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ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange

Facebook: Friend, or Frenemy?

May 03, 2010 7:46pm GMT

Last week Ubuntu User, in partnership with The World Company, provided live streaming from the Free State Social in Lawrence, Kansas. This first-time event was a huge success – the tickets sold out, people participated remotely via live stream, and the speakers provided a nice mix of expertise. My favorite talk was Gowalla co-founder and CEO Scott Raymond's Location-Based Social Networks. (D... more »

Motivation and Open Source

Apr 19, 2010 7:37pm GMT

Check it out! Mackenzie 'maco' Morgan and Celeste Lyn Paul appear in this PBS News Hour clip: Examining the Motivations of the Modern Workforce. The clip is about 9 minutes long, but I recommend that you watch the entire piece, which starts with a discussion about money as a motivator and ends with a discussion about open source. more »

Formative geek experiences, self-confidence, and Cathy Malmrose roundup

Apr 15, 2010 3:47pm GMT

The Geek Feminism Blog is having an exceptionally fabulous week. They've posted a nice roundup of articles about Cathy Malmrose (CEO of ZaReason), and they offer excellent advice for improving your self confidence, an issue many women (and men) in IT struggle with. Today Mel Chua asks, "What have your formative geek experiences in the past year been?" Check out her post and let he... more »

Juliet Kemp Weighs in on Lightweights

Apr 14, 2010 7:57pm GMT

Juliet Kemp, admin extraordinaire, wrote a detailed review of the LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) on LinuxPlanet. Check out her reviews of other lightweight systems, the Xfce desktop and Window Maker desktop. Juliet also contributed to our June issue, which heads to the printer this week. Look for it on newsstands worldwide in May. more »

Ubuntu Women Announce World Play Day Competition

Apr 14, 2010 5:26pm GMT

Over on the Fridge is an announcement about the Ubuntu Women's World Play Day Competition. To participate you just need to submit a photo of a girl (up to age 12) playing with Ubuntu. The photos will be posted on the Ubuntu Women site to "... allow parents of girls to demonstrate that it really is ok to be intrigued by the shiny screens, blinking lights, tappity-tap of keyboards, and fain... more »

Coming soon: Dutch PHP Conference 2010

Apr 06, 2010 4:43pm GMT

This summer Lorna Mitchell is hosting the Dutch PHP Conference. She says that the percentage of women who attended last year's event was up, but it was still relatively low at only 3 percent. The list of 2010 speakers includes PHP Women co-founder Elizabeth Naramore, who will talk about Technical Debt and Technical Writing 101. Melanie Rhianna Lewis will present on Writing a PHP Extension i... more »

K-12 Computer Science – Barriers (and how to overcome them)

Mar 30, 2010 9:59pm GMT

Earlier today I was inspired by maddog's blog post about his efforts to get open source into high schools in his area, so when I received an afternoon email describing the summer offerings at my daughter's school, I responded with a reminder that I'm eager to help get technology thrown into the mix of Latin, Algebra, and art offerings. I have visions of a rainy summer afternoon spent taking... more »

 

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