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Monthly Archives: April 2012
PyCon Australia early bird registrations now open!
For fear of spamming EVERYWHERE with the news, I include just the tl;dr: tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices, including details of our accommodation programme. The full media release on the opening … Continue reading
Talk — Android: The year of Linux on the palmtop?
Here’s my talk from the Hobart TasLUG meeting yesterday (18 April 2012) on the features of Android from the point of view of a Linux user — both from a technical perspective, and issues arising from Android’s unique status as … Continue reading
OMFG! OSCON!
Since I enjoyed presenting on Android development at last year’s OSCON in Portland, it seems as though I shall be returning to do it again this year! I’m presenting Android-Fu: Awesome apps for Ice Cream Sandwich and beyond at OSCON … Continue reading
More pontification on alcohol at conferences
This post started off as a reply to a comment (by “Alan”) on my previous post on this topic, but it got a bit long-winded, and raised a few clarifications of my own viewpoints on this matter. So it’s turned … Continue reading
Do Australian tech conferences suffer from “A Culture of Exclusion”? How do we avoid it?
I spotted this interesting article by Ryan Funduk, on the culture of exclusion generated by piss-up parties at tech conferences — primarily at conferences in America, but the issue is certainly prevalent in other places. I attended OSCON last year, … Continue reading
Talk: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Java!
Hark! My TUCS Tech Talk for this semester is an attempt to show the connections between Java as a programming and software technology, and the technology that followed it. You can view it at the TUCS Blip.tv page or in … Continue reading
