by | | Activities, FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, OLPC, Personal, Sugar, syndication-floss, Trips
Yes, this is quite belated. I’ll explain why in a subsequent post. linux.conf.au this year was in Wellington, New Zealand. It just keeps getting better! It’s always great meeting people you otherwise only know online. I was especially impressed by the OLPC...
by | | Culture & Society, FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, syndication-floss
I don’t get it. In a community where openness is prized, some have seen it fit to criticise that very tenet. In the world of FOSS, bug trackers are laid open for all to see (and contribute to), and mailing lists are a hive of discussion and innovation. So...
by | | FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, syndication-floss
It looks like I’ve opened up a can of worms. Last week I bemoaned about the low voter participation in Linux Australia (LA) elections. I spent considerable energy at linux.conf.au (LCA) in Hobart publicising the issue and canvassing opinion from...
by | | Activities, FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, Personal, syndication-floss
This is a follow-on from my last post, where I announced my candidacy for Linux Australia Council. I’ve posted this to the linux-aus mailing list, but thought it wouldn’t hurt going here as it raises issues that I feel are fundamental to Linux...
by | | Activities, FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, Personal, syndication-floss
The Linux Australia Council elections are in full swing, and I thought it only fair to abuse my blog to pimp my candidacy for an Ordinary Committee Member position. You’re an LA member (it’s free!), drop in and exercise your democratic right (i.e....
by | | Activities, Culture & Society, Education, FLOSS, FLOSS Community, Linux Australia, Open standards, Publications, syndication-floss
Donna Benjamin rounded a small group of us together to write a letter to Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education. The result was widely syndicated, hopefully building some mindshare in the process. The Education Expo proved...
