Hi Folks:
Sean Moss-Pultz is speaking at BALUG on tomorrow about the OpenMoko
Project, which he is founder & CEO of. The OpenMoko
Project makes an open source, linux-based cell phone called the NEO
FreeRunner. More info on Sean, OpenMoko and the Neo FreeRunner at
these links:
http://moss-pultz.com/http://www.openmoko.com/http://www.openmoko.com/product.html
We're expecting a great crowd, so if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
RSVP at balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room. Bottomline: if we don't have 40
RSVPs the day before the meeting, we don't get the banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
November 18th, 2008 (Tomorrow)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
--
Andrew Fife
Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
www.untangle.com/download
650.425.3327 desk
415.806.6028 cell
Hi Folks:
Sean Moss-Pultz will be speaking at BALUG on Tuesday (11/18). Sean
is the CEO and founder of The OpenMoko Project, which makes a open
source linux based cell phone called the NEO FreeRunner. Sean is a
self described San Diego surfer that landed in Taiwan as a software
developer working on embedded systems, which ultimately led to the
founding of OpenMoko. More info on Sean, OpenMoko and the Neo
FreeRunner at these links:
http://moss-pultz.com/http://www.openmoko.com/http://www.openmoko.com/product.html
We're expecting a great crowd, so if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
RSVP at balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room. Bottomline: if we don't have 40
RSVPs the day before the meeting, we don't get the banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
November 18th, 2008 (Next Tuesday)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
--
Andrew Fife
Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
www.untangle.com/download
650.425.3327 desk
415.806.6028 cell
BALUG Tomorrow! Dirk Morris, Untangle CTO 2008-10-21
Please rsvp if you're planning to come (see below).
Dirk Morris will be speaking at BALUG Tuesday 2008-10-21 (tomorrow!).
Dirk Morris is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Untangle[1]
and visionary behind the Untangle Gateway Platform.
Prior to Untangle, Dirk was Chief Architect at Akheron Technologies,
where he invented the patent-pending High Bandwidth Transparent
Vectoring used in the company's proxy firewall engine. He has also held
positions as lead engineer at VerticalNet and H.L.L.C. Consulting,
developing Java-based distributed monitor and intrusion detection
systems.
Prior to that, Dirk worked on survivability simulations at CERT/CC
(Computer Emergency Response Team), the renowned, federally-funded
Center for Internet security operated by Carnegie Mellon University.
Dirk holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in
Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
October 21st, 2008 (Tomorrow!)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
1. http://www.untangle.com/http://www.balug.org/
Hi Folks - quick reminder:
Ian Murdock will be speaking at BALUG Tomorrow (2008-09-16)!
Ian founded Debian in 1993 and served as project lead through 1996.
Currently Ian is the Vice President of Developer and Community
Marketing at Sun Microsystems and previously was the CTO of the Linux
Foundation. (Full bio links below)
============================
VERY important changes...
============================
1)Change in venue
We are NOT meeting at the Four Seas Restaurant because they have a
conflict. However, Songbird (http://www.songbird.com/) has kindly
offer the use of their office in SOMA for the meeting. (Address below)
2)Change in food & cost
We will be ordering pizza & soda for this meeting. The cost will be
$10, meat and veggie-friendly options will be available and we promise
it won't be Pizza Hut or Domino's. (the meeting is free, but $10.00 for
the food)
3)RSVPs REQUIRED (for food!)
It looks like we'll have enough space for all that would like to
attend, and we still very much appreciate and want your RSVPs,
but if you haven't already RSVPed *and* want to be in on our
pizza dinner purchase, we need that RSVP very soon (like by rather/quite
early tomorrow morning*). For later RSVPs or those that just show up,
we should have adequate space for you, but probably won't have pizza
dinner for you.
(BALUG volunteers are personally paying for pizza upfront, and we need
to finalize pizza RSVP tally and get our large pizza delivery order in
rather early for timely delivery of the large delivery order, hence the
cutoff on dinner RSVPs)
RSVPs to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
*if you want to be sure and get in on the pizza, get your RSVP in before
6:00 A.M. 2008-09-16
Meeting Details...
6:30 P.M. September 16th, 2008
Songbird's Corporate Office
585 Howard St. (near 2nd St.)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3032
Map w/ Parking Garages: http://tinyurl.com/5zbwuu
Cost: The meetings are always free, but pizza & soda is $10
Links to Ian Murdock's full bios:
Personal:
http://ianmurdock.com/about/
Corporate:
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Ian%20Murdock
More information, additional maps, other upcoming meetings, etc.:
http://www.balug.org/
--
publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
Hi Folks:
Ian Murdock will be speaking at BALUG this coming Tuesday (2008-09-16).
Ian founded Debian in 1993 and served as project lead through 1996.
Currently Ian is the Vice President of Developer and Community
Marketing at Sun Microsystems and previously was the CTO of the Linux
Foundation. (Full bio links below)
============================
VERY important changes...
============================
1)Change in venue
We are NOT meeting at the Four Seas Restaurant because they have a
conflict. However, Songbird (http://www.songbird.com/) has kindly
offer the use of their office in SOMA for the meeting. (Address below)
2)Change in food & cost
We will be ordering pizza & soda for this meeting. The cost will be
$10, meat and veggie-friendly options will be available and we promise
it won't be Pizza Hut or Domino's.
3)RSVPs REQUIRED
Due to the fact that Songbird can host about 75 attendees (we may well
get a full house) _AND_ that BALUG volunteers are personally paying for
pizza upfront, we are *requiring* an RSVP for this event. So, if you'd
like to join us *please* RSVP now (or at least as soon as you can!) to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
Meeting Details...
6:30 P.M. September 16th, 2008
Songbird's Corporate Office
585 Howard St. (near 2nd St.)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3032
Map w/ Parking Garages: http://tinyurl.com/5zbwuu
Cost: The meetings are always free, but pizza & soda is $10
Links to Ian Murdock's full bios:
Personal:
http://ianmurdock.com/about/
Corporate:
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Ian%20Murdock
More information, additional maps, other upcoming meetings, etc.:
http://www.balug.org/
--
publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
(reminder): Chris DiBona @ BALUG Tomorrow! (2008-08-19)
Please rsvp if you're planning to come (see below).
Chris DiBona will be speaking at BALUG Tuesday 2008-08-19 (tomorrow!).
Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, CA
based Google, where his team oversees license compliance, promotes
developer outreach, supports the open source community through programs
such as the Google Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google
Code. (full bio below)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
August 19th, 2008 (Tomorrow!)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
Chris DiBona's full bio:
Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, CA
based Google, where his team oversees license compliance, promotes
developer outreach, supports the open source community through programs
such as the Google Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google
Code.
Mr. DiBona is an internationally known advocate of open source software
and related methodologies. He occasionally appears on the This Week in
Tech and Cranky Geeks podcasts. He is a visiting scholar at the MIT
Sloan School of Management and has a masters in software engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he serves on the
advisory board of imeem, a San Francisco, CA based social networking
firm.
Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor and author for the
website Slashdot.org. Additionally, he coedited the award-winning
essay compilations "Open Sources" and "Open Sources 2.0" and writes for
several publications. He was the host of Floss Weekly with Leo Laporte
and made a number of appearances on TechTV's "The Screensavers".
His personal blog can be found at
http://dibona.com/ and he can be reached via email via chris(a)dibona.com
Hi Folks:
Chris Dibona will be speaking at BALUG next Tuesday (8/19). Chris DiBona
is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, Ca. based Google,
where his team oversees license compliance, promotes developer outreach,
supports the open source community through programs such as the Google
Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google Code. (full bio below)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
August 19th, 2008 (Next Tuesday)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
Chris Dibona's full bio:
Chris DiBona is the open source programs manager at Mountain View, Ca.
based Google, where his team oversees license compliance, promotes
developer outreach, supports the open source community through programs
such as the Google Summer of Code and oversees OSS releases on Google
Code.
Mr. DiBona is an internationally known advocate of open source software
and related methodologies. He occasionally appears on the This Week in
Tech and Cranky Geeks podcasts. He is a visiting scholar at the MIT Sloan
School of Management and has a masters in software engineering from
Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he serves on the advisory board
of imeem, a San Francisco, Ca. based social networking firm.
Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor and author for the website
Slashdot.org . Additionally, he coedited the award-winning essay
compilations "Open Sources" and "Open Sources 2.0" and writes for several
publications. He was the host of Floss Weekly with Leo Laporte and made a
number of appearances on TechTV's "The Screensavers"
His personal blog can be found at
http://dibona.com and he can be reached via email via chris(a)dibona.com
--
Andrew Fife
Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
www.untangle.com/download
650.425.3327 desk
415.806.6028 cell
BALUG 2008-07-15!: Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons); and other BALUG News
Contents:
* BALUG 2008-07-15!: Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons)
* LinuxWorld, BALUG & SF-LUG, Installfest, etc.
* upcoming BALUG meetings
* Contacts, etc.
