July 2009

Video Streaming in a Perfect World

July 31, 2009

I’ve done enough social media coverage of conferences now to have some ideas on my ideal set-up for this, although I have not yet achieved that ideal in practice. Here’s how I’d like to do it: 1. Have presentations available online in advance, so that: participants in the video stream can download them and follow [...]

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The Classic Indian Bun Omelette

July 31, 2009

This one includes tomatoes and probably green chilis, and was served on a bun with funky pink and green candied fruit. Recipe: fry onions in butter until soft (or brown, if you like) fry tomatoes too, if you’re using them add eggs lightly beaten with a little milk add green chilis (chopped into small rounds) [...]

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Who’s a Guy?

July 30, 2009

One session I (and many others) attended at the Community Leadership Summit was on women in technology/communities. Frankly, I lost patience very quickly. As I said then, we all have horror stories; I’m more interested in discussing fixes. (Which, with Sara Ford to get the ball rolling, we did.) One meme that came up repeatedly [...]

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Bolinhas!

July 29, 2009

It pays to know your local market. Sun’s Brazil team had the bright idea to have 2000 small soccer balls printed with logos, to use as giveaways at FISL. Along with much other show stuff, these arrived in the bus that drove from Sao Paolo to Porto Alegre. Then they had to be stored in [...]

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Community Leadership Summit

July 29, 2009

Several Sun folks attended the Community Leadership Summit in San Jose, just before OSCON. I didn’t get many photos or notes – was too busy listening, talking, and meeting people. I also led a session on videoblogging which 14 people attended.

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Woodstockers Afloat: Class of ’79 Reunion

July 28, 2009

^ James, Carol, Pankaj, Merti I just spent a fantastic weekend with a bunch of fellow Woodstockers (and their families) on houseboats on a lake in Tennessee. Before my own classmates raise a protest: I am not actually a member of the class of ’79 – I graduated in 1981. Like most Woodstockers, I am [...]

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Woodstock Class of ’79 Reunion

July 28, 2009

Thanks everybody for a wonderful time!

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Kernel Conference Australia

July 28, 2009

Earlier this month, I attended Sun’s Kernel Conference Australia, where I did my usual social media production job, met a lot of interesting people, and introduced some of them to each other.

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Learn Italian in Song: USA for Italy

July 27, 2009

USA for Italy Produced in 1985 by the satirical music group Squallor, this song now appears uncomfortably prophetic. Caro Michael Jackson, tu che mandi i soldi in Africa, Perché la speranza torni a vivere, Ricordati di noi che stiamo a Napoli E un disco faccelo anche per noi E poi, mandaci i danari Tanti danari [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-26: San Jose CA

July 26, 2009

^@saraford at the Community Leadership Summit @AmberCadabra the book I’d recommend is Getting in Touch with Your Inner Bitch.Seriously. in reply to AmberCadabra # Trying to figure out where I fit. That means defining what I do. Which is really hard. # #cls discussion on women in tech devolving into semantics. Not solving anything # [...]

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Brisbane Walkabout

July 21, 2009

Sunday I walked around Brisbane – a lot.

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-19: Brisbane

July 19, 2009

in Brisbane. Spent the weekend offline, which was very, very nice. # ^ during my Brisbane walkabout, saw, enjoyed, and bought the CD from a band called Jambezi social media planning for the Kernel Conference http://bit.ly/2DwHJQ – hope to stream live video for the first view of ZFS De-Dupe! # overhearing James trying to describe [...]

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Auckland: Western Springs & the Zoo

July 18, 2009

^ two of the star-attraction tiger cubs born at the Auckland zoo, in one of those moments that has the whole crowd going “awww…..” Auckland had fair weather for my return, so I spent a few hours enjoying the sun in Western Springs park and the zoo.

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Social Media Production: What I’m Doing in Brisbane

July 16, 2009

^ photo by thegreeno. This is me with two laptops in one lap, monitoring video, sound, and chat simultaneously. Not as calm as I look. Executive Overview: What You Need to Stream Video with UStream videocamera with FireWire output laptop with FireWire input FireWire cable with the appropriate plugs on each end (mini/4 pin for [...]

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Opotiki

July 15, 2009

The best down time I’ve had on this trip so far was a visit to David and Sally Kibblewhite (who had been my teachers at Woodstock School) in their beautiful home in Opotiki, on New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty. The weather was beautiful: I finally got to see some sunshine after days of clouds and/or [...]

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Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User

July 14, 2009

Dave Miner and Nick Solter present at CommunityOne, 2009.

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Brique da Redençao

July 14, 2009

Our last day in Porto Alegre, a bunch of us went to the open-air market at Brique da Redençao, which runs every Sunday from 9 or 10 am. The official booths even take Visa, though you have to go to one of a handful of special stands to use it, and ONLY Visa is accepted [...]

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Aww…..

July 14, 2009

^ Two of the Auckland zoo’s prized tiger cubs, in one of those moments when the whole crowd goes “Awwwww……”

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O Teatro Mágico

July 13, 2009

The night of June 25th, Bruno took Teresa, Lynn and me to see O Teatro Mágico, a cross between a band and Cirque du Soleil. They were one of many groups in town for FISL because they release their music under a creative commons license – you can download it here. As you can see [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-12: New Zealand

July 12, 2009

^ Glynn Foster photographed me speaking on Social Media and video, at the NZ Ministry of Education nice Tweetstream on the talk just completed at NZ Min of Ed #Extconv by various attendees # RT @glynnfoster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/glynnfoster/3691902949/ #ExtConv me, listening. It IS all about conversation. # RT @om: http://om.bit.ly/bOe5RMy Goodbye post for Compuserve. – damn! [...]

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