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Impressions from GUADEC 2012 1

Aug

2012

Well, I’ve been back from the 2012 edition of GUADEC for a few days now. Below are some impressions I took away from a week of talks, drinks, beach and friends. As was often commented on during the conference, the GUADEC organizing team did a great job with the organization of the conference. I can’t ...

I’m going to GUADEC 2012 2

Jul

2012

Thanks to the generous travel sponsorship from the GNOME Foundation, I’ll be attending this year’s GUADEC in A Coruña, Spain. This will be my 3rd GUADEC and my first trip to Galicia. I’ve been head down in a couple interesting endeavors for the last few months and am looking forward to having a good chunk ...

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 ...

Cluttermm now under new management

Mar

2012

I’ve not really found the time or motivation to work on Cluttermm and friends since this summer. Thus, I’m happy that I’ve found someone to pass on maintanership to. Actually, I’ve found two maintainers to take over. Krzesimir Nowak has worked on improving the C++-bindings in GNOME for some time know. He’s very familiar with ...

Gnome System Monitor: Swatting bugs 4

Nov

2011

Earlier this year I took over maintainership of Gnome System Monitor. It had been neglected for a couple years which was obvious by taking a look at the bugs piling up in Bugzilla. When I started there were about 255 bugs which I quickly got down to just under 200. Up until a few weeks ...

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, ...

Desktop Summit: Calling all procrastinators!

Mar

2011

Let this be the last blog post to make you feel guilty for not yet having submitted a talk proposal to this year’s Desktop Summit in Berlin. The deadline to submit your proposal is TOMORROW (Mar. 25th, 2011). If you have contributed in any way to one of the many Free/Libre Desktops, we encourage you ...

Desktop Summit 2011: It’s starting to get interesting.

Mar

2011

Yesterday the local planning team for the Desktop Summit got together to discuss our progress. The good news is that we seem to be more or less on schedule. Thus far, we on the planning committee have been pretty quiet on the Intertubes. There has been Lennart’s post about the call for papers (which you ...