During more than a year, back in 2008 - 2009, I invested a good amount of hours, along with many friends, local contributors and companies, KDE and GNOME members, local public administrations and universities, sponsors, etc. to make true an attractive and risky idea: co-hosting GUADEC and Akademy in Gran Canaria. Two years later, another … Continue reading Should we go for another Desktop Summit?
Category: akademy
Akademy is over for me
I'm writing this while heading to the airport to go back home. It's been an interesting Akademy, well organiced and with a lot of good topics to disscuss. Last night we ended up in a karaoke...something unexpected but really fun. Listening people from Netherlands, India, México, Brazil and Spain singing together is not common, right?This … Continue reading Akademy is over for me
Let’s do it
Sometime we concentrate on little things that matter a lot to us but has no impact on what we are doing. I frecuently come to disscussions in my everyday live in which I put a lot of my energy but, overall are not worth it. Sometimes I have people around me telling me that there's … Continue reading Let’s do it
Akademy Day 3
Today I attended to my first KDE e.V. Assembly. Everything was on time, as schedule. Some points were interesting, and some very insteresting. Well....maybe not but hey...it was my first one so I'm not going to complain.After having lunch with some KDE e.V. members, I went to the hacking area to resolve some urgent stuff … Continue reading Akademy Day 3
Akademy Day 2
After waking up late, I arrived at the Akademy place very late, but just in time for the Group Picture. The lunch was good and had some good conversations with part of KDE España. About 8-9 people from this organization are here. I'm having problems with my internet connection. I have screw up my Knetworkmanager, … Continue reading Akademy Day 2
Akademy 2010 Day 1
Conferences has started in Akademy 2010. The first conference was about MeeGo, done by the Meego leader from Nokia. Surpringly the two best arguments were given during the question turn by the KDE/Nokia member Suresh and the Intel representative, talking about Meego upstreamming the code. They ensured they do not allow code that is not … Continue reading Akademy 2010 Day 1
Akademy 2010 Day 0
After spending a week visiting different places from the middle part of Finland with Nacho and Heidi Vilppola (thanks both for your hospitality) and their family I went to the train station to go down south to Tampere, where Akademy 2010 will begin tomorrow (saturdayjuly 3rd).The train I was going to take was full so … Continue reading Akademy 2010 Day 0
What I’ve been doing lately and my near future plans
Lets begin like many people did before ....It's been a long time since my last post.Now... I won't bother you with excuses.I'm helping (as part of ASOLIF) in the organization of the GNOME Marketing Hackfest, along with the regional association of free software companies from Aragon (CESLA), the Aragon Technological Centre (ITA), Zaragoza Municipality and … Continue reading What I’ve been doing lately and my near future plans
Gran Canaria Desktop Summit 2009. Feel the power of the desktop community
So Gran Canaria Desktop Summit 2009 dates are already official: from friday 3 to saturday 11 of july. Check the news on GNOME and KDE webs.This is good news because you will be able to book your flight in advance. It is a strong recommendation from the local team. It is not that there aren't … Continue reading Gran Canaria Desktop Summit 2009. Feel the power of the desktop community
aKademy 2008
Akademy 2008 is close to end and I this is my own summary.Organization and atmosphereAs it always happens, nothing is always perfect. But this year the job done has been amazing and the result is relevant. We will have to work really hard to make it better next year than this one. That is good … Continue reading aKademy 2008
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