Category Archives: conferences

Join Us for Open Source Day at Grace Hopper 2012

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Leslie Hawthorn

This post is lightly adapted from the original, which appeared on the Best of Systers Blog. Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. It was founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source, volunteer work, women in tech | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Keynoting Berlin Buzzwords Conference

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Leslie Hawthorn

I’ll be giving the Opening Keynote at the Berlin Buzzwords Conference in June, and I am incredibly excited about giving this talk and the opportunity to meet up with so many of my colleagues. For a brief teaser on the … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source | Tagged | 1 Comment

PyCon: A Community Walkthrough

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Leslie Hawthorn

I attended PyCon 2012 last week in Santa Clara, California and had a fantastic time. Check out my post on the conference on the AppFog blog.

Posted in conferences | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Negotiation: Avoiding the Vale of Suck Starts with You

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

Ed. Note: This post also serves as my wrap up of all things OSCON 2011. I didn’t give a talk, I had a great time in the OSL Booth, saw lots of awesome people, as usual. Went to Trek in … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences | Tagged | 4 Comments

Southern Hospitality and Saving the World: SELF!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

I’m also a big fan of sibilance. I’ll be heading back to South Carolina next week to speak at Southeast Linux Fest on Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software: Saving the World One Bit at a Time.  I (re)met a few … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source lab | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notes and More: Press Training for Community Projects

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

I was fortunate enough to attend Jennifer Cloer’s session at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit earlier this month, and her talk Press Training for Community Projects was incredibly useful. Before I say anything else, I want to thank Jennifer profusely for … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source, open source lab | 2 Comments

The UMass Amherst ICT Summit

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

When you’re asked to open an event and the previous year’s special guest was none other than Nolan Bushnell, well, you don’t say no. Attending the summit was a rare privilege – an opportunity to spend the day in an … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, Teaching Open Source | Leave a comment

Thoughts on POSSCON

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

Yet another post in the spirit of better late than never. This year’s Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) was my first time attending, and I have to admit that it was quite different than many conferences I’ve attended in … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source, Teaching Open Source | Tagged | 3 Comments

Heading to POSSCON & UMass Amherst

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

March has been the month of many travels. Thinking back on things, it seems March is always a busy month for travels, but it’s been quite the month. Not to mention that I’ll be starting off April with a trip … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, open source | Tagged | Leave a comment

3rd Annual Humanitarian FOSS Symposium

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Leslie Hawthorn

I had the privilege last week of attending the 3rd Annual HFOSS Symposium in Dallas, TX, meeting up with many old friends and making some new ones. The event brought together some of the most well known figures in the … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, Teaching Open Source | Tagged | Leave a comment