Aug 16, 2010 5:01pm GMT
When I grow up, I want to take notes as well as Máirín Duffy does. Check out her great writeup of the talks she attended at last week's LinuxCon event in Boston: http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/mini-education-summit-linuxcon-boston-2010/ more »
Submit a Proposal for the MeeGo ConferenceAug 11, 2010 8:21pm GMT
I just stopped by the Intel booth at LinuxCon and got my first hands-on look at the MeeGo platform. While I was there, I also spoke with Intel's Amy Leeland and MeeGo Community Manager Dawn Foster. Amy told me that the call for proposals is open until August 23rd. According to the conference site, event organizers are looking for topics in the area of hardware support; platform devel... more »
Open Source meets Holga CameraAug 06, 2010 3:32pm GMT
Lisa Hoover wrote a cool piece over on OStatic about an open source project that's working toward bringing back the Holga camera. She writes, "Industrial designer and photographer Saikat Biswas plans to improve on the original Holga by upgrading it to a digital device while still retaining its original charm. His open source project, Holga D, aims to crowdsource the development of a secon... more »
OSCON 2010 & Women in TechJul 28, 2010 3:16pm GMT
This year's Community Leadership Summit seemed to have a lower turn-out and energy level, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a great event. I'm sure other attendees will tell you that they got a lot out of the unconference sessions at CLS, and last year I said the same thing. This year, however, I focused more on the hallway track because CLS is a nice calm before the storm of OSCON. I got to see... more »
FOSS Mentoring: A tribute to female mentorsJul 13, 2010 5:07pm GMT
Last week I read an article that suggested women are less likely to mentor other women in business. The article made me think about mentoring in Linux and open source. I emailed a few of my friends in open source, both male and female, and asked them: Which mentors/mentorships/programs/events in FLOSS have inspired you? Which ones do you think are great success stories (help inspire/encourage... more »
Mel's reminder: What FOSS communities can look like from the outsideJul 13, 2010 3:24pm GMT
Red Hat's Mel Chua posted a blog entry called What FOSS communities can look like from the outside. Her post is a nice reminder that communication methods that we take for granted, such as IRC, can be barriers to entry into the FOSS community for new people. more »
Girls in Tech interview with Alison RandalJul 12, 2010 4:32pm GMT
Girls in Tech' Ivo Lukas interviewed OSCON program chair Alison Randal about what to expect at next week's event. Alison says, "The theme is 'make it happen' – open source is in the position of broad acceptance now, we need to educate and expose as many individuals as possible - it’s on the cross road!" (Thanks to Geek Feminism Blog for the interview link!) more »
