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Preparing for my first open source conference
How many open source conferences have you attended?0-567.8% (61 votes)6-103.3% (3 votes)More than 1028.9% (26 votes)It's time for a confession: I have never been to an open source conference.I've been...
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David Eaves' OSCON keynote encourages open source communities to apply...
David Eaves (read his opensource.com posts) is an open government and open data expert with a background in negotiation theory. In his OSCON 2012 keynote today, Eaves described how the broad open...
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OSCON 2012: Kaitlin Thaney calls for open science
At the recent OSCON 2012 convention, Kaitlin Thaney, Manager of External Partnerships at Digital Science, shared in her talk a fresh approach to scientific research.Read more...read more
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POSSE 2012: Where true open source project problems and solutions arise
POSSE (Professors Open Source Summer Experience) is a week long introduction to the FOSS community and its tools, development and instruction that has been offered and sponsored by Red Hat since 2009....
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Upcoming global discussion on open government, big data, and innovation
The Gigabit City Summit is set to host a diverse, dynamic range of speakers on the topics of open government, big data, and innovation on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am CDT.Read...
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Hacking on code and culture: Failure as validated learning
Open source is about more than the code, it’s about the culture. The open culture that many open source communities embrace is entrenched in organizations like Code for America. It’s obvious as I sit...
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Thread of openness weaves TedX talks together
TED is a nonprofit that seeks out "ideas worth spreading", showcasing them annually at a conference before a select audience. Thankfully, the best talks are recorded and released for the viewing...
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LISA 2012: What the USENIX Large Installation System Administration...
I recently came back from the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference held in San Diego, California, and it was an interesting experience.Read more...read more
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Event report: FOSDEM introduces science-focused devroom
FOSDEM, held annually in Brussels, Belgium, is a free event for open source communities to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. It offers a mix of focused devrooms and themed main track talks, with no...
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International Open Data Hackathon Wiki now live
The wikiThe Open Data Day wiki (sans logo, so a little rough around the edges) is now live and ready for action.The wiki is where organizers can list the city in which they’ll be putting together an...
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Open Data Day project calls for more openness in food facts
One of the cool projects that OKF France were hacking away on during Open Data Day last weekend was Open Food Facts. It’s a free, open collaborative database of food facts from around the world, which...
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A preview for POSSCON 2013
Members from the open source world will gather in Columbia, South Carolina for the Palmetto Open Source Conference (POSSCON) on March 27-28, 2013.For anyone looking to score a last minute ticket, the...
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Join the first Open Source Hardware Documentation Jam
The Open Source Hardware Documentation Jam will be held on April 26-28 in New York.We always thought the power of open source hardware lies in the ability to build upon others’ work and, when it comes...
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News from POSSCON: Campaigns the open source way
One of the ways Obama won the 2012 election was with technology. It wasn’t the only way, but technology offered one thing that feet on the street couldn’t: a force multiplier effect. The technology...
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Open or die: Innovation led by open source
A shift is happening in the way innovation is occurring.Businesses are moving from closed systems to open, collaborative innovation. Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst, focused on the three major components...
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Open source software experience for educators
The Professors' Open Source Software Experience (POSSE) workshop is being held this year in Philadelphia from June 2-4. To prepare for the workshop, online activites are were assigned to be completed...
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Disaster relief now from DrupalCon
In an overnight, grassroots movement, the open source platform Drupal has made an impact in Oklahoma. A group of more than 70 volunteer code sprinters—made up of developers, designers, and sys...
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Dries Buytaert keynote: Drupal more than content management
I arrived a few minutes early to the main hall of the Oregon Convention Center in preparation for Drupalcon's opening keynote by Dries Buytaert. A random mix of music chosen by the community via...
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Grace Hopper Open Source Day: register now!
Are you planning to attend this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, taking place on October 2-5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US?Created by the Anita Borg Institute, this annual...
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What to expect at OSCON 2013
This year I get to go to OSCON for the first time ever! I’ve been on the library conference circuit for years, but this will be my first non-library con and I’m ready to learn as much as I possibly can...
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