Almost halfway through OSDC
After my post yesterday there were two of the most memorable talks of the conference so far. First there was a lightning talk by Adam Kennedy about asciio, a tool for drawing ASCII diagrams, then there...
View ArticleCompleting the second day of OSDC2008
The remainder of the second day of the conference was quite good, but only one presentation, about building up documentation for a project, sticks in my mind. After the lightning talks session (the...
View ArticleOSDC2008 is over … with sekrits revealed
It is now technically the day after the last day of the conference, but it ended up being a long day. Despite my plan I didn’t end up making it to the breakfast as I ended up sleeping in a bit By the...
View ArticleBeing touristy in Sydney
So what did on my final day in Sydney? After checking out of the hotel and putting my bag in a locker I headed down to and then up Sydney Tower. It was a very different perspective of the city that I...
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Photos from OSDC2008
I have just finished sorting through my photos from the conference and have uploaded the better ones to Flickr in a set for each day: OSDC2008 – Day 1 OSDC2008 – Day 2 OSDC2008 – Day 3 Almost all of...
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OSDC2009 wrap up
In the last week of November I headed up to Brisbane for the sixth Australian Open Source Developers’ Conference and over the three days of the conference I took a lot of photos. Yesterday I completed...
View ArticleOSDC2010
A week and a half ago the Open Source Developers’ Conference was held for the seventh time in Australia, the fourth time in Melbourne. I have been to all seven so far and there was no way I was going...
View ArticleI went to TAM Australia
For many years I have been a skeptic. That doesn’t mean I maintain a doubting attitude, it means that I don’t take things for granted, instead I will look for the evidence. For some time I have been...
View ArticleTAM2014 is over… it was great
For the past four days I have been immersed in The Amaz!ing Meeting 2014. The closest I got to the outdoors was looking out of the window in my hotel room as I was in an organised...
View ArticleAnother year, another OSDC
Last week I was up in Surfers Paradise for Open Source Developers’ Conference 2014. Numbers were lower than in some of the previous years, but the biggest change for me was that for the first time...
View ArticleThe buzz in Ballan
For a long time I have been a fan of conferences. You spend a couple of days with people of similar interests learning new things, catching up with people you met at previous conferences and meeting...
View ArticleMore buzzing in Ballan
Last weekend I returned to Ballan for the second BuzzConf. There have been a few write ups, including one in The Guardian and another where it is referred to as BuzzConf 2.0. I disagree with that, Ben...
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My first LCA
A few years ago there was an LCA held in Melbourne, that I regret not going to. What is LCA? It is the abbreviation for linux.conf.au, a large open source conference that is held every year at various...
View ArticleMy first OSCON
For the past few days I have been immersed in OSCON, of which my single word summary is: overwhelming. Saturday: On Saturday I flew from Las Vegas into Portland, got to my accommodation, had a quick...
View ArticleSkepticon in Sydney
I have just arrived home from a weekend up in Sydney for the 33rd Australian Skeptics National Convention, branded as Skepticon Australia. It was a great weekend, so what were my highlights? We heard...
View ArticleWeathering a Buzzconf
This past weekend was the third Buzzconf, and despite the Severe Weather Warning we were not washed away. Although my concession was to borrow a more substantial tent (that I could also stand up in!)...
View ArticleA one day tech conference
I have a thing for tech conferences, so of course last Saturday I was at the Melbourne Town Hall (it was a bit strange being there during the day and not for comedy festival shows) with six hundred...
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Knitting at LCA
For the past week I have been in Hobart for linux.conf.au, a conference about open source software that I find hard to explain to non-tech people because it has Linux in its name. Yes, there is a big...
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The Linux of Things
As is becoming a habit, January for me means attending linux.conf.au which this time around was held in Christchurch, New Zealand. The theme this year was “The Linux of Things” and rather than...
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