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eLiberatica Abstract: Understanding Free Software and Open Source Licensing

Much to my friend Lucian's dismay, I have been sitting (a.k.a. not doing a damn thing) on the abstracts for my upcoming sessions at the Romanian eLiberatica conference.
The first abstract is easy — I will present a slightly modified version of my Age of Literate Machines presentation.
The second session will take a little bit more [...]

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New Pitches for the Lab with Leo

My work at the Mozilla Foundation is, not surprisingly, focused on advancing the Mozilla Manifesto.
After my last Firefox 3 segment on the Lab with Leo Laporte TV show, I started thinking about pitches for new segments that tie in with the manifesto.
The rough ideas I've so far had are:

Deep Customization of Firefox: Make your browser [...]

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Session Abstract: The Age of Literate Machines

I've never found this abstract to be terribly engaging. I'll be rewriting it when I get a moment.
Title
The Age of Literate Machines
Summary
Free Software and Open Source are understood to be reshaping technology. What is less understood is how FOSS relates to the future of free societies. During this session, we'll examine how FOSS relates to [...]

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Session Abstract: Greening the Conference Circuit

Title
Greening the Conference Circuit
Summary
Hackers and makers, inventors and innovators, evangelists and activists, CXOs and entrepreneurs: Each year thousands of us make our rounds on the FOSS conference circuit. Arriving through environment-punishing air travel, we descend into a banality of over-packaged shwag, glossy brochures, disposable cups and hotel stays. We're a principled, smart and innovative lot [...]

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Session Abstract: Open Innovation and Open Source

I've worked up this abstract for a session that I'll present at Stefan Doeblin's Leadership by (Open) Innovation in the Telecom, IT and Media Industries - an event to be held in Munich on April 24th, 2008. While at the event, I'll also be participating in a panel titled, "Beyond Methods, Processes, and Tools: The [...]

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Session Abstract: Electronic Ombuds

I've started working on a session on the practice of online ombuds – especially as it applies to Free Software and Open Source communities. The session is based on my work in the Free Software, PHP, Mozilla, MySQL and Open Source communities - in particular, recent work (which I need to get back to) on [...]

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Lab with Leo Laporte: Demoing Firefox 3 and an (Emulated) Trip Down Memory Lane

Some ways back in the haze that was 2007, I was a guest on a few episodes of the Lab with Leo Laporte show. When I was visiting, I did two brief segments – one on Hiveminder and another on Free Software/Open Source.
I'll be going back next week to record another few segments. This time, [...]

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