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Category Archives: computers
LCA2012: “Android is Not vi – User Experience for Geeks”
Paris Buttfield-Addison and I co-presented a talk at Linux.conf.au in Ballarat recently. The topic was on designing mobile apps that don’t suck on Android. The talk was pretty well received, the audience attentive and engaged (as evidenced by the fact … Continue reading
Linux.conf.au 2012
Miniconf: organised Talk: accepted Attendance: confirmed Accommodation: booked Ferry crossing: reserved See you in January, Ballarat!
Google Reader obit.
Google Reader’s just announced that they’re turning off reader sharing progressively from today. I wrote the following in my share stream a few moments ago, and realised that this was massively counterproductive — it will probably disappear in a few … Continue reading
RIP Dennis Ritchie
Although I did not know the man, the contributions of Dennis Ritchie have have a profound effect upon my life and the community with which I associate. I interact with systems inspired by the first versions of UNIX, and write … Continue reading
Linux.conf.au 2012 Open Programming Miniconf — Call for proposals now open
TL;DR — submit a proposal at http://tinyurl.com/opm2012-proposal before the first round closes on Friday 7 October. I’m pleased to announce that The Open Programming Miniconf, a fixture for application developers attending Linux.conf.au since 2010 is returning as part of Linux.conf.au … Continue reading
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Tagged cfp, conference, lca, lca2012, oplm, opm, opm2012
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LCA2011 Starts Here!
Oh hey, I appear to be in Brisbane! Linux.conf.au 2011 starts tomorrow, which means that today is the fun day of hanging around at the conference accommodation and watching the comings and goings of LCA people, and registering for the … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 15 – A geek experience that changed your life.
So the original topic for this was “Earliest geek experience”. I really couldn’t identify with that one, so I’m going to do something completely different. I’m sorry if this one’s a bit heavy, but it needs to be written. I’d … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 14 – Favourite Computer Conference
Oh. You probably won’t be surprised to hear this one, but the answer is Linux.conf.au the Australasian Free and Open Source Software Conference. I’ve been attending since Melbourne 2008, and have since “been” to Hobart in 2009 and travelled to … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 days of geek, lca, lca2008, lca2009, lca2010, lca2011
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30 Days of Geek: Days 10 & 11
So yesterday I was in the air, and unable to do day 10′s post. Luckily they make enough sense combined to combine into a single post. Picture, screenshot and specifications of your primary computer. Apologies for the blurry photo. I’ve … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 09 – What OS/distribution do you run?
I’m a user of UNIX-like operating systems of different persuasions. On my laptop I run Max OS X 10.6. I’m not hugely attached to the Mac platform, for example the vast majority of applications I run are Open Source, or … Continue reading
