DCamp was an unconference focused on design and user experience. It was held May 12-13, 2006, at Socialtext in Palo Alto, CA. Holly and I attended a lot of fascinating presentations.
Category: Tech Events
Linux Picnic 2005: Picn*x 14
On August 14, 2005 we had the annual Linux Picnic, Picn*x14, at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park.
Come see me speak at the BayLISA Meeting on April 21, 2005
I will be giving a presentation on Regular Expressions at BayLISA in Cupertino on April 21. Come out and see it! Here are the details: Whether running a simple grep command or writing a big Perl program, a thorough understanding of regular expressions is an essential skill for any system administrator. The talk will describe the history, syntax, and best practices for regular expressions; how a well-written regular expression can dramatically improve the speed of pattern matching; and give tips for using regular expressions in Perl programs.
Linux Holiday Dinner 2004
Last Wednesday night, December 15, 2004, was our first ever (hopefully annual) Linux Holiday Dinner which I organized. It was held by Silicon Valley Linux Users’ Group (where I was recently elected Vice President) and Peninsula Linux Users’ Group (of which I am the founder and President).
Vintage Computer Festival 2004 (7.0) Pictures
This past weekend I attended the Vintage Computer Festival 7.0, held at the Computer History Museum here in Mountain View, CA. I was there as part of the Fresno Commodore User Group, the last remaining Commodore User Group in California. We had a bunch of Commodore equipment, past and present, on display (inlcuding the new C64 DTV Joystick). Here are my pictures from the event:
Linux Picnic 2004: Picn*x 13
On August 7, 2004 we had the annual Linux Picnic, Picn*x13, at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park. Here are my pictures from the event: