Showing posts with label OSCON. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OSCON. Show all posts

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Open Web Foundation


David Recordon, Open Platforms Technical Lead at the Six Apart
has announced the launch of the Open Web Foundation during this Open Source Convention.
So here is to an Open Invitation to look at the fundamental building blocks of the Open Web Foundation and contribute to its construction.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

African Open Education Experts bring issues to fore at OSCON


Some 2000 education experts are participating at the Educational Panel here at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention.

African Free Software gurus, Mark Shuttleworth and Prof Derek Keats have called attention to the key position of Open Education Resources, Open Content and Open Hardware in the global search for a changing face of education at all levels.

The other major outcome of this session is also the overwhelming endorsement of world experts of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration

Please sign this and support the cause of a global education based on Openness

180 seconds to change minds 180 degrees in favor Open Source Communities

The 10th edition of the Open Source Convention is happening here at the Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. A key session will be Danese Cooper's Art of Community Lightning Talks. Danese has invited awesome girls to talk about OS community. Big names like -
Dawn Foster, Erinn Clarke, Allison Randall, Leah Culver, Stormy Peters, Silona Bonewald, Nnnena Nwakanma, Sulamita Garcia and Audrey Eschright.

3 minutes to say everything? Girl oh Girl!