There's nothing like #FOSDEM.
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There's nothing like #FOSDEM. Maybe if you're in a particular community that doesn't have a devroom so doesn't attract so many people it's not the same but finding people you know face to face and making new contacts is so valuable. But there's something for every open source developer.
Talk highlight? I've got to go with @Edent on the UK COVID tracing app. Even if you're not UK based it was a lesson in how government works and dealing with the abuse on Twitter. Superbly presented too.
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There's nothing like #FOSDEM. Maybe if you're in a particular community that doesn't have a devroom so doesn't attract so many people it's not the same but finding people you know face to face and making new contacts is so valuable. But there's something for every open source developer.
Talk highlight? I've got to go with @Edent on the UK COVID tracing app. Even if you're not UK based it was a lesson in how government works and dealing with the abuse on Twitter. Superbly presented too.
The fact that #FOSDEM is free to attend is also crazy. It makes the overall vibe different from other conferences. Sure you have to pay for travel and accommodation but if you have the money spare it's absolutely worth it especially if you want to meet specific people.
I've been four times, although only twice paid for by my employer at the time (one of the self-funded ones I travelled on my motorbike: 120 miles in the UK then about the same on Europe mainland to Brussels. Loved the experience)
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There's nothing like #FOSDEM. Maybe if you're in a particular community that doesn't have a devroom so doesn't attract so many people it's not the same but finding people you know face to face and making new contacts is so valuable. But there's something for every open source developer.
Talk highlight? I've got to go with @Edent on the UK COVID tracing app. Even if you're not UK based it was a lesson in how government works and dealing with the abuse on Twitter. Superbly presented too.
@sxa cheers mate! Much appreciated
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The fact that #FOSDEM is free to attend is also crazy. It makes the overall vibe different from other conferences. Sure you have to pay for travel and accommodation but if you have the money spare it's absolutely worth it especially if you want to meet specific people.
I've been four times, although only twice paid for by my employer at the time (one of the self-funded ones I travelled on my motorbike: 120 miles in the UK then about the same on Europe mainland to Brussels. Loved the experience)
The biggest challenger this year is going to be trying to do all of the amazing things I want to after the chats at #FOSDEM. Really pleased that I managed to locate and catch up with everyone I wanted to this year too!
Side note: It is a shame that not everyone is on the #Fediverse. The demise of twitter had definitely fragmented this space, which sucks. Maybe I just need to use LinkedIn more
Pretty much everyone is is still on there, even if it is "the creepiest social network" -
The biggest challenger this year is going to be trying to do all of the amazing things I want to after the chats at #FOSDEM. Really pleased that I managed to locate and catch up with everyone I wanted to this year too!
Side note: It is a shame that not everyone is on the #Fediverse. The demise of twitter had definitely fragmented this space, which sucks. Maybe I just need to use LinkedIn more
Pretty much everyone is is still on there, even if it is "the creepiest social network"(If you're wondering where that phrase came from it was this 2013 blog post ... I can't imagine it's any less *creepy" in this respect than it was back then)
https://www.interactually.com/linkedin-creepiest-social-network/ -
(If you're wondering where that phrase came from it was this 2013 blog post ... I can't imagine it's any less *creepy" in this respect than it was back then)
https://www.interactually.com/linkedin-creepiest-social-network/That awkward moment when you'd met someone at a conference in the past, you tried to email them, they tried to connect with you and message you on #linkedIn which the other party hadn't logged into. Neither of you saw and replied to the other message. Argh!
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There's nothing like #FOSDEM. Maybe if you're in a particular community that doesn't have a devroom so doesn't attract so many people it's not the same but finding people you know face to face and making new contacts is so valuable. But there's something for every open source developer.
Talk highlight? I've got to go with @Edent on the UK COVID tracing app. Even if you're not UK based it was a lesson in how government works and dealing with the abuse on Twitter. Superbly presented too.
"Lessons Learned from open sourcing the UK COVID-19 app" from @Edent at #FOSDEM s now up for replaying.
Mostly not UK specific (But a warning: Contains Matt Hancock) and touched on topics such as trolls on social media, taking care when writing comments (with a great example at 29m07), and choice of licenses. A good watch for anyone involved in any high profile open source project. #NHS #openSource
https://video.fosdem.org/2025/janson/fosdem-2025-4411-lessons-learned-open-sourcing-the-uk-s-covid-tracing-app.av1.webm -
That awkward moment when you'd met someone at a conference in the past, you tried to email them, they tried to connect with you and message you on #linkedIn which the other party hadn't logged into. Neither of you saw and replied to the other message. Argh!
So yesterday I happened to be looking up pictures of a TDK SA-90 cassette tape on duckduckgo in my phone (Opera browser) . Today #LinkedIn showed me this (firefox desktop browser). Just coincidence?
