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  • UTOSC 2010: Official hotel is Marriott Residence Inn – Sandy, Utah

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    If you are looking for a place to stay for UTOSC 2010, this is the place, the Marriott Residence Inn!  As with 2009, we’re trying to make it easy for those coming in from out of town to stay close by.  The Residence Inn is less than 1/2 mile from the conference venue and very close to many restaurants and nightly entertainment.

    The Residence Inn Sandy provides free wireless Internet and is less than 1 mile from the SLCC campus where the conference will be taking place. In addition, they offer a free shuttle to and from the campus. More information about the hotel can be found on the Residence Inn’s website.

    Residence Inn Sandy (map)
    270 West 10000 South
    Sandy, UT 84070
    Phone: 1-801-561-5005
    Fax: 1-801-561-9672

    Hotel Registration

    On the web

    UTOSC Hotel Registration

    By Phone

    Call the Marriott Residence Inn at 801-561-5005. Mention UTOSC 2010 and ask for the conference rate of $89/night. The Group Code is ‘UTOUTOA’.

    For additional hotel information, visit http://utosc.com and choose the  ‘lodging‘ link.

    The Utah Open Source Conference 2010 is taking place from October 7-9, 2010 at the Miller Free Enterprise Center of the Salt Lake Community College.

    To register for the conference, follow this link.

    See you all in October!!

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  • UTOSC 2010: Keynote speaker, Jared Smith

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    Jared Smith, a recognized expert in the field of Voice-over IP (VoIP) and currently the project leader for the Fedora Project, has been named keynote speaker for the Utah Open Source Conference in October.

    One of the nation’s rising open source software conferences, UTOSC will be held from Oct. 7-9 at the Miller campus of Salt Lake Community College.

    “We are fortunate to have a speaker of Jared Smith’s caliber address this year’s conference,” said Clint Savage, the chief executive of the Utah Open Source Foundation, which hosts the conference. “In fact, Smith leads an outstanding list of speakers who are coming to Salt Lake City for UTOSC.”

    Smith will be speaking on ‘Swimming upstream: How Linux distributions help the entire community‘.

    Smith, who has held a number of roles in his career including programmer and system administrator, is a published author and holds a B.S. Degree in Computer Engineering from Utah State University.

    As project leader for the Fedora Project, Smith directs the operations of the Red Hat-based Linux distribution that is free and available to the public.

    Nearly 60 presentations will be given in the three-day UTOSC event, and UTOSC has also released the list of presentations here: http://2010.utosc.com/presentation/schedule/

    For more information on UTOSC, visit http://2010.utosc.com

    MEDIA
    For more information on the event, contact
    Larry Cafiero / larry.cafiero@gmail.com / 831.335.7303

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  • Reminder: hackUTOS 2.0 next Saturday, 10-4

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    Just a quick reminder that we’ll be running another hackfest (aka hackUTOS 2.0) this coming Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 10-4!

    For those of you who came to hackUTOS 1.0, and recall how much of a blast it was, come again, it will be even better!

    The goals are simple, provide a free space for those who want to work on a project, learn a new skill, or help others with an open source project for a day.

    There should be plenty of snacks and drinks, plus we should have a good lunch for everyone!

    Here’s the details:

    Saturday, August 21, 10am-4pm*
    TenX Networks (map)
    4855 Wiley Post Way
    Salt Lake City, UT 84116

    *You’re welcome to come an hour early and stay an hour late.

    For more information, visit http://hack.utos.org, or add your project at http://hack.utos.org/projects

    See you all there!

    Cheers,

    Clint

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  • Final week to submit papers for UTOSC 2010!

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    This Monday marked the beginning of the final week to submit papers for the 2010 Utah Open Source Conference.

    If you miss this final chance to submit a paper you may well miss out on your opportunity to present!

    In addition to being a presenter there are several other opportunities to contribute to the Utah Open Source Conference, such as volunteering your time or conducting a BoF get together.

    Check out http://blog.utos.org and http://2010.utosc.com for all the latest opportunities to help out this year!

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  • Call for papers for UTOSC 2010 closing July 15th

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    The Utah Open Source Foundation announced a call for papers for the 2010 conference scheduled Oct 7 – 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. July 15th is the last day to submit a proposal for review is July 15th and we look forward to hearing your suggestions for papers.

    All papers related to open source and open standards technology are welcome including presentations on software best practices, workshops, panel discussions, etc.  Topics can range in sophistication from beginner level classes to advanced training.  We also make space available for local user groups to meet and find new members, participate in Birds of a Feather sessions and educational minicourses.