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For the BALUG[0] 2008-07-15 meeting we are proud to present:
Mike Linksvayer[1], Vice President of Creative Commons
2008-07-15 [16]Mike Linksvayer, Vice President, [2]Creative Commons
Mike Linksvayer is Vice President of Creative Commons, having
joined Creative Commons as CTO in April 2003. Previously he
co-founded [3]Bitzi. He has over ten years experience as an
enterprise software, web, and multimedia developer and consultant
and holds a B.A. in economics from the [4]University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
Creative Commons (CC)
Share, Remix, Reuse. Legally.
Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists,
artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the
freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your
copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights
Reserved." Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization.
Everything Creative Commons does, including the software created
by Creative Commons, is free.
Time, location, cost (if you want dinner), etc., please see:
http://www.balug.org/#Meetings%20(general)
If you intend to come, please RSVP to: rsvp(a)balug.org
Why RSVP? Well, we probably wouldn't turn you away, but the RSVPs
really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan settings/food/staffing and
help ensure that we're able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
0. http://www.balug.org/
1. http://creativecommons.org/about/people#21
2. http://creativecommons.org/
3. http://bitzi.com/
4. http://www.uiuc.edu/
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LinuxWorld[5], BALUG & SF-LUG, Installfest, etc.
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo[5] is coming soon to San Francisco.
BALUG, SF-LUG[6], and some additional [L]UGs will be sharing a
combined/shared [L]UG "booth" at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo,
so ... come by, say "hi", tell folks to come check us out.
To volunteer to help out / coordinate etc. ... take a look
at the BALUG "talk"[7] list or archive thereof - there should be
some significant updates on that within the week.
Installfest for Schools[8]
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[9] will supply hardware
for massive Installfest for Schools, to donate open source (Ubuntu[10])
computers to schools in need. The event is organized by Untangle[11]
and GES[12]. LinuxWorld attendees are encouraged to join the
installfest by installing Ubuntu, hacking older hardware, or donating
unwanted computers. For more information see:
http://www.untangle.com/installfest
5. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
6. http://www.sf-lug.org/
7. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
8. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/ehall//SN264817
9. http://www.accrc.org/
10. http://www.ubuntu.com/
11. http://www.untangle.com/
12. http://www.ges.com/
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upcoming BALUG meetings ... mark your calendars :-):
* 2008-07-15 Mike Linksvayer, Vice President, Creative Commons
* 2008-08-19 Chris Dibona
* 2008-09-16[13] Ian Murdock, founder of Debian
* ... BALUG generally meets the third Tuesday of the month. Subscribe to
our low volume "announce"[14] list to be sure and hear about upcoming
meetings and speakers/presentations.
13. This meeting will occur at a different venue; watch for updates.
14. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
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Contacting BALUG: http://www.new.balug.org/#Contact
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
bayPIGgies meeting Thursday 7/10:
P2P/BitTorrent data mining with Python and C
by Niall O'Higgins
The BitTorrent protocol is estimated to account for 18-35% of traffic
on the Internet. This talk will give an introduction to the protocol,
why it has been so effective compared to other P2P systems, and what
its limitations are. We will then cover what features make Python an
excellent tool to power large scale data mining and analysis of P2P
networks. Finally, we will present some results of the quantitive
analysis of BitTorrent conducted by the Peer-to-Peer Research
Institute.
http://p2presearch.com/http://niallohiggins.com
Location: Google Campus
Building 42, the Seville room (second floor)
check in at the lobby in bldg 43
bayPIGgies meeting information:
http://baypiggies.net/new/plone
* Please sign up in advance to have your google access badge ready:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BayPiggiesGoogleMeetings
(no later than close of business on Wednesday.)
Agenda
..... 7:30 PM ...........................
General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements,
any first-minute announcements.
..... 7:35 PM to 8:45 PM ................
The Talk
..... 8:45 PM to 9:00 PM or After The Talk ................
Mapping and Random Access
Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics
the announcers are interested in.
Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up
individually on the announcements and other topics of
interest.
..... Thursday, August 14 ................
7:30 PM BayPIGgies Steven Knight on SCons
Hello BALUG:
This is just a quick note to remind everyone that tomorrow's BALUG meeting
has been postponed until NEXT Tuesday (June 24th).
We're quite excited about hosting Andrew Morton (a lead kernel developer
and maintainer) so please don't forget to RSVP if you intend to join us.
RSVP(a)balug.org
Looking forward to seeing everyone next week.
-Andrew
--
Andrew Fife
Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
www.untangle.com/download
650.425.3327 desk
415.806.6028 cell