The Ubuntu Global Jam at BerkeleyLUG was a lot of fun! MJ and I arrived around noon and ordered some pizza (I think I found my good pizza in California, why does it have to be all the way over in Berkeley?). First on the agenda at the event was working on a tri-fold brochure, […]
Archive for March, 2010
LUG, LUG, LUG, LUG! Conference! LUG!
March 25th, 2010 by pleia2
The first couple weeks I was living out here I took the time to get settled in and get a feel for the new place. Then it was off to checking out the local open source tech scene! I knew coming out here that there were a lot of tech groups in this area, especially […]
Ada Lovelace Day: Ms. Nilsen
March 24th, 2010 by pleia2
Today I work with dozens of amazing women in open source communities, but for Ada Lovelace Day this year I decided to reach back to the beginning of my experience with computers to talk about a woman I knew back in high school. In my high school there was a “Mac Lab” and a “PC […]
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On my first trip to BevMo! I broke it
March 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
OK, so I didn’t break it, it was a software bug, but “Software bug at BevMo!” is not as funny a title (or is it?). After living in Pennsylvania, land of the notorious PLCB, for eight years, being able to walk in to a BevMo! (a sizeable wine, spirits and beer store chain on the […]
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Ubuntu Manual Project: Final Review Time!
March 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Over the past couple years I’ve found myself involved in a lot of documentation, training, beginners and learning projects within the Ubuntu project. Aside from this being an infinitely rewarding sector of the project, I’ve learned the value of collaboration between teams and how far creative collaboration can take them all. So speaking as a […]
Pink, jeweled, cat5e? I’ll take 2!
March 21st, 2010 by pleia2
MJ and I headed down to Fry’s last weekend. I didn’t actually need anything, it was more of a sight seeing tour – having lived on the east coast all these years I had to check out this great electronics store my west coast friends had talked so much about. While wandering through the aisles […]
Sea lions? Check! Ferry Building? Check! Coit Tower? Check!
March 21st, 2010 by pleia2
I love doing touristy things, and San Francisco has no shortage! A couple weeks ago MJ and I headed down to Pier 39 to explore the tourist scene and satisfy my craving for battered and fried fish. …oh! And to see the sea lions! Actually, the entire trip down was to see the sea lions. […]
BerkeleyLUG Ubuntu Global Jam!
March 20th, 2010 by pleia2
Two days after I left Pennsylvania the Ubuntu Pennsylvania Team helped Bryan Behrenshausen of Millersville University host a successful Open Options: Remix Computing with Open Source Software event at the University, details and photos are over on the team blog: Millersville University Open Options Event – Success! It was a delight working with Bryan during […]
Starting to settle in
March 6th, 2010 by pleia2
The cats settled in faster than I am. This move to San Francisco brought a lot of change with it. I’m living in a city for the first time, I’m living with someone again, and although I didn’t change jobs, east coast company from the west coast has brought all kinds of challenges to my […]