    With open source adoption showing brisk growth in the Mountain West, UTOSC expects another record-breaking year of attendance, making this conference a great place to discover, explore and learn new technologies and software.

    Please visit http://utosc.com/ for more details.

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  • UTOSC 2010: Call for Papers

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    The Utah Open Source Conference 2010, like the object in the rear view mirror, running October 7th through the 9th 2010, is closer then it appears!!

    The Call for Papers for UTOSC 2010 is officially open! Paper submission deadline is July 15th, 2010 at Midnight and can be submitted through the Utah Open Source Conference website at http://2010.utosc.com.

    If you’ve got something to share, something to tell, something to introduce or something to show, please take the time and submit a presentation to the Utah Open Source Conference 2010. We’d love to see your presentation!!

    Some people are natural public speakers and presenters while others are reluctant to imagine themselves in front of a group of people at a conference. Nobody should feel unqualified or inexperienced to present. We want presenters who can share information at all levels.

    And now, some tough questions

    What should I talk about?

    You should talk about Open Source software, philosophy, technology, etc. The theme for this year’s conference centers around being “free“, so your topic can be targeted at beginners, experts, or someone in between. Don’t forget that there are plenty of “free” applications out there as well!

    It may help to see what topics were presented last year. Go to for information about 2009’s conference sessions.

    Several sessions will be targeted at beginning or “newbie” users including those who are family members of an Open Source geek. Basic sessions around Linux, The GIMP, or WordPress are good examples of these types of sessions.

    We have expanded our categories offerings this year and you can select multiple audiences as well. If there is a category you do not see listed, please let us know by emailing our program coordinator, at program@utos.org.

    What does a response to a call for papers look like?

    You should come up with a brief outline, or abstract, of your presentation and who would be interested. You should also provide some information about you, your
    experience with open source software and the specific aspects you’re proposing to speak about.

    Here’s an example of an abstract:

    Title: Open source home security
    This presentation will outline how I have used a Linux server,
IP cameras, and open source software, to provide around-the-clock
video and image surveillance of my home which is archived for
later viewing and is available for viewing via the Web when
I’m not at home.
    The presentation will describe how to set up a system similar to
mine and what alternatives are available for software and hardware
in the system.

    What’s in it for me?

    There are lots of perks reserved for people chosen to present at the Utah Open Source Conference!

    Resumé material
    Having presented on a topic at a conference is a great thing to add to your resumé and could make the difference the next time you apply for a job.

    Free admission
    If you’re chosen as a speaker, we’ll let you — and your family — into the conference for FREE!

    A picture and a paragraph
    Speakers are asked to submit a digital photo and a paragraph of biographical information which will be seen by those viewing the UTOSC website and those reading the conference program.

    Warm fuzzies
    Being involved in the Utah Open Source Conference is a great experience. Just ask anyone who was involved in UTOSC 2007, UTOSC 2008 or UTOSC 2009.

    What’s that URL again?

    Go to http://2010.utosc.com and get yourself an account. Then you can submit as many presentation ideas as you wish!!

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  • Food: What snacks and drinks should be at #hackUTOS – A Code Festival?

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    It looks like #hackUTOS – A Code Festival is going to be roaring.  We’ve got 5 projects listed on our site, several people have told me they are coming to the event and plan to hack for the day.

    We’re very excited to have everyone coming to hack along with us!

    On Friday, I’ll be heading out to the grocery store to pick up snacks, drinks and the like for everyone to eat while they hack.  I’ll likely pick up some normal hacking event snacks, caffeine, sugar, chips and the like, but what kind of snacks would you like at #hackUTOS – A Code Festival?

    Take a moment to comment and list a few things you’d like to see while you hack :)

    Cheers,

    Clint

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  • News: A ‘#hackUTOS – A Code Festival’ Update

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    #hackUTOS – A Code Festival is less than a week away and boy are we at the Utah Open Source Foundation excited!

    We’ve got some awesome SWAG coming from XMission, Stackable and of course UTOS.

    We’ve got breakfast and lunch being provided, as well as tons of snacks and drinks for our geeks and nerds.

    New Website

    We’ve got a new website at http://hack.utos.org with all the details about the event.

    Projects Update

    We’ve got a few good projects already lined up at http://hack.utos.org/projects.

    Please add your project early if you are planning on attending.  It should get approved within a couple hours and appear on the site.

    See you all there!

