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OSCON Amsterdam

And we are off to Amsterdam, such an amazing pretty city. To speak about the differences in the conferences absolutely huge. The line-up was really different and they went with a local flair, the actual conference itself was smaller which I am told was to be expected. The business hall was smaller but alot more of a community feel then the huge ones in North America. The party well wasnt a party but a canal…

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LinuxCon Europe – Dublin

So I missed a flight from Seattle to Dublin and then ended up landing in Dublin about 4hours before my talk. So not an ideal situation, luckily I was not flying from Australia but only Seattle so the flight was half the distance not that it helps you much when you land and your talk is in four hours. I managed to get myself to the conference and to the talk in time and prepared…

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FLOCK – Rochester

So I finally made it to my first Fedora Conference. I was able to swing by Rochester for Fedora FLOCK between 28th August to the 30th of August and make most of the conference. So the conference started very grass roots and continued that way. everything was free/complimentary, lunches, t-shirt and conference ticket. Which left a decent amount to be able to cover the hotel room and stay in the conference hotel which made everything…

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LinuxCon – Seattle

“So shortly after a visit to the USA for OSCON and back to Australia, I jumped back on a plane and headed towards Seattle for LinuxCon America to give a talk about Open Source and Australian Government Policy. The trip was great and I also managed to fit in a flight to LA to visit a friend who works who NASA and lives in the Hollywood Mountains. The conference was my second American LinuxCon attending…

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