Category Archives: FSOSS

kibosh

Just heard back from the OSCON 2008 organizers, and my proposal, a talk discussing the model of education we do with Mozilla, was not accepted. I know how this goes, given that we are forced to reject some great talks every year at FSOSS due to space in the program. At the same [...]
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By the people, for the people

I’ve been asked enough times today that I thought I better comment: the videos from FSOSS (keyed to agenda) are all being released under a CC license.  Yes, you can mirror them, put them on your favourite video site, whatever.  When we get a minute we’ll do a proper page for them, rss feeds, etc.  [...]
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FSOSS day 2 misc

I’m in between things on day 2 of FSOSS, and carrying around an assortment of this and that I thought I’d share. First, there’s a great write-up on IT World Canada about Facebook’s Thrift talk yesterday by Mark and David. Second, the videos continue to go on-line.  Dean Jansen from PCF/Miro put the day 1 videos onto [...]
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Video killed the fsoss star

FSOSS is rocking and I just got mail from our AV gurus to say that some talks from the morning are already available for download.  Looks like they did .ogg files.  Please don’t email me and ask why they aren’t in .myfavouriteencodingnowrightnow.  This is raw video that we’ll do more with later.  I’d recommend using [...]
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T-Minus

It’s early, way early, and I’m totally pumped for today to start.  FSOSS is going to be amazing, and I can’t wait to get it all rolling in a few hours. As is always the case, there are the last minute changes and snags.  In this case, we’ve lost one talk (Nokia) and gained another.  Welcome [...]
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Where the fun never ends

We’re within throwing distance of the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) now, and if you haven’t registered yet, well, click here, here, or here (all roads lead to Rome), and do it! Registration is $40 on-line, or $60 at the door. And, in case you needed another reason to click here, [...]
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‘eph-sauce’

“Awesome, but how are you going to top this one!?” is what we heard at the end of Seneca’s FSOSS 2006. I’m pleased to announce that after a year of insane work, we’ve managed to do just that, and then some. Registration is now open, and waiting for you to claim your spot. This [...]
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Open Source Education goes Platinum

I wrote previously about my upcoming talk on open source education.  I’m happy to say that it went well, but for reasons I didn’t anticipate. The most exciting outcome for me was that after my talk, one of the people in the crowd introduced herself in order to take the discussion further.  This professor teaches business [...]
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FSOSS ‘07 — Call for Proposals

I’m one of the chairs of the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS), and wanted to get the word out that we’ve opened the flood gates for talk and workshop proposals for fall 2007. Last year’s line-up was fantastic, and if you missed it, you can grab the talks here. This year we’re going [...]
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FSOSS, you almost killed me.

It’s Tuesday and I’ve almost recovered from the sleep deprivation caused by agreeing to be co-chair for FSOSS this year. What an amazing two days. The thought of trying to recount all the good moments exhausts me even more; luckily I don’t have to, as all of the talks are now on-line. [...]
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