- Thinking about whether I can spend half the day hacking on arduino tomorrow. #dayoff #
- wahoo! excited to have @joshwaihi hack at pugs.postgresql.org and make it better. in reply to joshwaihi #
- Headed to PJUG for "Teaching Girls and Boys to Program Computers" http://calagator.org/events/1250458183 (was an @osbridge '09 presenter) #
- RT @Roebot: Btw, according to Northbridge OSS is a great investment. #
- Wore my opensqlcamp shirt to oracle offices and I'm recruiting! #foss #
- Lesson plans!! Http://howardabrams.com/Scratch #
- For geeklets: Lego "we do" kits are good for youngsters #teachprogammig #
- Teaching things that are fun seems to make gender not matter as much (4th-6th grade) #teachprogramming #
- Playground banter: "I know Scratch." #badgeofhonor #teachprogramming #
- Battlebots in Java might be a stepping stone from scratch but @howardabrams suggest Python after scratch and Alice #teachprogramming #
Monthly Archives: March 2010
twittering on 2010-03-16
- Are you going to #techcoffee in the morning? http://calagator.org/events/1250458400 #
- DST is melting my brain today. having extra tea to cope. #
- in diversity, there is strength. people, user groups != brands. loose coupling, routing around failure INDEPENDENTLY ++ #
twittering on 2010-03-15
- Thinking about how to teach people to not be afraid to ask questions and how effective software dev often has nothing to do with science. #
- Would love to write a book about forks in open source – what where why how. Fascinating, great gossip. Says so much about our future. #
- Woot! LCA 2010 video online: http://2009.r2.co.nz/20100118/ (via @br3nda) #
Weekly tweet digest for 2010-03-14
- I need more hot sauce in my life. #
- heading off to #techcoffee at @randomorder cafe. #
- nice to meet @mattly IRL today at #techcoffee see you next week! http://calagator.org/events/1250458400 #
- thanks, IRC, for correcting me again on my use of '==' instead of 'eq' in conversation. #
- happy to send @sarahsharp home with cookies today. Looking forward to some tree refactoring with her chainsaw. #
- wondering if @anthonybaxter is going to loan @jdub his sex in the city box sets. #anticipation #
- YAY! GOATS! RT @Seeger: Portland's goats make USA Today. http://bit.ly/bL7p9a #
- RT @dietrich: are you a database fanatic who wants to work in the education field? open position: http://bit.ly/9BPf4v #
- Want to go go LibrePlanet (Boston March 19-21) but don't have the cash? Let me know – I've got one free speaker's ticket to give out left. #
- RT @pjf: #Melbourne #Perl mongers, TONIGHT! 6:30pm. @jarichaust on Modern Perl, me on @miyagawa's cpanminus, + FREE PIZZA http://ur1.ca/ozb4 #
- many thanks to @christiekoehler, @igalko @kcomandich on CFP extension updates for @osbridge yesterday. We added a week! 🙂 #
- thanks for the laugh today, andrew! 🙂 RT @planetpostgres: Andrew Dunstan: PITR is not a PITA. http://tr.im/Rlnz #
- whoa. time for another @osbridge meeting. bringing soup to ward off the sickness everyone seems to have! #
- stickurs.org shipments http://flic.kr/p/7K2RfG #
- working on #partybus plan for #libreplant (NYC->BOS) #
- what sun wouldn't have paid for 😉 #postgres http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1579534&cid=31442030 #
- doing the VPN dance. #
- is it possible to have a cookie hangover? #
- Speakers workshop at LibrePlanet (friday!) http://bit.ly/9tbdFD [http://bit.ly/9tbdFD] #
- appears to be about trolling… RT @caseorganic: Speaking 5Pm 3/13 #sxsw Does My Sh*t-Talking Really Help Your Brand? http://bit.ly/bh9s3M #
- RT @PDXfoodcarts: New Cart alert! Soup! The Kettle Kitchen @ N Killingsworth/Greeley in NoPo. Open daily http://bit.ly/aeyyKu #pdxfoodcarts #
- cookies bring people together. #
- status: http://static.open.salon.com/files/cookie-monster3-7769871237963363.jpg #
