Open Source Bridge
I am so excited about the Open Source Bridge conference! Here’s the first bits of their introduction:
Open Source Citizenship
What are the rights and responsibilities of an open source citizen? We’re exploring what open source means to us, what it offers, where we struggle, and why we do this day in and day out, even when we’re not paid for it.
Innovative Track Structure
Our session tracks are technology agnostic, based around shared community experiences and focus on the similarities between projects, not the differences. View the tracks.
All-Hours Hacker Lounge
The geekery doesn’t end when the sessions do. We’re also running a 24-hour hacker lounge for code sprints, bug bashes, bouncing ideas, starting new projects or just mingling and taking in the vibe.
100% Volunteer-Run
Your software is peer-produced. Why not your conference? Open Source Bridge is pioneered and planned by a team of open source developers and technologists. What’s more, we’re building an open source application to manage talk proposals.
Here’s the letter I just wrote them:
Dear Open Source Bridge,
Let’s see, skills… I have a computer science degree, a masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design, and I’ve been doing professional web development part or full time for the last 10 years or so. I’m very proficient with both PHP and Ruby, (pretty good with Java, C, and C#, and okay with Objective-J and Mac App development) and I’m a fast learner. I can do graphic design, ui design, software engineering, and coding.
I’m also happy to do whatever… food stuff, greeting, etc, etc. I’ve volunteered at a couple of conferences… a Boston GNOME Summit a number of years ago, and the SIGCHI Conference in ‘05 or so.
I’m very commited to openness… to Software Freedom as well as challenging power structures. I am pro-feminist and anti-racist and excited about checking my privilege and doing other things to make computing spaces more open. I just gave a talk tonight at my local Ruby Users Group (SDRuby) called “Just a Joke? Sexism and the Ruby Community”.
I saw the announcement for this conference a while ago when reading about the whole Matt Aimionetti GoGaRuCo debacle, and forgot about it, and then realized this week while preparing for my talk that I’d really like to be there. I live in San Diego and don’t have much money, but I figure I’ll find a way up there somehow, if I can get a volunteer position and not have to pay the registration fee.
My timing is flexible… I could come up a couple days before the conference! Or whatever! Just say what would be helpful for you!
Love,
Erik Pukinskis
