Linux Collaboration Summit 2010 from Kenny Moy on Vimeo.
This was my second time attending a Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and, as with last year, FOSSBazaar work group meetings were my reason for attending. The first day was taken up with keynotes, a kernel team panel discussion and developments of interest to the Linux community. Mostly [...]
Well, it’s hard to believe that a year has already passed and Ada Lovelace Day has come round again. As with last year, rather than write about one person I’ve decided to dedicate my post to a group of women in technology that have served as an inspiration.
When I made the move from being an [...]
A few weeks ago I was very fortunate to be able to make it along to the Linux Foundation’s annual Collaboration Summit. Fortunate not only because it is invite only, but due also to the financial crisis making travel somewhat trickier and transatlantic travel extremely difficult. Plus a few weeks later and it would [...]
Two weeks ago it was once again time for the Society of Computers and Law’s Annual Lecture. I made it along to my first of these events two years ago. Well, to the SCL Scotland’s Annual Lecture to be precise, and this was given by none other than Free Software legal expert and key [...]
Today (24th March) is Ada Lovelace Day, and I, along with >1,500 other people, pledged to write a blog post about a woman in technology whom I admire. This turned out to be more difficult than I thought, not because of a lack of inspirational women in technology, but rather instead due to it [...]
Tuesday evening I attended a lecture at the RSA entitled The Public Domain: enclosing the commons of the mind, where Professor James Boyle talked about the subject of his recent book. I won’t go into too much detail here since you can download the entire book in PDF form via the last link, else [...]
Last Thursday I attended a seminar on EMI computers, organised by the Computer Conservation Society and held at the London Science Museum. This was the 3rd computer history related event I’d attended, with the first two being part of celebrations for the British Computer Society’s 50th anniversary. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of [...]
There can be many barriers to the adoption of FOSS in the Enterprise, but thankfully most can be be tackled with relative ease. In the early stages of adoption these can range from common misconceptions fueled by FUD-spreading vendors, to initial difficulty interpreting FOSS license conditions. Beyond which, commonly voiced concerns include:
How do I [...]
It was another first for me this July as I attended O’Reilly’s prestigious Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon. After attending FOSDEM earlier this year OSCON had a tough act to follow, as for me at least the former was just about as close as you could get to the perfect FOSS technology/community conference: [...]
Earlier this month I attended my first OpenTech at the University of London Union. It happened be on a Saturday and coincided with my birthday, two facts that combined were the cause of bewilderment and horror for friends and family who happened to ask what I’d be doing to celebrate turning 33 years old. [...]