Conference Report: OpenMind & MindTrek 2007

OpenMind 2007 and MindTrek 2007 were excellent mid-sized (400+ participants) tech events that brought together a great mix of people - academics, working developers, activists, senior IT management, public servants, industry veterans, innovators and even pirates [0].
Some presentations were lackluster, but the informal discussions were awesome. There [...]

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Ubuntu Live 07: Mark Shuttleworth's Keynote

It is relatively early on a Sunday morning. I'm in Portland sitting in Mark Shuttleworth's opening keynote for Ubuntu Live 2007.
At a glance, I'd estimate that there are about 240 people in the audience - great attendance for the first edition of an event.
Mark's keynote is surprising, but not in the way that one might [...]

EuroOSCON 2006: Funny Closing Keynote Quip

Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical and Ubuntu has just taken the stage at EuroOSCON for the closing keynote. To my surprise, most attendees appear to have stuck it out to the last hour of the conference. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised - EuroOSCON was phenomenally good this year, the content was stellar, the attendees were engaged [...]