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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)
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:
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!
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
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