My first OSCON was in 2000 in Monterey, CA. It was the one where Sun released OpenOffice.org as open source (and pledged to hand it over to a Foundation, something they forgot later despite many reminders) and I had only been a Sun employee for a very short time. I have attended most of them since then as a speaker, and have delivered “keynotes” (OSCON has a chat-show format for plenaries so talks are short) several times as well. I’m still on the Program Committee. Continue reading →
§ The last of the series of songs by Dave Carroll after his lousy experience flying United is finally out. I think song one was by far the best (song two lacked zing), but this one is pretty good:
I’d like to be able to say it’s hyperbolic, but unfortunately the trip I took over the weekend once again poured fuel on the fire (one friend I was travelling with had luggage lost by them on 2 of the last 3 flights) so sadly I think Carroll still has a point. Song one is just coming up to 8 million views on YouTube so I think United has a problem and the rest of us have a marketing case study.
RT @Botanygeek: Just tried to order something online from Denmark.
Apparently they no longer sell to the UK, as orders accepted now may ar… ✍ 9 hours ago
RT @mjg59: I'd have more sympathy for the "Big companies don't pay us when they use our free software, so we have to use a non-free license… ✍ 1 day ago
RT @fietsprofessor: 'Cycling can't work here, our city isn't Amsterdam'.
Well, neither was Amsterdam.
It took long, consistent and radica… ✍ 3 days ago
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