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  • UTOSC 2010 Call for papers extended through August 1st!

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    Time goes by quickly, so quickly in fact that top priorities get set to the side and suddenly become missed opportunities. Fortunately submitting a proposal for a presentation at the 2010 Utah Open Source Conference doesn’t have to be one of them!

    The deadline for paper submission has been extended until August 1st, 2010, just in time to sit down inside a nice cool coffee shop, sip some of the great local roast and think about what to share with the community.

    Really it only takes a minute or two to place a submission and you might find it so easy and fun that you submit more then one.

    Don’t worry about not having a full presentation prepared, all that needs to be submitted by the deadline is the proposal, a basic outline of what would be presented to the community at the conference. The next step is easy: sit back, relax and wait to hear if your proposal was selected by vote for the conference. Once selected the entire presentation(s) should be laid out and created.

    Don’t have anything to talk about? That’s not what I’ve heard!

    Topics can be as wide ranging as are the members of the Utah Open Source community at large (and that is pretty gosh darn diverse!) and should include a variety of experience levels. While one presenter may submit a presentation on Building a Better Community Through Statistics another (and an excellent presentation I attended in 2009,) might be Advanced GIMP: The Digital Diet.

    So don’t be afraid to submit a proposal to talk about your favorite open source program(s) that just does silly things or maybe does nothing at all!

    Has anyone ever submitted a presentation on an open source pet rock? No? Hhmm…

    All ideas are welcome, but please remember to keep with the 2010 theme: its better when its free*.

    Being free is so easy that my open source pet rock was free!

    Interested? Want more details? Visit the Utah Open Source Conference website at http://2010.utosc.com and when your ready to submit your proposal simply create an account and visit http://2010.utosc.com/speaker/papers/ to submit your paper.

    You could put it off again, but then you will have to pay to attend and where’s the fun in that?

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  • Last day to submit paper for UTOSC 2010

    By mindjuju

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    Today is the last day to submit a paper for the Utah Open Source Conference 2010.
    Delivering a paper is a GREAT way for you to give back to the community and also for you to network and get to meet new people.

    You don’t have to have a doctorate to present, so post your idea today! More info below

    mj/v

    ps. submitting a proposal for a presentation doesn’t have to be a painful reminder of a college paper or a dissertation, write your ideas in english, spanish, chinese pinyin, or uuencode!
    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 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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  • Call for papers for UTOSC 2010 closing July 15th

    By mindjuju

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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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  • Video: Stormy Peters at UTOSC 2009

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    Stormy Peters, executive director at the GNOME Foundation and one of the wonder-women of the open source world, delivered a powerful keynote presentation at the 2009 Utah Open Source Conference.

    Video of the complete presentation is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyaM7VWqOg

    Stormy Peters at UTOSC 2009

    Stormy Peters at UTOSC 2009

    One of the things about the free software community that continues to baffle those non-open source people is, “why do you do it?” Free software developers work on open source software for a number of reasons from scratching an itch to gaining a reputation to building a resume to contributing to a good cause. The interesting problem comes when money enters into the equation. Research shows that when someone works on something for free (for internal rewards) if you start paying them you replace those internal rewards. Then if you stop paying them, they will stop working on it. Does that hold true for open source software? Are commercial companies killing open source by paying people to work on it?

    Stormy Peters currently works as the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. Stormy joined the GNOME Foundation from OpenLogic where she set up their OpenLogic Expert Community and helped Global 2000 companies develop open source software policies. Previously, Stormy worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP) where she founded and managed the Open Source Program Office that is responsible for HP’s open source strategy, policy and business practices. Stormy joined HP as a software engineer in the Unix Development Lab after graduating from Rice University with a B.A. in Computer Science. Stormy is an advisor for HFOSS, OpenSource World, IntraHealth Open and Open Source America, as well as founder and president of Kids on Computers, a nonprofit organization setting up computer labs in developing countries. Stormy is a frequent keynote speaker on business aspects of Open Source Software at major conferences such as the Open Source Business Conference and the O’Reilly conferences, as well as government organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union. Stormy is involved in GNOME and free source software because it is changing the world and the community is full of smart, passionate people!

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  • UTOSC 2009 Early Bird Registration ends September 19

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    The Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Early Bird registration ends September 19!  Register now for the best community conference in the Mountain West!

