We just wrapped up our first Ubuntu User Day! Now, whose idea was it to have our first Ubuntu User Day last 15 hours? What a day! A 1 hour introduction, plus 13 instructors teaching 14 classes in #ubuntu-classroom! Thanks to our awesome crew for making this long day fun one, and for doing such […]
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Ubuntu User Day on January 23rd
January 15th, 2010 by pleia2
Yesterday Chris Johnston announced the upcoming Ubuntu User Day. From the announcement (emphasis is mine): The Ubuntu User Days Team would like to announce the first Ubuntu User Day, on January 23, 2010. This will be a very informative one day session geared towards beginner and intermediate Ubuntu users, as well as people who are […]
New Leader for the Ubuntu Women Project
January 15th, 2010 by pleia2
This morning I had the pleasure of announcing the appointment of the new leader of the Ubuntu Women project as selected by the Community Council. Congratulations to Amber Graner for being selected for this role! The leadership nominations process for this first formal project leader was outlined here. We were fortunate to have three fantastic […]
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 […]
“Issues of Women in Open Source” for Ubuntu Open Week, and “Why?”
November 12th, 2009 by pleia2
Last week I did a presentation for Ubuntu Open Week on the Ubuntu Women Project covering some of the “Issues” that are involved in why many women feel discouraged within the community. Full logs of the session can be found here. Mackenzie Morgan followed up my session with one describing what the Ubuntu Women project […]
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 […]