Tuesday morning we were up bright and early for breakfast and the beginning of day 2 of UDS! As usual, the day for me started out over at the Community Roundtable. – Community Roundtable – In addition to being a general overview of the upcoming day, this roundtable really focused on the perception the community […]
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Travel and UDS Maverick Day 1
May 10th, 2010 by pleia2
Saturday morning I woke up early to get to the airport on time and caught my flight out of San Francisco. The flight was slightly tense since I had to gate check my carry on (argh!) and further ash cloud problems were cancelling several flights out of the US that morning. I landed in Chicago […]
Nexus One, Ubuntu and leaving for Belgium
May 7th, 2010 by pleia2
Sunday was a pretty low-key day, which I really needed after all the release parties and events. MJ and I headed over to Kate O’Briens for lunch, turns out they have this *great* Corned Beef Quesadilla (yes, really). I then moved the SIM from my G1 to my new Nexus One. I had been reluctant […]
Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition
May 6th, 2010 by pleia2
Last month Melissa Draper announced the Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition. “A pivotal issue within computing cultures of today is the overemphasis on boys and men as the primary consumers of technology. Children learn by example and since the majority of media images consist of boys playing computer type games and girls playing with […]
Bay Area Lucid Release Parties and Bay Area Geeknic #1
May 2nd, 2010 by pleia2
What an exciting few days! Thursday night over 60 (maybe more, the RSVP list was longer and it was difficult to count!) Ubuntu fans poured into Thirsty Bear for a Lucid release party! This turnout was unexpectedly large (maybe reserve the room upstairs next time?) and wonderfully exciting! I was able to meet a whole […]
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Lucid Lynx, Released!
April 29th, 2010 by pleia2
After much anticipation, the latest Long Term Service (LTS) release of Ubuntu was announced this afternoon: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released As with each new release, this once again is seeking to be the biggest yet – and if IRC is any indicator that certainly will be the case: the #ubuntu channel on freenode soared to […]
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 […]
Ubuntu Women featured in Ubuntu User Magazine!
April 5th, 2010 by pleia2
During the past year I have watched the Ubuntu Women Project go from a small corner of the Ubuntu project to a respected, active and successful project. This is in no small part due to the efforts of Melissa Draper, Laura Czajkowski, Penelope Stowe, Mackenzie Morgan and the current project leader, Amber Graner. One of […]
Digital Chronicles interview on KPFA 94.1 FM
April 5th, 2010 by pleia2
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Antonio Ortiz in Yerba Buena Gardens on a beautiful sunny morning so that I could be interviewed for a piece on Digital Chronicles on their weekly Radio Chronicles program on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley. The Digital Chronicles program is dedicated to collecting “personal stories […]