I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t know a lot about accessibility, but this past Ubuntu cycle I’ve been fascinated to watch the continued evolution of the Ubuntu Accessibility Team and their efforts to make Unity and all of Ubuntu more accessible to more users. It was while reading their Ubuntu Accessibility Blog […]
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Much fun at the San Francisco Natty Release Party!
April 29th, 2011 by pleia2
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 […]
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 […]
CiviCRM, Partimus ISA work, Ubuntu Hour, videos from talks
April 23rd, 2011 by pleia2
I live about 250 feet from the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco, so when Beth Lynn Eicher told the Partimus crew about a How the Wikimedia Foundation uses CiviCRM presentation hosted at the Wikimedia Foundation on April 7th I had to attend. I didn’t know a whole lot about CiviCRM but as Partimus grows […]
Another wiki.ubuntu.com Upgrade Update
April 7th, 2011 by pleia2
Back on March 9th I posted a wiki.ubuntu.com Upgrade Update which outlined a tentative timeline for the upgrade of wiki.ubuntu.com. Today the Community Council received another update from Charlie Schluting of Canonical: We have openid (with teams) working in the latest moin. A test upgrade (of another wiki) that we started working on this week […]
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 […]
Touchy UIs and Xfce4
March 21st, 2011 by pleia2
It was interesting to see the Unity talks by Ted Gould at SCaLE9x last month, but I have to admit I’ve never really put much practical thought into UI design for touchscreen devices. I am not even a huge fan of the mouse, a touchscreen beyond that of my phone is that much worse! However, […]
CR-48, Ubuntu+Debian night, fluffy Android, Zoo, SDForum panel
March 13th, 2011 by pleia2
I was asked the other day if I’m still using the Cr-48 that I’ve now had for over a month. I sure am, it’s been interesting seeing where it’s landing in my mobile computing environment. Since it’s just a web browser + basic shell for ssh I’ve been primarily using it for writing blog entries […]