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Growing up and expanding 3

Apr

2013

tl:dr version: We’re hiring! For the past year or so I’ve been working with Mirko, Sebastian and Karl together at Agile Workers UG. In this time things have gone really well. From the beginning we had plans to grow the company and now we’re there. Mirko and I have both had experiences working in software ...

Berlin Open Source Meetup – Indian style!

Apr

2013

This Sunday there’s another exciting installment of the Berlin Open Source Meetup. We’ve had a few of this at this point but this one will easily be the best. We’ve reserved the back room of Naan. Naan is an Indian restaurant located close to Mauerpark with good and affordable food and cocktails as well as ...

Time for another Berlin Open Source Meetup

Sep

2012

A couple weeks ago I rather quietly created the Google+ event page for the 2nd Berlin Open Source Meetup and added those who’d been invited, or invited themselves, to the last one to the invitation list. Here are the details: Location: Prater beer garden Date: Sunday September 30th Time: 19h till whenever Head over to ...

One Berlin Open Source Meetup down, …more to come? 1

Aug

2012

We had a great turn out last night for the 1st Berlin Open Source Meetup. I counted 30 people at one point but I suspect there were a couple folks fetching more beer, so it’s safe to say we had just over 30 people attend. There were, of course, a number of the usual suspects. ...

Berlin Open Source Meetup 2

Aug

2012

Berlin has a large and active open source community and it’s about time we all get together for some beers. So while chatting at GUADEC, Lennart and I decided we should organize such an event. The extent of our organization has been to choose a time (Aug 19th @ 7pm), a place (Prater), and create ...

LinuxTag 2012

May

2012

LinuxTag starts tomorrow in my beautiful adopted home of Berlin. This will be my 4th LinuxTag, my first being in 2003 when it was still in Karlsruhe. Looking forward to seeing old and new faces. I’ll be moderating a few sessions and, from tomorrow to Friday, manning the GNOME booth along with Muelli and a ...

Desktop Summit: Day Trips 3

Aug

2011

This year’s Desktop Summit is taking place at Humbolt University in the middle of Berlin, one of the most interesting cities in the world. This makes it a prime starting point for taking a tour of the city. For this reason, we’ve designated some time on Thursday, August 11th for taking day trips. When you ...

Desktop Summit: Deadlines & Announcements Galore

Jun

2011

So the Desktop Summit is quickly approaching. In only 5.5 weeks you’ll all be arriving in Berlin getting ready for some great talks and good fun. In order to make your time in Berlin as productive and enjoyable as possible we try to keep you abreast on what’s happening here. As a public service I’ll ...

Desktop Summit T-shirt Contest 4

Apr

2011

Today, we’re announcing the start of the Desktop Summit t-shirt contest. We want designs that go beyond your typical conference shirt which finds its final resting place in the closet or drawer once you’ve returned home. We’re looking for designs that reflect the passion and energy of the Free Desktop communities that The Desktop Summit ...

Tonight, Berlin is GNOME!

Apr

2011

… and you can be too…even if for only one night. That’s right! Tonight is the GNOME 3 Berlin release party. In case you don’t think you’re invited Lennart added this to the wiki page… Who’s invited? Everybody! Whether you are a GNOME user, a GNOME developer or a GNOME contributor, you are invited. And, ...