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PyCon Australia 2012 – Call for Topics now open

In case you missed the news, PyCon Australia is being held on August 18th and 19th in Hobart, Tasmania. Like the first two PyCon Australia conferences, 2012 hopes to be full of presentations, tutorials and panel sessions from experts and … Continue reading

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PyCon Australia 2012 starts here

So one thing I forgot to mention on this blog is that I’ve taken over the reins of PyCon Australia for the 2012 and 2013 conferences. After spending two formative years in Sydney, under the direction of Tim Ansell, Richard … Continue reading

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Linux.conf.au 2012

Miniconf: organised Talk: accepted Attendance: confirmed Accommodation: booked Ferry crossing: reserved See you in January, Ballarat!

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San Francisco Streets

I really like this shot — looking up Pine Street in San Francisco, with a B&W conversion done by punching a bunch of buttons in *cough*iphoto*cough. I’ve been told it makes a good background screen for a certain 2:3-ratio mobile … Continue reading

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Time Flies! (Adventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, part 1)

… When you’re completely distracted by all manner of things! So, as promised, here are a bunch of pretty photos of the things that I’ve done whilst here:   Wandered around San Francisco, looking at the awesome architecture… Had fantastic … Continue reading

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LCA2011 Anti-Harassment Policy

Further to a post made by Rusty Russell earlier today, LCA2011 have just published a detailed anti-harassment policy on the conference website. Well done to the LCA2011 team for promptly and publicly preparing such a policy.

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Linux.conf.au 2011 Miniconf Timetables etc.

I’m pleased to announce that the two miniconfs that I am involved with at Linux.conf.au 2011, the Open Programming Miniconf and the FOSS in Research & Student Innovation Miniconf have published their draft schedules: Open Programming Miniconf FOSS in Research … Continue reading

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30 Days of Geek: 18 – Most cringe-worthy geek moment

Ooops, I’ve missed days 16 and 17. Meh. Nothing in particular, but I do have a couple of counts I could make: Various occasions in High School computing classes where I found myself correcting my teacher. Any time when someone … Continue reading

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30 Days of Geek: 13 – How did you become such a geek? Career? Personal interest?

I can’t remember not having the traits that I described on day 1, so I guess that means that it’s a combination of personal interest and lifelong obsession. Not much that can be said here

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30 Days of Geek: 07 – Preferred smartphone platform. And which do you use?

Android. Android. I like Android for a couple of reasons. The first is that it slots into the Google Apps ecosystem that I built much of my online life around prior to getting an Android phone — an excellent Gmail … Continue reading

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