    UTOSC 2009 is literally 4 weeks away!!  It’s time to visit http://attend.utosc.com and register today.  Be sure to register before September 19 and save 30%!!

    So, what’s going on at UTOSC 2009, October 8-10 at the Miller Campus of the Salt Lake Community College?

    Over 50 presentations, including 3 awesome keynotes

    • Daren Brabham of the University of Utah will speak on Crowdsourcing on Thursday, October 8
    • Stormy Peters of the GNOME Foundation will discuss ‘Would you do it again for free?’ on Friday, October 9
    • Dave McAllister of Adobe explains ‘Big Company, Open Choice: Why Adobe is becoming Open’ on Saturday, October 10

    Visit the full schedule at http://2009.utosc.com/presentation/schedule/ to have a look and find your favorites.

    Be a part of the community – October 8, 2009

    Thursday is Community Day!  Mini-LUG meetings, Birds of a Feather Sessions and our Try-It Lab Workshops will headline this day.  Never fear, however, there are 2 tracks of presentations, the Guru Labs University, CTO Breakfast and the ODF Alliance demonstrations too!

    Round out the day with some light geek fun at Ignite Salt Lake 3.5!  Don’t miss the Lego activity and the wacky 5 minute format.  Everyone is invited (for free), but you must register at http://attend.utosc.com.

    All about the presentations – October 9, 2009

    Friday is jam-packed with presentations and workshops.  We have a great headliner with Stormy Peters, plus some really, really good presentations rounding out the day.  In the evening, we’re heading to Spaghetti Mama’s for some Italian Sodas, Pizza, Pasta and fun!  And if you are still up for more after that, all night hacking is *not* out of the question!

    Bring the whole crew on Family Day — October 10, 2009

    Saturday is among the funnest days for families.  Because Utah and the Mountain West focus a lot on the family, UTOSC does too!  Saturday has educational family presentations in the Beginner and Intermediate levels, a GPS treasure hunt and a Pizza Lunch (sponsored by openSUSE).  Bring the whole crew for free with every Full Access Attendee!!

    Get the SWAG from our awesome sponsors and exhibitors

    If this is not enough, UTOSC 2009 always has great SWAG and exhibitors!!  Among the exhibitors are; Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, KDE, GNOME, Utah Free Media, Utah OpenTech, OpenVZ and the folks from tech.lds.org.

    REGISTER TODAY – Early Bird registration ends September 19!!

    Registration is available at http://attend.utosc.com
    Presentation and event information is available at http://2009.utosc.com

    See you all at the Utah Open Source Conference 2009, October 8 – 10

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  • News: Utah Open Source Events for April 2009

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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.  In addition, each of the events below was pulled from the Utah Tech Events calendar, feel free to subscribe by clicking the link below (or adding the following feed to your calendaring program)

    • Utah Tech Events Calendar – Google Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/ute-calendar
    • Utah Tech Events Calendar – iCal Feed: http://tinyurl.com/ute-calendar-ics

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    Utah Technology Community Announcements

    • Utah Open Source announces 2009 conference theme – http://tinyurl.com/utosc2009-theme
    • Utah Open Source announces 2009 conference venue – http://tinyurl.com/utosc2009-venue
    • Utah Open Source announces 2009 conference dates – http://tinyurl.com/utosc2009-dates
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    Upcoming Activities for April 2009

    Sat, April 4th, 1pm
    Utah CodeAway
    Link: http://codeaway.org/
    Where: Rocky Mountain Pizza Company, 3977 Wasatch Boulevard, Holladay, Utah 84124

    Wed, April 8th, 11:30pm – 1:00pm
    SLLUG: Daytime SIG Meeting
    Link: http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/03/24/sllug-daytime-sig-cooking-with-pam-april/
    Topic: Cooking with PAM by Thad van Ry
    Where: Salt Lake Public Library – Conference Room A Lower Level

    Wed, April 8, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
    Provo Linux Users Group
    Link: http://plug.org
    Topic: Home Automation by Ryan Erickson
    Where: Omniture

    Thu, April 9, 6pm – 9pm
    Utah Mobile Developers Group
    Where: STG Dev Center, 555 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Thu, April 9, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
    UtahPython User Group Meeting
    Link: http://utahpython.org
    Topic: Pygame by Jeff Shipley
    Where: University of Utah, Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building, Room 1200. (map)

