When I lived up in Maine I went to a Portland Sea Dogs game once while in High School. In 2006 I went to a Readings Phillies game. On Monday night I went to my first Major League game! The Phillies were in town to play the Giants. And we lost. No wait, San Francisco […]
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Upcoming busy weekend: Ubuntu Lucid release parties and a Geeknic!
April 27th, 2010 by pleia2
I managed to pack my schedule around the Release of Ubuntu Lucid, 10.04. The first event I’ll be attending is down at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company in San Francisco on Howard near 3rd. Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010 Time: 7:30-10:30 PM Sign-up: Here Come and join the Ubuntu California LoCo Team in celebrating the Ubuntu […]
Lessons from Open Source Business Conference and the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
April 27th, 2010 by pleia2
Conference guides for OSBC and Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Last month I attended the Open Source Business Conference. Lucky for me it was located at The Palace Hotel, right down the street from where I live! As I mentioned previously, I was able to gain entry by volunteering at the local groups table. I was […]
Union Square SF, dinners, BALUG
April 25th, 2010 by pleia2
I sort of feel like I’m still on vacation. Work has certainly been demanding as usual, but working from home in an exciting city is a very different than doing the same while living in the suburbs anywhere. No longer do I feel confined to my home during the work day – my lunch break […]
Berkeley Jam Wrap-up
March 28th, 2010 by pleia2
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ubuntu Developer Summit for Lucid Lynx – Dallas, Texas: Thursday and Friday
December 1st, 2009 by pleia2
Yes, I’m trying to set a record for latest UDS wrap-up post! Finally, here’s the follow-up to my last post. UDS Day 4 – Encouraging A Diverse Community – This was a really interesting session as it focused less on tackling the diversity issue directly and instead focused on getting folks involved in general. Amber […]
Ubuntu Developer Summit for Lucid Lynx – Dallas, Texas: Tuesday and Wednesday
November 25th, 2009 by pleia2
Last week I attended my first Ubuntu Developer Summit! It was a pleasure to be sponsored for this trip, so thanks again to Canonical for handling travel expenses, and to LinuxForce and my boss for allowing me to take the time off to attend. My flight came in Monday evening, grabbed a taxi and checked […]
Trip to New York for Ubuntu Release Event in Waterloo
November 12th, 2009 by pleia2
This past weekend I drove up to Waterloo, New York with my friend Crissi to attend the New York Team‘s Ubuntu Release Event. We left Pennsylvania around 10AM on Saturday and headed out to NY, stopped at Friendly’s in Scraton for lunch and arrived in Seneca Falls, NY around 4PM. The weather driving up was […]