On Saturday, September 17th at 16:00 UTC (that’s 9AM my time) I’ll be kicking off Ubuntu Women Career Days by running an IRC-based session in Ubuntu Classroom about my job as a Linux Systems Administrator specializing in Debian and Ubuntu. Date and Time: Saturday, September 17 at 16:00 UTC Location: #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for […]
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Ubuntu California at Solano Stroll 2011
September 14th, 2011 by pleia2
It has become a an annual tradition, BerkeleyLUG teams up with Ubuntu California and the local non-profit Partimus to staff a booth at the Solano Stroll in Berkeley, California. From the Stroll website: Since 1974, The merchants, restaurants, and professionals, as well as the twin cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted the Solano […]
Ubuntu California at Picn*x 20 and Android cookies
August 28th, 2011 by pleia2
This past week I worked with Jack Deslippe to get everything together for the 20th Linux Anniversary Linux Picn*x in Sunnyvale, California. Saturday morning we were ready for the picnic! We arrived around 11AM and got the table set up: It was the inaugural use of the Approved Team Gifts from Canonical (Ubuntu banner and […]
News is hard, but we’re making it easier
August 14th, 2011 by pleia2
At the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Budapest in May there were several discussions about the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, the community-run newsletter for Ubuntu. As many people noticed, the newsletter went through a releaseless period from February through May due to changing obligations and life circumstances of the volunteers. By the time UDS came around […]
Partimus at KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy on Sunday
August 9th, 2011 by pleia2
On Sunday I met up with fellow Partimus board members Christian Einfeldt and Grant Bowman and volunteers from Ubuntu California, San Francisco Linux Users Group and Bay Area Linux Users Group for a day of installation, triage and cable running at the KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy. KIPP is among the highest performing middle schools […]
Ubuntu earrings – now in silver!
August 4th, 2011 by pleia2
Back in June I wrote: Buy Ubuntu earrings and help schools using Ubuntu! Since then there have been several requests for a silver color and Maile Urbancic of Boutique Academia responded to those requests! The silver color Ubuntu earrings are now a reality, they are rhodium plated (rhodium is silver colored, but doesn’t tarnish like […]
Fosscon video now available
August 2nd, 2011 by pleia2
For Fosscon on July 23rd Gene Riordan, my co-worker over at LinuxForce, brought along his camera and took a somewhat impromptu video of my keynote! In spite of the city noise and fans you can actually hear me and it turned out ok. You can’t see my slides, but they’re available here and you can […]
Fosscon 2011
July 26th, 2011 by pleia2
Before the sun came up on Friday the 22nd MJ and I were at the San Francisco airport waiting for the 6:15AM flight that would put us on the ground in Philadelphia shortly after 2:30PM that afternoon. Upon landing we stepped off the plane and were greeted by a wall of heat. As soon as […]
UCW: Working With Other Groups In Your Community
July 22nd, 2011 by pleia2
On Wednesday for Ubuntu Community Week, a week long series of sessions in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), I did a presentation titled “Working With Other Groups In Your Community” where I explored some of the projects that LoCo (Local Community) teams I’m involved with have worked on over the years. I was inspired to do […]
Custom stickers!
July 17th, 2011 by pleia2
I love stickers. My sticker books made out of construction paper from childhood have been lost to time and moves, but I still have my giant Lisa Frank sticker holder. It took me a long time to put a sticker on a laptop, but it finally happened with my beloved pink mini9 when my abuse […]