A few days back I wrote about Akademy 2018 and my expectations and duties at the event. This is a report based on that previous post. Akademy 2018 in Vienna, Austria, has been the best one in I've attended to in recent years. We event got a record number of sponsors, Codethink among them, and … Continue reading Back from Akademy 2018. What an event!
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Codethink is sponsoring Akademy 2018 and I am attending.
Back in July 2017 I wrote a blog post, published by Codethink, explaining why is a good business to support community driven FOSS events. This post is related to that one. I will be attending to Akademy 2018. It will take place in Vienna, Austria, from August 11th to 17th. I will be there representing … Continue reading Codethink is sponsoring Akademy 2018 and I am attending.
A weekend at Akademy-es in Valencia
This past weekend I travelled to Valencia, the third biggest city in Spain, located by the Mediterranean sea, to attend to Akademy-es, the annual meeting of the KDE community in Spain. At this event we also hold the KDE Spain annual assembly. KDE España is the legal entity behind the KDE community in Spain and … Continue reading A weekend at Akademy-es in Valencia
CIP related work during the second half of 2017
As you probably know by now, I have been invoved in the Civil Infrastructure Project (CIP), a Linux Foundation Inintiative formed in 2016, representing Codethink, a founder Member and coordinating the engineering work in two areas within the project:
Akademy 2017: it’s great to be part of KDE.
After two years absent of any KDE event I was looking forward to see old friends and meet new KDE contributors and supporters. During July 20th and 21st it took place in Almería, Spain, Akademy-es. The following day, July 22nd, Akademy started. I stayed until Monday 24th there, combining my participation at the event with … Continue reading Akademy 2017: it’s great to be part of KDE.
Why to support community driven FOSS events
FLOSS event offerings have exploded in the last few years. You can find everything from very elite, invitation-only pricey events to small, local meetings that are open to everybody. Almost every company that migrates from being an Open Source consumer to a contributor becomes a conference sponsor, which is positive.
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