Here’s a smattering of stuff I’ve been doing in the Fedora Project lately. Although I don’t get to spend as much time on Fedora in my new job, I’ve been putting aside some off hours and a portion of Friday (or as I like to call it, my “no meetings …
Now that’s a nice way to go on Valentine’s Day! I love my wife a lot more, of course, but I’m also proud to say that I love free software. My most sincere thanks to all the people in Fedora and the free software community who work hard every day …
This tip is a short one, but it applies to a lot of people in the Fedora Project, since we all share responsibilities for writing stuff on the Fedora wiki. I often see instructions or guidance on the wiki where the writer wants to provide a link. Often those instructions …
For some reason this week I feel like blogging about some of my time-saving tools. I’m certainly not a superstar when it comes to eliminating wasted time. But when I was FPL I had to figure out ways to be more effective so I could spend more time on the …
I’ve been using GNU Emacs ever since I started working with the Fedora documentation team years ago. I wouldn’t call myself a power user by any means, but it handles my modest needs very well. Other people may have different preferences, which is fine. (Holy wars to /dev/null please.) In …
It looks like my honorable associate Joe Brockmeier has also discovered the beauty of the offlineimap utility, which is one of my favorite productivity tools as well. If you’ve been reading my blog for some time, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of using offlineimap in cahoots with the …
Depending on your background, where you live, and your personal predilections, you may or may not be used to any kind of overnight noise. When staying in a hotel, this is a concern for any guest. Even if you frequently stay in hotels, each new location is an unfamiliar environment, …
For a few years now our FUDCons have always included attendee name badges. Often people coming to FUDCon are meeting face to face for the first time with people they know from online interactions. Name badges make it easy to put a face to a name or IRC nick. At …
The upcoming FUDCon in Tempe will be a rather interesting experience for me, because in a sense I’ll be returning to a role as an individual contributor in Fedora. One of the things I’m looking forward to doing in that role is sitting down with any contributors who are involved …
Thanks not only to the auspices of Red Hat’s Community Architecture team but also to generous sponsors Google and Rackspace, the FUDCon Tempe planning team has been able to sponsor the travel of numerous community members to the event. For every person who’s able to travel to the event, there …
