Linux.conf.au 2011 Miniconf Timetables etc.
I’m pleased to announce that the two miniconfs that I am involved with at Linux.conf.au 2011, the Open Programming Miniconf and the FOSS in Research & Student Innovation Miniconf have published...
View ArticleLCA2011 Anti-Harassment Policy
Further to a post made by Rusty Russell earlier today, LCA2011 have just published a detailed anti-harassment policy on the conference website. Well done to the LCA2011 team for promptly and publicly...
View ArticleLCA2011 Starts Here!
Oh hey, I appear to be in Brisbane! Linux.conf.au 2011 starts tomorrow, which means that today is the fun day of hanging around at the conference accommodation and watching the comings and goings of...
View ArticleLinux.conf.au 2012 Open Programming Miniconf — Call for proposals now open
TL;DR — submit a proposal at http://tinyurl.com/opm2012-proposal before the first round closes on Friday 7 October. I’m pleased to announce that The Open Programming Miniconf, a fixture for application...
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Linux.conf.au 2012
Miniconf: organised Talk: accepted Attendance: confirmed Accommodation: booked Ferry crossing: reserved See you in January, Ballarat!
View ArticleLCA2012: “Android is Not vi – User Experience for Geeks”
Paris Buttfield-Addison and I co-presented a talk at Linux.conf.au in Ballarat recently. The topic was on designing mobile apps that don’t suck on Android. The talk was pretty well received, the...
View ArticleDo Australian tech conferences suffer from “A Culture of Exclusion”? How do...
I spotted this interesting article by Ryan Funduk, on the culture of exclusion generated by piss-up parties at tech conferences — primarily at conferences in America, but the issue is certainly...
View ArticleMore pontification on alcohol at conferences
This post started off as a reply to a comment (by “Alan”) on my previous post on this topic, but it got a bit long-winded, and raised a few clarifications of my own viewpoints on this matter. So it’s...
View ArticleAnnouncing the LCA2013 Open Programming Miniconf!
TL;DR — submit a proposal at http://tinyurl.com/opm2013-cfp before the first round closes on Monday 29 October 2012. *** I’m pleased to announce that The Open Programming Miniconf — a fixture for...
View ArticleAnnouncing the LCA2014 Open Programming Miniconf
Very pleased to say that I’ll, once again, be running an Open Programming Miniconf at Linux.conf.au in January. This time around, the conference will be at the University of Western Australia in Perth....
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