I'm thinking of heading to @NorthBayPython and @conservancy#FOSSY in late June through early August. Anybody interested in subletting my Moonee Ponds apartment while I'm gone if I can swing that? Has on-site pool and gym, and is very central, surrounded by shops and restaurants. (It’s a lovely apartment and area, but rent is $650/w!)
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So... there's a free software conference (#FOSSY [1]) in #pdx (Portland, OR) this year, and I was thinking of applying to have a table there where folks could bring (supported) devices they want to flash with #postmarketOS, or just to hang out and chat about pmOS or #linuxmobile.
If I were choosing just based on the event itself, #FOSSY 100%. But #GenCon is a fun excuse to visit friends and family back in my hometown of Indianapolis.
I am sad to not be able to safely attend FOSDEM this year. There are so many people I want to spend time with.
However, as is the case with hundreds or maybe thousands of us past attendees, our immune systems can't handle the risk of such a crowded event that makes no effort to implement a health and safety plan.
SARS-CoV-2 viral load levels in Belgium this January were 43x what they were in July, as indicated by highly reliable wastewater sampling.
@rachel Hmm, interesting that wasn't communicated online in advance materials.
Nevertheless, our wider communities didn't accept blasé "do the right thing" Code of Conduct policies for events, and we shouldn't settle for the same passivity for ensuring people don't have to needlessly be at risk during an ongoing respiratory pandemic.
Today is the last day of @conservancy 's match challenge and we still have about $15k to raise. I'm going to make some posts NPR style today until we make progress against our goal! At this point, all amounts help move the bar and make getting to our goal attainable! I'm using #SFCdrive so folks can skip these posts if they want to!
I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly (FOSSY) conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track. Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use as a universal standardized chat...
I posted the closing statement from my talk at FOSSY earlier this year in text format, in case anyone is interested. It's titled "Software is Political"
It mentions progress updates, challenges, and links to recent #sustainoss podcast interview, and #fossy presentation video (and older 2022 #libreplanet presentation) with updated, clearer explanations of the economics of #publicgoods and discussion of #cooperation and #collectiveaction dilemmas.
We're delighted to announce that @everythingopen#EverythingOpen, Australia's grassroots open source community conference, is being hosted in the beautiful #Gladstone, led by long-time community contributor @xrobau
📅 April 16-18 2024
📍Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
#CfP will open 14 October 2023. Start thinking about what you would like to talk about, or see.
@everythingopen@xrobau will Everything Open be sharing the conference space with another event?
I am glad to see that there is an awareness of COVID in the health policy. Would you consider a more #PHPledge type health policy? @josh would love to help you.
I spoke at FOSSY this summer in Portland and the videos have been posted recently. If you'd like to see my talk about Free Software Policy with Semi-Firm Firmware, where I compare firmware with tofu, you can find the video here:
Video of a great talk from @josh at #FOSSY this past July covering how #OpenSource & #FreeSoftware events can be more inclusive and supportive of their contributors by having strong #health and safety policies like those from @phpledge.
Hi @conservancy - I'm seeing some sporadic links to #FOSSY talks being posted by folks - where can I find the definitive list? Perhaps you would consider linking the talks from the schedule pages to make it easy to find them.
Software is Political (blog.samwhited.com)
I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly (FOSSY) conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track. Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use as a universal standardized chat...