Hum… I guess it’s been a while since I last blogged. This time however I have something to show off: Till’s and my presentation at CampKDE is on YouTube. And without further ado — enjoy the show.
The slides are quite visible in the video but I thought embedding them here wouldn’t hurt.
If you are interested in the rest of the talks, head over to the KDE Promo channel on YouTube and take a look. Slides are available from here.
After having a quick chat with Kévin Ottens on IRC we agreed that it would be useful to write up a small how-to explaining the Art of Booth Organization™ as a follow up on the how-to for sprints I posted earlier. He has been poking me about it repeatedly, so voilà, Monsieur, finalement, c’est fait.
While writing down all those steps I realized that organizing a booth is more complex than I thought. Chances are high that I have forgotten something more or less important. The comment section is yours!
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Let’s say you come across an interesting event in your area or elsewhere and you think KDE should be present and have a stand in whatever shape and size. How do you proceed?
This is obviously the first step. Usually, the call for projects closes several weeks before the event takes place. As soon as it is open and you have decided that you’d like to be there send an email to the kde-promo list. Ask if anybody has already registered a booth and/or would be interested to organize one together with yourself.
Go to kde.org and copy and paste the usual about blurb on the front page for the registration or look for one of the translated versions. It keeps things consistent and saves you a lot of thinking. (weiterlesen…)
1.5 years ago, Franz was in the same position as I am now: he needed a helping hand. And unfortunately it’s the same event again.
There is an OpenExpo in Winterthur coming up on 23rd and 24th September and so far noone has stepped up to organize it. These expos are nice events (incl. catering) and stunningly well organized by /ch/open – there is really not much to do. So it’s the perfect opportunity for beginners.
If you don’t have any plans for those days and would like to dip your feet into booth organization, drop us a line at kde-promo at kde dot org. I can send you last year’s material for registering the booth and am happy to help out if you run into questions.
Deadline for registering the KDE booth is 19th June.
Update, 19th June: Myriam was so kind to register the booth in time. She will need some help though. You can still raise your hand and get involved. :)
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I attended the 4.2 release event in Zurich on Wednesday and I must say: it was pretty crowded. Pascal and Luca and whoelse helped them did a good job on organizing the whole event, including Apéro with FreeBeer and snacks.
I listened to the keynote by Georg Greve, President of the FSFE, and to Aaron who impressed with his live presentation. I found a first set of photos on flickr. It gives a nice idea of the event.
Usually, for me the more interesting part starts after the official one has ended: the talking to people. I learnt a lot again and I am always surprised how many ex-professional-musicians I meet in Free Software. There must be a special attraction.
On Thursday morning, I joined Aaron, Georg, Graeme and Shane at the FSFE office. I mostly listened and learned again. It was great meeting them and absorbing knowledge while drinking tea. Many thanks for letting me abuse their office and wifi and for the input!
I made my debut as a speaker on wednesday. I think I mentioned that before… once or twice… maybe…
Just let me put it like that: it was exciting and I liked it. And I’m so happy how my slides turned out that I will put them up again here. Call me vain.
[UPDATE] I heard your complaints. Let me know if this slideshare widget doesn’t work either.