Jan 13, 2011 6:11pm GMT
The 2011 SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) will be held February 7-9 in San Francisco, California. We have 2 Three-Day Full Event Passports to give away (valued at US$ 1,595 each). The passes include all workshops, sessions, meals, receptions and materials (airfare and/or lodging not included; non-transferable; no cash value; yadda yadda).If you would like to use one of these free pa... more »
ROSE Blog Interviews: Alison Chaiken, MeeGo Technical Consultant at NokiaJan 07, 2011 4:37pm GMT
I met Alison Chaiken at LinuxCon 2010 in Boston, not long after she joined Nokia as a MeeGo Technical Consultant. If you want to learn How to induce your Fedora user process to drop core for debugging purposes, how to run PCBSD and MeeGo under qemu-kvm and qemu-gl, or learn about ubiquitous, pervasive computing; flexible displays and printed electronics; biomechanics and DNA mel... more »
AndroidGals Seeks ContributorsJan 07, 2011 3:51pm GMT
In the latest issue of Linux Pro Magazine, I wrote about mobile app development startups and the new job opportunities around mobile technology. I also mentioned that we're accepting article proposals for our new magazine, Smart Developer. The AndroidGals website is also looking for contributors: WANTED: Females who have an opinion on Android! I certainly don't have time to contribute because I... more »
Debian Women IRC TrainingDec 15, 2010 8:05pm GMT
In November, the Debian Women project started a series of online training sessions, which are held in IRC. The December 9, 2010 session covered how to use the bug tracking system and now the tutorial is available online. The next session will be held tomorrow (December 16th) and will cover Debian package information: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/TrainingSessions more »
How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?Dec 10, 2010 4:38pm GMT
Normally I wouldn't write about children's books on this blog, but today I'm making an exception. My 14-year-old daughter and I listen to NPR each morning as I take her to school. This morning we listened to the Fresh Delivery: Indie Booksellers Pick 2010 Favorites piece. Several books on the list sounded intriguing, but one title stood out: My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big... more »
Anti-harassment Policy for Open Source ConferencesDec 02, 2010 5:24pm GMT
Valerie Aurora wrote an excellent article for lwn.net, The Dark Side of Open Source Conferences. Currently, the article is only available to lwn.net subscribers, but you can write to Valerie to get the link, or wait until the post is publicly available in a few days. In her article, Valerie talks about the bad experiences several women have had at open source events over the years, and she disc... more »
A Professor's Perspective on Open Source in AcademiaDec 02, 2010 4:50pm GMT
In the past, I've written about Mel Chua and Red Hat's POSSE (Professor's Open Source Summer Experience). Now Heidi Ellis, Associate Professor and Chair of the Computer Science and Information Technology department at Western New England College, shares her thoughts on the differences between the open source and academic communities. Ellis says, "The open source way is very opportunistic a... more »
