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Tag Archives: lca
Announcing the LCA2013 Open Programming Miniconf!
TL;DR — submit a proposal at http://tinyurl.com/opm2013-cfp before the first round closes on Monday 29 October 2012. *** I’m pleased to announce that The Open Programming Miniconf — a fixture for application developers attending Linux.conf.au since 2010 — is returning … Continue reading
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Tagged lca, lca2013, linux.conf.au, oplm, opm, opm2013
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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
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!
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
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.
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
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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