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Late FUDCon Brno photos & recap
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Upon returning from FUDCon, I had a lot of things needing attention, so here’s a wrap-up post on this uber-cool conference.
First of all, I think I’ll agree with Max that this was probably our best FUDCon so far. Not wanting to decrease the importance of other FUDCons, the fact that the folks at Brno put up their best to have every little detail covered was pretty much obvious to the participants. Content, venue, wireless, food, hotel — everything was good. Thumbs-up to everyone who put a helping hand!
NicuAs usual, I took the chance of the conference to invade people’s comfort zones by taking portrait photos of them. I like doing so in events, since I think it’s a good way one can describe the atmosphere of an event. I’ve just uploaded a bunch of pictures taken from my camera (either by me, cmpahar or anyone who got a hold of it):
Barcamp
The second day was the Barcamp. I attended a few quite interesting presentations. Jeroen held a Custom Spins one and answered a few technical questions of mine. Max dealt with some Fedora-related questions I also had, like what different levels of ‘officiality’ spins there are (3rd party, approved, and releng-supported ones). The idea of having a framework in place for localized spins got into my mind once again — would be great if we either torrent-shipped language-specific and/or location-specific spins. For example, I learned from Diego that the word ‘OpenOffice’ is trademarked in Brazil and they have to replace the package with BrOffice. Having an framework that allows local communities build, host, and support more or less these spins would be a pretty good thing IMO. Now, if only I could make days longer. :-)
JonRobThe OLPC folks discussed a feature they’re working on which personally I’m looking forward to it in great anticipation: Sugar on Fedora. The package is already there, but those hackers are working with Greg to make it seamlessly available as a normal Desktop, available through GDM and stuff. Amazing. This could turn normal PCs in schools into OLPC-like ecosystems, lowering the barrier of a school (and country) to experiment and use these modern educational tools. They’re also working in getting the spin they’re using as close to Fedora as possible — working with upstream more, and of course, as a benefit, reduce their maintenance costs. Looking forward to both features.
My talk was right after lunch. I wrote a few things in the previous post, not much more to say about it. I’ll try to transcribe it in this week, however I’m not good at predicting these kind of stuff. Let’s just hope I’ll be able to grab a couple of hours from an evening or night of mine and get this done, as a couple of people has requested it. Will try, as I think I still haven’t got a proper rest from the event.
A little later Francesco Ugolini described a few idea he has on the Ambassadors project. Listening to them made me very happy, as I realized that some discussions we had with him and other folks in the project are gradually becoming a reality. The Ambassadors project is all about having a global effort for spreading the word on Fedora — it has a budget, a very active central committee, and is extremely good in organizing these stuff. The Localization Project, on the other hand, is very good in forming local teams working on Fedora; both on technical stuff (translations) as well as on local LUG presentations, meetings, release parties. So it makes total sense to help both projects get more by working together. For example, a bunch of Fedora folks in Italy want to spend a weekend fixing bugs or having a translation marathon? The Ambassadors project (with the Community Architecture team) can help them get there, maybe by buying them the pizza and drinks. So, I really think we’ve got a good ecosystem in both projects that serves different purposes, and using them together can help us achieve more. :-)
FUDPub included, as usual, good food and loads of beer. Some Fedorans were singing with guitars, while the rest of us chatting and taking lots of photos (some well-lit, some not).
Day 3
Next day it was hacking day again. Transifex packaging, work on adding translation statistics support, and talking with people. Later on we went to the Brno city center for sightseeing. Yet another pub in the evening, making a 5 out of 5 evenings with beer in Brno.
Other notable FUDCon happenings:
- Nicu‘s FUDCon web comic “Size matters” was fantastic. Everyone in the amphitheater burst into laughs when they read it.
- The event’s T-shirt is fantastic. Judging by his smile, I think Max enjoyed giving them out as much as we enjoyed receiving them.
- Chris Bacharakis once again gave us some good laughs. Returning to Patras a few people were actually asking “tell us a funny story that happened with Chris”. And of course there are many, including the one where Chris tried to ask the tram to stop at the tram stop by pressing the red button on top of the door. The tram of course stopped. Immediately. A guy in the 70s was ejected on the front glass, an old lady almost took off, and we were trying to realize what just happened.
- Had a good laugh at the pub on the last day, where me, as a guy that avoids meat as much as possible, had to order something from the steakhouse’s menu (haven’t eaten all day). I ordered what seemed the most innocent choice on the menu… which ended up being the biggest dish of the 15-something others on the table. It was a leg knuckle, apparently, which was bigger than my plate.
Next day I took the train for Vienna, and then the plane to Athens, wondering when and where the next European FUDCon will take place, and what I’ll present there.
Until next time then!
(More photos on Flickr FUDCon and FUDCon Brno pools, FUDCon tag, by fcrippa and nicu)
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late in the afternoon, Κυριακή 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008
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I like your portraits, they are warm and human.