Private Storm » cposc http://blog.privatestorm.com ... unlocking the hurricane that's been raging on through the years Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:43:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Central PA Open Source Conference 2009 http://blog.privatestorm.com/2009/10/17/central-pa-open-source-conference-2009/ http://blog.privatestorm.com/2009/10/17/central-pa-open-source-conference-2009/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:00:06 +0000 heather http://blog.privatestorm.com/?p=39 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

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I’m always looking for a good concert or something fun to do so if you have any suggestions just let me know.

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