Community-cation
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Brian Proffitt Community Manager Linux Foundation |
Brian Proffitt is the Community Manager for the Linux Developer Network, a portal for all things Linux development. A technology journalist since 2002, Brian is also the author of several consumer books on Linux. He has served as a judge for various LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards, and has co-led the program committee for the Enterprise Linux Summits. Brian volunteers at a local hospital and for Habitat for Humanity, all while living in northern Indiana. |
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 31, 2008
There was a little bit of schadenfreude in my heart this week when I surfed over to the Linux Hater's blog and discovered that its author has decided to close up shop.
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 27, 2008
Standards are often taken for granted though they are not easy to achieve.
This thought was the result of an unexpected weekend project where the kitchen sink faucet decided to spring a leak. While I am no Joe the Plumber, I decided to save some time and money and fix the problem myself. - Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 24, 2008
The whitepaper "Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution" published this week was a really fun bit of collaborative effort. It basically boiled down to Ron Hale-Evans analyzing the Fedora code, me scoping out the kernel code, and Amanda McPherson pulling it all together into a coherent document.
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 20, 2008
It's not everyday you learn that your employer could be part of a massive 20-year old conspiracy of "IT systems monopolists" to keep Microsoft from stealing their mojo.
Well, shoot. This never came up at the company picnic. (Awk-ward...)
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 17, 2008
One of the recurring themes at this year's End User Summit was this whole notion of consumers vs. prosumers of Linux and open source software technology. "Prosumer" is not one of my usual words... I got it from Monday keynote speaker Anthony Williams, one of the authors of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 10, 2008
A lot of work has been done behind the scenes this week for the End User Summit in New York next week. Thanks to the talented people working on the show, I think it will be an excellent event. This is not, mind you, self-promotion--they've put me in charge of the slide shows, which shows my co-workers know how to best utilize me. :)
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 7, 2008
Well, this wasn't unexpected, but it's sad news nonetheless. According to an announcement from IDG today, the show known as LinuxWorld has gone into the history books.
- Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Oct 3, 2008
Here in the US, it's been an interesting week in the financial and government worlds. And I mean "interesting" in the Chinese-curse sense of that word. Like most folks in the country, I've been watching the news with one eye on politics and the other on the ticker tape. Lost in some of the conflaguation of news was the announcement of our new event, LinuxCon, scheduled for September 2009 in Portland, Oregon.