    Fri, April 10, 12:30pm
    UTOS/UPHPU Geek Lunch
    Link: http://utos.org/geek-lunch
    Where: Teriyaki Express, 1898 W 5400 S Taylorsville, UT

    Sat, April 11, 6pm – 8pm
    Ubuntu-Utah Meeting
    Link: http://utah.ubuntu-us.org
    Topic: Conky by Mike Basinger
    Where: University of Utah – Merrill Engineering Building (MEB) Comp-Sci Labs Rm 2555 – http://tinyurl.com/2k8px2

    Wed, April 15, 7:10pm – 8:10pm
    Salt Lake Linux User Group (SLLUG)
    Link: http://sllug.org
    Where: University of Utah, Warnock Engineering Building (WEB) room 101 (Previously known as EMCB)

    Thu, April 16, 6pm – 9pm
    Utah Java User’s Group (ujug.org)
    Link: http://ujug.org
    Where: SelectHealth (IHC), 4646 West Lake Park Blvd., West Valley City, UT (map)

    Thu April 16, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
    Utah PHP User Group (UPHPU)
    Link: http://uphpu.org
    Topic: SSL + Apache presented by Lonnie Olson
    Where: Bill Good Marketing, Draper, Utah

    Fri, April 24, 8:00am – 9:30am
    CTO Breakfast
    Link: http://www.windley.com/cto_forum
    Where: Novell Cafeteria

    Thu, April 23, 6pm – 8pm
    Logan Dev Group
    Where: Room 208 (Faculty Seminar Lounge), Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University, Logan, UT (map)

    April 24-25
    LinuxFest Northwest
    Link: http://linuxfestnorthwest.org
    Where: Bellingham, Washington

    Tue, April 28, 7:30pm-8:45pm
    Ogden Area Linux User Group
    Link: http://oalug.com
    Where: Weber County Main Library, Board Room

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  • Utah Open Source Foundation blog posts and announcements now on twitter

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    Yes, you’ve heard correct, when the Utah Open Source Foundation is posts are made, they’ll also be available via twitter.

    This means you will not forget about a particular event or other important Local Open Source news!

    Be the first on you block to follow UTOSF on twitter!

    http://twitter.com/utos

    Never miss another important activity again!

    Cheers,

    Clint

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  • The State of FOSS in Utah Summary

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    Tonight was our presentation at (PLUG) on the State of Foss in Utah. We had over 25 people at Omniture.

    The slides are available here http://utos.org/presents/StateofFoss.html.

    A few highlights

    The Podcast will be available shortly. We need to do a bit of cleanup, so watch for the ogg.

    Cheers,

    Clint

    Posted on November 15, 2007 to:

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  • Thinking ahead: Utah Open Source Conference 2008

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    Hi all,

    The Utah Open Source Conference 2007 was such a success. We’ve been busily recovering from all the work and joy we had and are ready to kick it into high gear for this year’s upcoming conference. As far as dates go, we’re looking in the same time frame (Late August, Early September 2008).

    But there’s a larger question looming right now and we’d like your input on it. The question is:

    Who would you like to come and keynote Utah Open Source Conference 2008?

    We’ve thought of a few for you, but would like to have you submit names to us here on our blog. A poll has been created with a few obvious choices, and we’ll do what we can to get the winner here (if its not too cost prohibitive). So without further adieu, vote to your hearts content:

    n

    {democracy:1}

    Posted on November 5, 2007 to:

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  • Utah Open Source Conference Video – Bruce Perens Keynote (part 2)

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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls. We here at the Utah Open Source Foundation would like to announce that we’ve recently been able to acquire and test the video from the Utah Open Source Conference (UTOSC).

    We’re proud to announce our first video. Tons of work went into getting this live. Including streaming bandwidth provided by TierFour and video editing done by KnowledgeBlue and Open Source TV. We’d like to thank all of those who made this possible and look forward to providing you with additional videos as they arrive. Please feel free to download them or watch the stream.

    In the future, we’ll work on making them downloadable from this site as well. Oh, and we’re working on part 1, it will be out soon.

    Podcast currently unavailable due to a bug in the PodPress software. Currently looking for a new plugin or an alternate way to release the videos.

    Cheers,

    Clint Savage
    Founder, Utah Open Source Foundation (http://www.utosf.org)

    Posted on October 30, 2007 to:

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