reach out to them if you have questions!

Save the Dates

The hackathon will begin Saturday, October 2 at 9:00 AM (local time) and end on Sunday, October 3 at 11:59 PM (local time). But there are other important milestones before then, such as the release of challenges and virtual bootcamp videos, as well as the opening of chat and team formation. See the Participant FAQ for all of the important dates.

Recruit Friends

We encourage you to invite your friends along! Typical Space Apps teams have 2-6 participants (the limit is 6 members per team). Space Apps is all about collaboration and the most successful teams are often ones with a diverse set of skills and expertise -- coding, storytelling, creativity, data, science, engineering, technology, and more.

Connect with the Community

Follow Space Apps on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube to receive the latest announcements.

Have additional questions?

If you are unable to find answers to your questions in our resources or from your Local Lead, please email us as info@spaceappschallenge.org. We will update this page as additional information and features are available.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FANTASTIC HACKATHON. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE SPACE APPS GLOBAL COMMUNITY!

FaceBook TimeLine : Make Attractive Cover Profile. - Tips to start/ activate your Timeline view, its advantages and how to make more attractive profile. *

“Facebook TimeLine. Tell your story with a new kind of profile” – as explained by Facebook itself, Timeline gives a great look to your Facebook profile page.

The Facebook timeline is a feature on the social media platform that displays a user's posts and activity in chronological order. It allows users to see a history of their activity on the site, including posts, photos, videos, and other content they have shared. Some people may feel the urge to change their Facebook timeline for a variety of reasons. Some may want to clean up their timeline by removing old posts or photos that are no longer relevant, while others may want to update their timeline to reflect a change in their life, such as a new job or relationship. Additionally, some users may want to update their timeline to make it more visually appealing or to match their current interests and hobbies. It is important to note that users can edit or delete their post or photos at any time, they can also choose the level of privacy they want to set on each post. Overall, the Facebook timeline is a personal space that users can customize to their liking and preferences. 

You can manifest a lot more, share easily, and control the layout more coolly, in the new facebook profile avatar. For better explaination you can visit
Facebook Timeline Details and Description (FAQ)

This new profile design that has rolled out this month is different from previous Facebook design updates. Tis time users will just love it: Timeline lets them be a designer.

The Timeline view of your profile basically divides your profile into three categories
1. Your Cover
2. Your Stories
3. Your Apps

For example you can see the following Pic of a Profile page in Timeline view: (click to enlarge the picture)

You can use an stunning pic, (or any interesting one for that matter), as the cover of your profile. This will be shown in wide view. And the profile pic that was initially used will also be visible in left corner.

Your stories are your day to day happening in a time line format.
And your Apps, are the collection of your Apps that you use and its activities.

Cover Photo must tell something. Your cover is the first impression of you a user will get when he or she goes to your page. But remember, Your profile photo should be of you; your cover photo can be anything.
Edit your photos Please!. The cover is a huge space, so a high-res photo will look best. You must crop to make it better.
Click and drag on the picture so that it looks good. Tis will automatically happen when you hover your mouse over the cover picture. You will be prompted to drag and drop your picture so that u can let best portion of the Photograph to be viewed.
Be creative in choosing Cover photo.Use Web sites that help you design your own cover and share it. Sites such as MyFBCovers and SiteCanvas


It is important to note that Facebook said it will automatically push the timeline live seven days after someone signs up for the new feature. However, if folks are content with what's shared after reviewing it, they can push it live themselves at any point within that period. This was already accessible to Facebook App developers via OpenGraph API, but now Facebook itself has launched timeline feature in Full Public Release making it available to million of users together.

I am attaching a snapshot of my own profile in timeline view: (click to enlarge the image)

Activating Timeline View

How to switch / convert to Cover page View / time line view in Facebook

You can activate this type of profile by visiting the page described above.
Or simply click here...
Get Facebook Timeline View Easily in a Click
And click on "Get It Now"

Now first of all, lets see what is Facebook TimeLine. Facebook describes it as following:

What is a new Timeline view in facebook?

Your timeline is your collection of the photos, stories, and experiences that tell your story. Here are some of the things you can do on your timeline:
Add a cover
Edit your basic info
Jump to the past
View your activity log
See highlights from each month
Star stories you want to highlight
Add life events
Update your status
View and add photos
Share your app activity
This can be seen from the following page Help From Facebook Website Timeline


For example I have attached my Facebook Profile page. See the time line view in red circle.
Users can click on those places to go directly to specified time in your story. The new timeline feature will aggregate all your old Facebook stuff at one window and you/viewers will be able to switch between times (ie. month and year easily).

This new feature from Facebook, the largest Social Networking Website, is just awesome. And the entire outlook is just fabulous.

And just keep in mind, since this is new design, u will need time to get used to it. But during this time do not be forced to post something that u do not want everyone to see. For that purpose one simple question will pop up in ur brains that "How do I hide a story on my timeline?"
The answer is straighforward, To hide a story so that it no longer appears on your timeline:
Hover over the story and click button that appears on right of your post. (this is similar as before. only nomenclature has changed. !). Then Click Hide from Timeline.

Cheers to Facebook!
Cheers to the world!!
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