LCA 2013: distributed democracy, speaking stacks, links

Thursday was my final day at Linux Conference, sadly, as I needed to get back to other work. It's a pity, as there were quite a few talks on Friday that I would have liked to see, including the keynote by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Denise Paolucci's talk on accessibility, Asheesh Laroia on quantitative community management, … Continue reading LCA 2013: distributed democracy, speaking stacks, links →

Linux Conference Australia: disaster response, activism, and copyright

I began the day with a couple of talks looking at FOSS projects for disaster support. Paul Gardner-Stephen started off talking about The Serval Project, which aims to provide secure communications for those in need. Mostly, "in need" means "affected by a disaster", which was defined broadly as a situation where a community's ability to … Continue reading Linux Conference Australia: disaster response, activism, and copyright →

Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen

After Radia Perlman's keynote talk, I spent today at the Haecksen miniconference, which focuses on women in open source. It was great to see a mixed audience, rather than an all-woman audience. While much of Radia Perlman's talk on networks was focused on technical systems that are beyond me, it was still interesting because she … Continue reading Linux Conference Australia: Haecksen →

Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’

Next week I'll be heading over to Canberra for Linux Conference Australia, where I'll be giving a couple of talks. These will have a slightly less academic focus than many of my conference presentations: while they still draw significantly on my research, I'll be giving a freer rein to my activist interests. During the main … Continue reading Upcoming talks: ‘Free and open source software and activism’ and ‘feminism, anarchism, and FOSS’ →