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OSCON and Mobile Portland Trip Report

Greetings Earthlings!

Today’s the first day I haven’t been traveling, so I can finally catch my breath and write down some notes. It’s been a helluva week. Last week I drove to Portland for OSCON to give several presentations and be involved in general geekery (if you follow me on Twitter, that’s why you saw so many posts tagged with #oscon)

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OSCON Schedule

I’m speaking at OSCON in Portland next week, and what a busy week it will be. In addition to my personal session on marketing open source projects, I’ve added some Palm stuff in collaboration with HP. If you can’t attend OSCON but will be in Portland I will also be speaking at the Portland Java Users Group. I’ll also be working at the HP booth where we will be giving away phones, books, tshirts and some super nice water bottles. Here’s the full schedule:

  • Tuesday 6:00PM: Introduction to the Mobile Web


    Portland Java User’s Group

    Oracle Building, 8th Floor room 8005

    Pacwest Center,

    1211 SW 5th Avenue

    Portland, Oregon
  • Wednesday: 10:40AM HP’s Session: Cloudy with a Chance of Revolution

    This is an overview of where HP is going in the cloud, including a section on webOS and Ares.
  • Wednesday: 3:10PM Swing Hacks book signing
    I’ll be signing copies of Swing Hacks at the Powell’s booth.
  • Wednesday: 6:00PM O’Reilly Author Meet and Greet

    O’Reilly booth, #313
  • Friday 10AM Marketing your Open Source Project on a Shoestring Budget

    Learn how to generate interest and build a userbase for your open source project.

    Portland 255

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Tim Berners Lee on Open Data

This is a short video (~6min) where Tim Berners Lee (Mr. Web himself) talks about the successes of open data. Take special note of the end section where the Open Street Map project is used to help relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake.
Watch it now!

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Free Books and other stuff

Updated!
I’ve added some more items, including some non-technical books

Feng Shui, the traditional oriental way to enhance your life
The Everything Groom Book. Know anyone who’s engaged?
The Cathedral & The Bazaar, Musings on Linux & Open Source by an accidental revolutionary. Eric S Raymond.
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
Less: Accomplishing More by [...]

Podcast Help

I’d like to ask my dedicated readership a very big favor. I’m starting a podcast with my friend Robert Cooper. The challenge is determining the direction. In a lot of the fields we are familiar with there are already some great podcasts (like the Java Posse). We can’t decide if it should be programming [...]

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The Future Is Now

Yes, the future is now, and not just because I bought a 2TB hard drive for less than 150$. Bionic hands, self driving cars, and printable solar cells…