Central PA Open Source Conference 2009
This is a liveblog post of my tweets from Central PA Open Source Conference.
9:05:30 AM: at #cposc – another conference where i can count the amount of female attendees on one hand
9:20:53 AM: first session getting started: the business of open source licensing @ringmaster #cposc
9:29:08 AM: I blogged about: Central PA Open Source Conference 2009 http://prvt.st/f
9:33:14 AM: types of licenses: free & open vs. proprietary @ringmaster #cposc
9:41:46 AM: .@ringmaster explaining the phrase “free as in puppies” (total cost of ownership) #cposc
9:46:43 AM: total cost of ownership, factors: purchase price, service, equipment, compliance, vulnerabilities, upgrade @ringmaster #cposc
9:58:26 AM: .@ringmaster Google Web Server = web server software that Google uses for their web infrastructure (wikipedia) http://is.gd/4nIQc #cposc
10:24:13 AM: not a huge fan of drupal, maybe @pearcec will change my mind? #cposc
10:26:10 AM: wonder which app does this? RT @dmclain55: Brian, who’s giving this talk, is using his iPhone to control the slides.. neato! #cposc
10:42:24 AM: multisite feature of drupal seems useful. wonder how it compares to wpmu? @pearcec #cposc
10:52:34 AM: will have to try this out later. RT @dmclain55: Air mouse is reaally cool 
Win & Mac only looks like, but fun #cposc
11:06:36 AM: i guess this drupal session was not really meant for beginners #cposc
11:23:25 AM: MySQL performance tuning for non-DBAs @tom_clark #cposc
11:28:52 AM: there is no one size fits all (or even most) MySQL configuration @tom_clark #cposc
12:00:16 PM: MySQLTuner: script for MySQL optimization http://is.gd/4nP7g @tom_clark #cposc
1:11:27 PM: starting why you’ll love python @shawnmilo #cposc
1:55:07 PM: going to learn more about virtualbox #cposc
3:03:36 PM: learning about scratch from michael badger #cposc
3:24:31 PM: wish i had scratch programming in school when i was a kid. we only had logo turtles. #cposc
3:27:46 PM: michael badger demonstrating picoboard w/ scratch http://picocricket.com/ #cposc
3:46:53 PM: last session of the day: contributing to open source projects @pleia2 #cposc
3:47:58 PM: ways to contribute: programming, testing, documentation @pleia2 #cposc
3:51:30 PM: i won a door prize at #cposc i chose: official ubuntu book.
3:56:32 PM: more ways to get involved w/ open source projects: design, community (answer forum questions, local groups) @pleia2 #cposc
4:00:15 PM: @jrock2004 hope you didn’t leave #cposc early bcuz you won a door prize
4:09:03 PM: stereotype of open source contributors: hackers in their basement w/ pizza & mountain dew. LOL! @pleia2 #cposc
2 Comments for “Central PA Open Source Conference 2009”
1Christine
wrote on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 4:08 pm
This looks like a really neat conference, I totally would’ve gone had I known about it. Seems like you have good Con taste! =)
2heather
wrote on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:49 pm
That’s what happened to me last year: I found out about CPOSC a week or two after it was over. That’s when I started getting involved with tech meetups and following local techies on twitter, so I’m much better informed about these things. It will be really crowded, but maybe I’ll get to meet you this weekend at WordCamp NYC.