- Distribution http://flic.kr/p/7Kgrjr #
- here at @osbridge hackathon with drew and a beer. http://calagator.org/events/1250458431 #
- "after you make your bigassmessage.com [http://bigassmessage.com], pass it through shadyurl…" #osbridge #pdxhackathon #
- <3 @spaz's terminal theme. #
- YES! RT @anitaborg_org: be nice to hear some discussion about recognizing & addressing unconscious bias. it's not all blatant misbehavior #
twittering on 2010-03-14
- here at @osbridge hackathon with drew and a beer. http://calagator.org/events/1250458431 #
- "after you make your bigassmessage.com [http://bigassmessage.com], pass it through shadyurl…" #osbridge #pdxhackathon #
- <3 @spaz's terminal theme. #
- YES! RT @anitaborg_org: be nice to hear some discussion about recognizing & addressing unconscious bias. it's not all blatant misbehavior #
twittering on 2010-03-13
- is it possible to have a cookie hangover? #
- Speakers workshop at LibrePlanet (friday!) http://bit.ly/9tbdFD [http://bit.ly/9tbdFD] #
- appears to be about trolling… RT @caseorganic: Speaking 5Pm 3/13 #sxsw Does My Sh*t-Talking Really Help Your Brand? http://bit.ly/bh9s3M #
- RT @PDXfoodcarts: New Cart alert! Soup! The Kettle Kitchen @ N Killingsworth/Greeley in NoPo. Open daily http://bit.ly/aeyyKu #pdxfoodcarts #
- cookies bring people together. #
- status: http://static.open.salon.com/files/cookie-monster3-7769871237963363.jpg #
- Distribution http://flic.kr/p/7Kgrjr #
Speakers workshop at LibrePlanet next week!
I’m headed off to Boston (and then NYC!) next week for three days of free software love at LibrePlanet, March 19-21.
While there, I’ll be giving a speaker’s workshop – how to give talks at technical conferences. There’s not really a magical formula, just lots of tips and things to practice that will help you not only give great talks, but find excellent places to give those talks, be prepared for speaking to any size crowd, and have a good time while you do it.
I started giving talks at conferences about five years ago, and have been running my own conferences for three years. I still get the butterflies when I get up in front of people, but I’ve got a whole kit of strategies I now use to deal with it.
The workshop is scheduled for 3:30-5:30pm, and I’m sure we’ll all head out for dinner and conversation right after.
I’ve also got one free pass to the conference left, so leave a comment if you’ll be in the area and can use the pass.
Also, I’ll have some incredibly profane free software advocacy stickers on-hand to share. We’re free software activists, but we can still have fun, right? 🙂
twittering on 2010-03-12
- stickurs.org shipments http://flic.kr/p/7K2RfG #
- working on #partybus plan for #libreplant (NYC->BOS) #
- what sun wouldn't have paid for 😉 #postgres http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1579534&cid=31442030 #
- doing the VPN dance. #
twittering on 2010-03-11
- many thanks to @christiekoehler, @igalko @kcomandich on CFP extension updates for @osbridge yesterday. We added a week! 🙂 #
- thanks for the laugh today, andrew! 🙂 RT @planetpostgres: Andrew Dunstan: PITR is not a PITA. http://tr.im/Rlnz #
- whoa. time for another @osbridge meeting. bringing soup to ward off the sickness everyone seems to have! #
twittering on 2010-03-10
- YAY! GOATS! RT @Seeger: Portland's goats make USA Today. http://bit.ly/bL7p9a #
- RT @dietrich: are you a database fanatic who wants to work in the education field? open position: http://bit.ly/9BPf4v #
- Want to go go LibrePlanet (Boston March 19-21) but don't have the cash? Let me know – I've got one free speaker's ticket to give out left. #
- RT @pjf: #Melbourne #Perl mongers, TONIGHT! 6:30pm. @jarichaust on Modern Perl, me on @miyagawa's cpanminus, + FREE PIZZA http://ur1.ca/ozb4 #