Tag: Open Source Bridge

Liveblog: Open Source Bridge, day 1


16:45: Living in an open-cloud world. The speaker is one of Rackspace Cloud's founders. This talk is more Rackspace-centric than it ought to be. I didn't come here to listen to a marketing spiel. "Some days, 75% of our HTTP referrers are from Facebook." 15:45: Stacks of cache. This is a memcached talk. Useful fact: … Continue reading Liveblog: Open Source Bridge, day 1 →

Open Source Bridge vs. work


I'm attending Open Source Bridge this week on my dime. In fact, besides paying for this trip with my money, I'm also taking time off without pay from work. That's because I just started working at IP Street, and I don't have any accrued vacation time. On Friday, I left work with a task about … Continue reading Open Source Bridge vs. work →

Open Source Bridge 2010


If you work with open-source technologies and live in the pacific northwest (or even if you don't live in the pacific northwest), you ought to strongly consider attending Open Source Bridge in Portland. It's a 100% grass-roots conference devoted to all things open-source, and an incredible bargain at $300 for four days. From their site: Open … Continue reading Open Source Bridge 2010 →

OSCON’s returning to Portland in 2010


Guess O'Reilly's moving OSCON to San Jose didn't work out so hot. I might attend OSCON 2010, depending on ticket prices and other factors. I'm more interested in Open Source Bridge 2010 — last year's conference was epic.

Reflections


I should have a preamble here, but my mind's blank. I'll jump right in. Comparing Portland and Seattle I've been ruminating over this since returning from Open Source Bridge. I felt odd the day after returning, and I quickly realized that my mood was... depressed! For the first time ever, I was in a funk … Continue reading Reflections →

More Open Source Bridge reflections


All the talks I attended were very good to excellent, with one exception. I didn't like one that was at a more elementary level than its synopsis had led me to expect. The sessions were more casual than those at OSCON or PyCon. It's hard to explain why, but that's the impression I came away … Continue reading More Open Source Bridge reflections →

Open Source Bridge reflections


This conference is great, great, great! The Open Source Bridge organizing team deserves kudos and huzzahs. They hit the ball out of the park and tore off the cover, like that scene from "The Natural". If I could, I would buy all of you new cars. (They would be BMW 7-series.) I heard two numbers: … Continue reading Open Source Bridge reflections →

Open Source Bridge arrival


I've checked into a swell room at the Portland Hilton. I hope to link up with other Open Source Bridge attendees later, for dinner or drinks. PDXPHP is hosting a kickoff meeting tonight; I'm not a big PHP user, so I'll probably not attend. Apparently, the 24-hour hacker lounge is located on the floor directly … Continue reading Open Source Bridge arrival →