Mar 07, 2011 4:27pm GMT
Amber Graner is doing a series of interviews with PyCon 2011 organizers and volunteers. Today she posted an interview with Catherine Devlin over on her Ubuntu User blog -- PyCon Personality: Catherine Devlin.Let us know if you have suggestions for other FLOSS women we should interview! more »
Women who inspireMar 04, 2011 3:54pm GMT
Amber Graner, Leigh Honeywell, Ruth Suele Last weekend at SCaLE9x, I participated in the annual Weakest Geek competition, along with Pete Graner (Ubuntu kernel manager), Rob Spectre (Boxee developer), Don Marti (2010 Weakest Geek, defending his title), Kurt von Finck (Chief Community and Communications Officer at Monty Program), and Leigh Honeywell (SCaLE9x keynote speaker). Congratulatio... more »
Geeky Valentine's Day RoundupFeb 14, 2011 4:20pm GMT
I have nothing against Valentine's Day, but I also don't go crazy for the holiday, either. Tonight, my husband and I will go bowling, just like we do every Monday night. I even splurged and sent him a gift as unique and fun as our relationship (I'm sure he'll love his new Madagascar hissing cockroach at the Bronx Zoo, named "Jud"). So, in honor of Valentine's Day, I give you a... more »
Education: Open source as an alternative 'study abroad' experienceFeb 07, 2011 9:04pm GMT
Red Hat's Mel Chua searched under "why study abroad" and then tweaked the results to create this clever "why contribute to open source" article. Be sure to check out the Teaching Open Source site for more articles and resources on open source and education. more »
ROSE Blog Interviews: Barbara Irwin, Loads of Linux Links MaintainerFeb 07, 2011 5:10pm GMT
Recently I received an email from Barbara Irwin, a Linux user since 1997. After 30 years in the library business, Barbara retired about nine years ago. "After retiring, I was looking for a useful and interesting project in Linux and/or open source," she says. "As it happened, a neat project literally fell into my lap via my local LUG, which I had been participating in," she... more »
Interviews: Anne Østergaard and Carla SchroderJan 27, 2011 3:40pm GMT
The Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe site has an interesting interview with Anne Østergaard. According to the interview, Anne is a former Vice Chairman at GNOME, heavily involved in political lobbying, and fights for changes in software patents and copyright. "Until we have spread the fundamental freedoms of Free Software further there is little chance that we can make individ... more »
Linux Training: Learn at your leisureJan 18, 2011 7:26pm GMT
Jennifer Cloer sent me a link to a recent Linux.com story about Deborah Wazir, who says that her Linux skills helped her land a job. Deborah tells Jennifer, ""I bought some Linux-based magazines with Live CDs of various distros, bought a book on Ubuntu, borrowed an old laptop from my son, downloaded VMWare and Red Hat, and just started installing the OS. It was a lot of fun!"Debo... more »
