LCA laptop bag even cooler than previously thought
I have gushed about the 2007 Linux Conf Australia laptop bag before, but I just found out that it's even cooler than I thought: My Macbook Air fits in it! Photographic proof: I mean, this is the bag...
View ArticleThe anti-schwag movement
Are you a conference organizer? Then you've probably had to deal with schwag - the endless pile of branded leaflets, cup-cosies, and badge lanyards that your sponsors want to "give" to your attendees....
View ArticleBack on the speaker circuit
Over the years I have attended a lot of conferences, as you can see from this photograph of my conference badge collection: The badges are sorted into columns, starting with 1995 - 2000 on the left and...
View ArticleGoing to LCA 2011
Just a quick note to say I just finished putting together the funding to attend this year's Linux Conference Australia. I will be running a session at the Haecksen miniconf and volunteering at...
View ArticleLCA 2011 trip report
The LCA organizers have done it again; not even a natural disaster could prevent them from throwing a conference that lived up to the LCA standards: friendly, fun, and technical. As usual, there was...
View ArticleHelp improve open source, make the world a better place, AND travel to Australia
The LCA 2012 Call for Papers (speakers and tutorials, really) is still open. The Linux Conference Australia audience is bright, curious, and eager to learn more. In particular, LCA attendees seem to...
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