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Summer coding FAD

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

On the Friday of SCALE 8x we had a Fedora Activity Day (FAD) focused on getting ready for Google Summer of Code 2010.  As usual, we had people drop by to see what was going on, since “activity day” is an unclear bit of clubspeak.  (By clubspeak, I mean the language we use as insiders [...]

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First keynote – crush or trash at #SCALE8x?

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

This past Saturday I gave my first keynote at the eighth Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 8x), and I was pretty pleased with the results.  Informal survey says I crushed it, but you can take a look yourself below.  (Part 1 and Part 2)
Overall, the keynote went great.  No real glitches and I survived the [...]

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Finishing SCALE 8x with a *whew*

Sunday, February 21, 2010

From the big drive down, the FAD on Friday, through my keynote on Saturday, and the flurry of the event following that, I’m finishing off SCALE 8x with Richard Fontana’s talk on improving FOSS licensing. (Addendum, I was when I wrote that, but now it’s the next morning, epic drive home complete.)
“I like the [...]

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Talk legalese with us – Red Hat booth Saturday at SCALE 8x

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

As of this week’s plan, Richard Fontana and I are going to be at the Red Hat booth from 2 to 4 pm on Saturday 20 February at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 8x.
Being careful not to give legal advice, I think we’ll be there to have freeform discussions around:

How and why we do [...]

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Cranking up to SCALE 8x

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

This is going to be one wickedly fantastic Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 8x.
Our Fedora presence is growing, both in depth of roots in the area and the scope of what we are trying to do.  A local Fedora Ambassador is organizing the Fedora Project expo presence.  There are a few stalwart Fedora community members [...]

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My turn to miss the NA FUDCon

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Perhaps I’ve missed one in the past, I don’t recall, but my t-shirt drawer says I’ve been to most of the FUDCons in North America since they started.  As it happens, I have to skip the one this coming weekend in Toronto.  I haven’t been to that fair city and I’d looked forward to meeting [...]

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STS-129 Ascent Video – WOW!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

This launch and ascent video is phenomenal.  The editing makes a lot of it, but it’s the sheer quality and multiple angles of footage in the first place that make it a real adrenalin rush.
Two words: “booster cam”.  ‘Nuff said.
STS-129 Ascent Video Highlights on Vimeo:

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How to choose – a community difference moment

Friday, October 30, 2009

I’ve a little story I want to share with you. I’m telling it because it’s about the larger discussion of who you are and why you are drawn to one Linux distro over another.  Or one music style over another.  And so on.  It’s also about the differences between Fedora and Ubuntu, both in terms [...]

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OpenSource World as predicted

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I was a bit melancholy last week when OpenSourceWorld was happening in San Francisco.  I have barely missed this event since I had my mind cracked open in 2001.  But I stood firmly by my boycott of the event.  If they were going to act ashamed of and stupid about the open source projects and [...]

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A swing, a miss, and a homerun – CLS day one

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A whole first day and whole event full of observations, rich moments, and lots and lots and lots of value.  What else can you expect when you get together 200+ self-identified community organizer types?  People are active, engaged, energetic, enthusiastic, approachable and approaching, and fully responsible.  During the event, and now following, I did my [...]

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