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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Ubuntu Manual Project: Final Review Time!
March 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Over the past couple years I’ve found myself involved in a lot of documentation, training, beginners and learning projects within the Ubuntu project. Aside from this being an infinitely rewarding sector of the project, I’ve learned the value of collaboration between teams and how far creative collaboration can take them all. So speaking as a […]
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 […]
International Women’s Day stories about Ubuntu and the computing longevity meme
February 1st, 2010 by pleia2
The latest initiative by the Ubuntu Women Project, is a contest to collect “How I discovered Ubuntu” stories written by women. The winner will be announced on March 8th, International Women’s Day. One of the goals of this initiative is to try and answer the “How can I get $woman to use Ubuntu?” question that […]
Ubuntu Community Learning Project Update
January 29th, 2010 by pleia2
On Monday the 11th The Ubuntu Community Learning Project (UCLP) held a meeting to review our progress through and since the holidays. The UCLP is attempting to make professional education course materials, because we believe that education is one of the biggest barriers to getting new users and increasing existing users abilities. We are working […]