Before I woke up yesterday Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” was released, and that could only mean one thing: That night we’d be having beers at Thirsty Bear! I met up with Grant Bowman prior to the event at a nearby coffee shop (the same one we use for San Francisco Ubuntu Hours) and around 6:30 […]
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April 28th San Francisco Natty Release Party
April 26th, 2011 by pleia2
We’ll be hosting a gathering at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company at 661 Howard Street in San Francisco on the evening of Thursday, April 28th to celebrate the release of Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal! Date: Thursday, April 28th Time: 7:30 – 9:30 PM Location: Thirsty Bear Brewing Company, 661 Howard Street, San Francisco 94105 (Map) RSVP/LoCo […]
SDForum Tech Women: Women and Open Source Panel
April 7th, 2011 by pleia2
About a month ago I was contacted by Sonja London, Chair of SDForum Tech Women, and asked if I was interested in being in a panel to introduce and discuss Open Source involvement with the Tech Women group. I was delighted at the opportunity! The panel came together and ended up featuring Cat Allman of […]
Berkeley Natty Global Jam
April 4th, 2011 by pleia2
On Sunday I met up with 4 other members of the Linux community in the area as Ubuntu California Team teamed up with BerkeleyLUG for an Ubuntu Global Jam. I arrived just before noon, Jack Deslippe had already arrived and ordered a pepperoni and jalepeno pizza! I unpacked the goodies I had brought for the […]
Ubuntu Global Jam in Berkeley on April 3rd
March 28th, 2011 by pleia2
On Sunday, April 3rd, several of us from the Ubuntu California Team have teamed up with BerkeleyLUG and will be heading over to Bobby G’s Pizzeria in Berkeley for an Ubuntu Global Jam! Location: Bobby G’s Pizzeria, 2072 University Ave, Berkeley, CA Date: Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Time: noon – 3PM RSVP: LoCo Directory or […]
SCaLE9x
March 9th, 2011 by pleia2
On the evening of Thursday February 24th, suitcases in hand, MJ and I headed down to the San Francisco airport for a quick flight down to Los Angeles for the Southern California Linux Expo. We arrived at LAX just after midnight and were checked into our hotel room by 1AM. I went right to sleep […]
Ubucon at SCaLE9x in Los Angeles
February 20th, 2011 by pleia2
Can an Ubucon be put together in 2 weeks? The intrepid Nathan Haines thought so and has succeeded in bringing together 6 speakers from across the Ubuntu community, plus himself for a Q&A session, to participate. Ubucon at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) will be taking place this Friday, February 25th. I’ll be doing […]
CLS West 2011
January 22nd, 2011 by pleia2
If someone had told me 5 years that I’d be attending a “Community Leadership Summit” I probably would have laughed. As far as community leaders go I was a pretty reluctant one, I’m shy and an introvert, certainly not the poster child for charisma. I make my living as a Linux Sysadmin, not strictly a […]
Ubuntu Hour, Ubuntu upgrades at CACS with Partimus
January 1st, 2011 by pleia2
On Thursday I wrapped up work and MJ and I headed down to Palo Alto for an Ubuntu Hour at Antonio’s Nut House. It ended up being a great venue for the meeting, we got a booth right near the door, it was relatively quiet, the food was good and we had plenty of space […]
Partimus on TV and fundraiser
December 16th, 2010 by pleia2
I was recently brought on the board of the non-profit Partimus, which provides repurposed computers running free software (currently Ubuntu and related apps) to students and schools which need them. The organization currently has six deployments across the Bay Area. Following a press release last month (Albert G. Stoll, Jr. | A Law Corp. partners […]