    Cheers,

    Clint

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  • News: New Utah Open Source Media Website

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    This weekend, I spent some time getting the UTOSC 2009 audio content ready to be released and realized that because we are now using wordpress-mu for our blogging structure, it would be a good time to make our new media site.  Our old site, podcast.utos.org while nice, doesn’t provide the flexibility that wordpress can.

    I’ve added the new Utah Open Source Media blog at http://media.utos.org and will be slowly porting over the audio and video from our blog and podcast site to this site..

    The benefits for doing this are going to be very nice when we get the design for utos.org (work is ongoing) complete.  The main benefit will be that we can directly pull in posts from media.utos.org to utos.org and display the latest audio and video from a UTOS sponsored event. There are other benefits too, like podPress, which makes it easy to publish audio or video from a remote site in one place, has an easy rss feed and provides iTunes support (should we ever decide to use that feature).

    I hope you all enjoy it and the developments that will make the UTOS sites a better experience for everyone.

    Cheers,

    Clint

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  • News: Utah Open Source Events for January 2010

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    The Utah Open Source Foundation, in its goal to promote Open Source throughout Utah and beyond, is proud to promote the following events. These events are generally related to Open Source and Technology in Utah.  If your event is not listed below, please contact clint@utos.org to get it added.

    Utah Technology Community Announcements

    * Southern California Linux Expo is coming soon – Learn more at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/
    * PyCon is coming soon – Learn more at http://us.pycon.org/2010/about/
    * PodcampSLC Registration is now open – Read more at http://podcampslc.org/

    If you have announcements or events for February 2010 or beyond happening which you would like included, please contact clint@utos.org.

    Upcoming Activities for January 2010

    Saturday, January 9, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
    Ubuntu Utah LoCo Meeting
    Link: http://utah.ubuntu-us.org
    Where: MEB building at the University of Utah Room: 2555
    Contact: Christer Edwards, christer dot edwards aT ubuntu.com

    Wed, January 13, 11:30pm – 1:00pm
    SLLUG: Daytime SIG Meeting
    Link: http://sllug.org
    Where: BetaLoft SLC – 357 West 200 S, Suite 201, Salt Lake City
    Contact: Clint Savage, herlo1@gmail.com

    Wed, January 13, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
    Provo Linux Users Group
    Link: http://plug.org
    Where: Omniture
    Contact: Ryan Simpkins, simpkins.ryan @gmail.com

    Thu, January 14, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
    Utah Python User Group Meeting
    Link: http://utahpython.org
    Where: Bill Good Marketing, 12393 Gateway Park Pl #600 Draper, Utah
    Contact: Dave, tonedevf AT gmail.com

    Tue, January 19, 6pm – 8:40pm
    Utah Mobile Developers Group
    Link: http://www.utahmobiledev.org
    Where: 8th Avenue & C Street Salt Lake City, UT 84103 (Jon and Karen Huntsman Education Center, LDS Hospital)
    Contact: Glen Lewis glen aT glenlewis.com

    Wed, January 20, 7:10pm – 8:40pm
    Salt Lake Linux User Group (SLLUG)
    Link: http://sllug.org
    Where: University of Utah, Warnock Engineering Building (WEB) room 101 (or 103) (Previously known as EMCB)
    Contact: Marc Christensen marc aT mecworks.com

    Thu, January 21, 6pm – 9pm
    Utah Java User’s Group (ujug.org)
    Link: http://ujug.org
    Where: Intermountain Medical Center, Doty Family Education Center, Murray, Utah
    Contact: Chris Maki, chrismaki AT me.com

    Thu, January 21, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
    Utah PHP User Group (UPHPU)
    Link: http://uphpu.org
    Where: Bill Good Marketing, Draper, Utah
    Contact: Victor Villa, vvilla @ gmail.com

    Tue, January 26, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
    SLC Ruby (slc.rb)
    Link: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/urug
    Where: Neumont University Room #300
    Contact: Jake Mallory, tinomen @gmail.com

    Friday, January 29, 8:00am -  10:00am
    CTO Breakfast
    Link: http://www.windley.com/cto_forum
    Contact: Phil Windley, phil AT WINDLEY dot org

    Friday, January 29, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
    UTOS Geek Lunch
    Link: http://blog.utos.org/geek-lunch/
    Contact: Victor Villa vvilla at GMAIL

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    Each of the events are from the Utah Tech Events calendar.  Feel free to subscribe by clicking the link below (or adding the following feed to your calendaring program)
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    Utah Tech Events Calendar – Google Calendar: http://sn.im/ute-calendar
    Utah Tech Events Calendar – iCal Feed: http://sn.im/ute-calendar-ics

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