linux.conf.au 2011: dinner activities
linux.conf.au has a charity auction over dinner. There are various failure modes:it’s a year of big corporate budgets, so bidding reaches about $5000, no one else can compete, and then it stopsit’s not...
View Article"Just leave if you don't like it"
A note on the arguments following Mark Pesce’s keynote. There’s one in particular that bugs me: “just leave if you don’t like it.”The thing is, it isn’t normal at linux.conf.au (unlike at a Bar Camp)...
View ArticleIdea for the taking: Freedom Fest
Note: this isn’t commentary on linux.conf.au 2011 in particular, I’ve been thinking about this vaguely for a couple of years and it’s time to release the ideas into the wild where someone might...
View Articlelinux.conf.au: program choices
I’m all but all booked in for linux.conf.au in Ballarat! (Need some accommodation in Melbourne for AdaCamp and to book the train to Ballarat.) So, time to share my early picks of the program:Saturday...
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2012: resume fodder
Because I had quite a difficult year in several respects, especially health-wise, some short notes on my 2012 accomplishments. by Flickr user 130GTRan AdaCamp. AdaCamp is really originally my baby and...
View ArticleFun at LCA 2013: my picks for Tuesday and Wednesday
I’m currently regarding LCA 2013 as my last LCA for a while. Never say never: LCA 2014 bids came in from Sydney (so, local to me) and Perth (where I’ve never been and would like to go). But I first...
View ArticleFun at LCA 2013: my picks for Thursday and Friday
ThursdayI rarely go to LCA’s tutorials, but really, after years of not having to worry too much about distributed version control systems due to having in-house technical support from my husband, a...
View ArticleTeach me py.test (Haecksen miniconf, Tuesday)
I didn’t manage to go speaking-free for LCA2013 after all, because I have volunteered to help out my roommate Brianna Laugher with the py.test presentation in the Haecksen miniconf.The plan is that we...
View ArticleWhy my phone is silent during LCA talks
I don’t especially like Tasker’s interface, but setitng one’s phone to silent is nice enough to bust it out, so I thought I’d explain how I do this during linux.conf.au.A bit of background: Tasker is...
View Articlelinux.conf.au 2011: lightning talk take homes
As usual some rather important things went on in the lightning talks. Rusty Russell got irritated at Geoff Huston’s “IPocalypse” keynote (which argued that the last minute no-options-left switch to...
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