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OtherSkills lightning session at OSDC 2010

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The Open Source Developers’ Conference 2010 will take place November 24-26 in Melbourne. Registration is cheap-as, just $250 for the whole conf and that includes lunches and the conference dinner!

I was lucky to get several items accepted in the program, covering a few of my diverse interests. One I’d like to specifically draw your attention is called OtherSkills lightning session:

Many OSDC attendees have other skills and hobbies, some vastly different from how we mainly know them. There are gardeners, cooks, bee keepers, brewers, photographers, divers, mushroom growers, chemists – so far only the electronics tinkerers have made it in to talks… but given this fabulously eclectic group of people is gathered in one spot anyway, let’s have the great speakers talk about “something else” too.
It’ll be inspiring, as creativity always flows beyond strict topic boundaries… we can learn from anything, as long as the talk is good (just think about TED talks to see a fab example of that).

This session will be run in lightning format, with many speakers each max 4-5 minutes.

Are you coming to OSDC and could speak on OtherSkills, please let me know!

Announcing Upstarta Camp – Brisbane Tue 24 Nov 2009

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When: Tuesday 24 November (afternoon before first OSDC day), 12pm-5pm
Where: Brisbane, Mt Coot-Tha / Bardon area (near OSDC venue)

What is it? A picnic in the park. Yes, literally! It’s a workshop, but we’re doing a barbecue beforehand. The afternoon (including the barbecue) is $10 for members, $20 for non-members. We haven’t set a firm cap on numbers but we will have to limit it somewhat.

After a joint introduction to get everybody tuned in, we’ll split the attendees into smaller groups, each utilising the Upstarta principles and related strategies to accomplish tasks.
Among other things, we’re going to develop (fictitious but potentially viable) complete products/services including surrounding aspects such as business model, market positioning, pricing, distribution, marketing, etc. Then we’ll recombine, present and discuss what each group came up with.
It’ll be educational, challenging, and fun!

For more info and registration, go to the Upstarta Camp page.

It’s the day before the Open Source Developers’ Conference starts at the nearby Bardon Centre, so if you’re travelling to the conference you have an opportunity to join the Upstarta Camp also. Simply pick a flight earlier in the day!

It’s separate events, but you will want to (also) get to OSDC, earlybird registration ends this week!

OSDC 2009 – call for papers reminder

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The call for papers for OSDC 2009 is open until 30 June 2009; yes that’s only a few more days. Submit your abstract and do a talk at this fab conference!

This is a grassroots style conference designed by developers for developers.  It covers Perl, Python, Ruby/Rails, PHP, Java/Grails and Open Source operating systems as well as some business aspects.  If you’d like to cover something else as well that is Open Source themed, please feel free.

The Call for Papers can be found at: http://2009.osdc.com.au/call-for-papers
The important dates are:

  • Call for Papers Closes      30 June, 2009
  • Proposal acceptance         20 July, 2009
  • Accepted paper submissions  14 September, 2009
  • OSDC 2009 Main Conference!  25th to 27th November, 2009

OSDC 2009 will be held at the Bardon Conference Center in Brisbane this year. This is a fantastic venue a short drive from the Brisbane CBD, totally surrounded by lush greenery.