The first Debian-NYC Novice Night
Debian-NYC is having it's first Novice Night this Wednesday, December 1st, hosted at Eyebeam. It will run from about 18:30 until 22:00, but people can come and go.What are Novice Nights? They are a...
View ArticleDebian-NYC Novice Night was a great success
The first Debian-NYC Novice Night was a great success. We had about 25 people, about fifteen of which we had never seen before. We've been trying hard to reach out to new groups, and it seems to have...
View ArticleDebianNYC Novice Night
The next DebianNYC Novice Night is this Tuesday, January 18th from 18:30 -- ??. Last time was a great success, with a wide variety of people attending. This one should be even better.If you want to...
View ArticleThe DebConf talk selection and scheduling process
The DebConf talk selection process is in charge of selecting the talks at DebConf. Some of the reasons for having a talks team are to help ensure a high quality of talks, maintain a somewhat academic...
View ArticleDebConf organization/volunteer meeting
As I just announced, the DebConf team will have an "organizational meeting". Every year, many teams need new people, since it is such a intense job for a few months. This year, I'm trying to get people...
View ArticleDebConf communication channels and decisions
This post is designed to describe communications channels and decision processes of DebConf. This is mostly designed to help new team members integrate into the team better and be able to contribute...
View ArticleDebianNYC Squeeze release party
DebianNYC is having a Squeeze release/super bowl party this Sunday. It is in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and there will be both super bowl watchers and Debian installers/hackers who didn't know the super...
View ArticleDebian latex-beamer theme
A while ago, I gave a presentation on Debian, and made a latex-beamer color scheme for it. Over time I improved it some. Eventually, I grabbed the colors from the new debian website, since they are...
View Articlewhiteboard.debian.net
A while ago (early 2009), I created whiteboard.debian.net as a way to do real-time editing collaboration. While working for DebConf, I really wanted to be able to collaboratively edit text with people,...
View ArticleThe size of DebConf12
Phil blogged about DebConf12 having many fewer attendees than past DebConfs (10 and 11). Dealing with registration for several years, I can say these numbers tell a different story.First and foremost,...
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