This video message from Neelie Kroes was recorded in a request to support the GNOME Community, GUADEC 2010 and The GNOME Open Desktop Day.
The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Vice-President of the European Commission reflects on the growing acceptance of open source and emphasises the importance of communities in shaping the digital future.
Teach Your Boss How to FLOSS – Part 1 on Prezi Teach Your Boss How to FLOSS – Part II [ ... ]
Here’s my notes for the talk about how to sell the benefits of Free Software into your Orgnisation… A quick intro: What is open source, why should you care about it and how can it be of use to you in your professional life? This talk provides a high level introduction to Open Source soft [ ... ]
Details for another event some of you might be interested in. I was at the frst geeknic and had a great time. It’s organised by Laura Czajkowski and co who was at last night’s Dublin Hub co-creation evening and brought along her camera to take great pics as well as great ideas. Geeks + Picnic [...] [ ... ]
Things are progressing nicely with the Dublin Hub. We’re looking at possible locations and are now lloking to recruit potential members. On July 14th @ 7pm we are hosting a co-creation evening for anyone interested to come along and learn more or help us with developing the space. For those wh [ ... ]
Over the past few months a group of technology enthusiasts have been working hard on creating a hackerspace for Dublin. The group, initially consisting of local 2600 members has grown to include other interested technology enthusiasts. They are planning to have a bootup space opened by May with expe [ ... ]
Check out my page here which has video and slides from a talk I gave with some colleagues discussing how to use Free Software in business. Click here. [ ... ]
Belfast is hosting the Inaugural all-Island Conference on Free and Open Source Software this February 1st. The event will feature a key note from Bruce Perens, author of the Open Source Definition, as well as addresses by senior representatives from large public and private sector organisations such [ ... ]
Had a thoroughly enjoyable time in Rome at the Qualipso conference over the past 2 days. Thanks to Roberto Galoppini for the heads up via his blog. Qualipso is a global consortium established to bridge business and public administrations to the Open Source world. It was established in 2006 and has m [ ... ]
I’m attending the Qualipso Conference for the next few days. Interesting to see the EU massive starting to put some mass in Open Source and Free Software. Hopefully there’s a lot more to come! [ ... ]