LinuxChix Los Angeles

LinuxChix LA will once again have a booth at

the upcoming SCALE!

Stay tuned for more details . . .

Yours in Tux,

/jillix

/jillix

Here are some more great pics of us at our LinuxChix LA Booth at SCALE 9x   My Mom, Sharron took these.  Thanks Mom!:

The originals can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=scale9x&s=rec

These are the wonderful pictures that Michelle took of our LinuxChix LA Booth at SCALE 9x!  The originals with all the wonderful captions can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=scale9x&s=rec

Hello SCALE 9x!

The LinuxChix LA will be demonstrating Hacking Debian Linux on the Zipit Z2 Wireless Messenger

For a small $2 dollar donation we will be raffling off a Zipit Z2 Sunday afternoon!

And for a $1 dollar donation we will also be raffling off two Hasbro I-CY Penguins, one Saturday and one Sunday.

Please visit LinuxChix LA at Booth #8!

Yours in Tux,

Jill Bryant (jillix), Betty Chung, Sharon Lake and the rest of the
LinuxChix LA team!

Hello all LinuxChix LA and all fellow Linux lovers!  It has been too long

since our last post on our blog.  We are still very active and will be

busy as usual at this years SCALE 9x Southern California Linux Expo!

http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/

Make sure to register soon!

Any help any one can give with our LinuxChix LA booth would be much appreciated   Please come by and visit us at Booth #8!

We will have a meeting soon and the details will be posted as soon

as they are finalized.

Yours in Tux,

/jillix

Jill Bryant

Hello all Linux Chix!

First of all, just wanted to remind everyone that the SCALE 8x talks are available to listen to via mp3 downloads from the SCALE 8x Conference Schedule page:

http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/conference-schedule-feb-19-2010

Make sure to listen to the WIOS talks with Amber Graner; Rikki Kite; Malakai Wade, Mirano Cafiero, & Saskia Wade Etc. Etc. and many of the other talks at SCALE 8x that you may have missed!  I have been enjoying listening to the talks that I went to a second time as well as those I missed

Second, last week was the Google I/O Developers Conference in San Francisco!  Some very important and exciting announcements about Android Frojo and Google TV where made.  Google gave out two Android smart phones, a Verizon Droid and the Sprint HTC Evo, to whoever attended the keynote speeches!  Make sure to watch Day 2 coverage of Google I/O 2010 on TWIT with Leo Laporte:

http://twit.tv/specials20

Third, I just discovered a wonderful new blog:

http://www.womenwithdroids.com/

In the Women With Droids WWD Profiles section Gina Trapani, Google developer and tech-guru, is highlighted!  Here is a wonderful interview with Gina that is linked from the Women With Droids site:

http://androidandme.com/2010/01/news/interviews/celebrity-android-user-gina-trapani/

I listen to the wonderfully talented and geeky Gina Trapani every week with Leo Leporte on the This Week in Google netcast.  A must listen for every Linux Chix:

http://twit.tv/twig

And, of course, last week TWIG also covered Google I/O:

http://twit.tv/twig43

Either by Tux or by Droid, Linux Rules The World!

/jillix

Wednesday was the second annual Ada Lovelace Day

“Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science.”

http://findingada.com/about/

http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu/Women-In-Near-and-Around-Ubuntu-Celebrating-Ada-Lovelace-Day-Part-1

I was listening to my favorite Linux podcast streams on my Chumby late last night and whose wonderful voice did I hear, Amber Graner!  Amber, whom of course, we know and love from SCALE and gave a wonderful talk at this years SCALE WIOS etc. was interviewed on FLOSS Weekly in celebration of Ada Lovelace Day!!!!!

FLOSS Weekly 114: Ada Lovelace Day

Hosts: Jono Bacon and Leo Laporte

Ubuntu volunteer, Amber Graner, talks about getting more women involved in Open Source.

FLOSS Weekly is one of my favorite Open Source streams on Leo’s TWIT Netcast Network and on the internet period!  I am so happy that FLOSS Weekly made sure to talk about the achievements of women in technology and science by doing an Ada Lovelace Day celebration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/jillix

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