FUDCon Blacksburg 2012 – Behind the Scenes
enero 26th, 2012 | Autor: taticaThose things that made FUDcon Blacksburg unique – Fun? Come and join us at http://fedoraproject.org 
Sigue los twits favoritos de tus followers.
enero 26th, 2012 | Autor: orvtechEl dia de hoy ley la conversación entre un par de conocidos en twitter, planteaban que seria genial poder ver los twits favoritos de un Cheff como para hacerse una lista gourmet.
La logica me decía que esto ya debía de existir aunque no pude encontrar como hacerlo directo desde la pagina web, logre conseguir como obtener un feed de estos:
la URL tiene el siguiente formato https://twitter.com/favorites/<usuario>.rss que en mi caso quedaria asi:
https://twitter.com/favorites/orvtech.rss
La salida de esto será un XML que puedes leerlo fácilmente con cualquier navegador web moderno o cualquier lector de RSS feeds. Aquí les dejo como se inicio la conversación..
@zentraedi @zeitan sería un tripeo que yo pueda ver una lista gourmet de los favoritos de un chef que me agrade, por ejemplo
— Alex (@alexval) January 26, 2012
Sigue los twits favoritos de tus followers. es un articulo de: orvtech.com
FUDcon Margarita 2012: -22 weeks
enero 25th, 2012 | Autor: taticaSi eres de habla hispana, da click en este enlace para leer la versión en español
I will try to make a weekly post about how is FUDcon planning going on. This will be the first time I organize an event where people from different countries and that’s pretty cool.
For those of you who don’t know what is FUDcon, is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc. FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world so if you’re near, come by
I can say that the first -real- planning week for me started right after I arrive to Venezuela from FUDCon Blacksburg. I had an amazing oportunity to watch closely to everything that needs to be done at FUDcons. Even if people sometimes didn’t saw me, I was usually taking notes and making weird plans at sessions, halls and even at the fireplace. Be able to see some FUDcons, and be close to the organizers gave me a different perspective, I’m really grateful for that.
Artwork, yes…
First thing I came up with was design (dohh…) since I know we need a logo that represent us as country. Our logo was created with the base FUDcon logo + 2 cliparts from openclipart.org (which I made some modifications to fit our needs). A Puerto Rican Cuatro (modify) and some Maracas, both from from Jeffryroldan. We are a tropical country and a very colorful one, so that’s why this is our logo – High-resolution PNG can be found here and SVG sources here.
Letters and more papers
One of the things that Organize events like FLISoL and others taught me was that, everyone needs a paper to sign or see. First, we need to have something to present the event to potential sponsors, because… things cost money. I used as base part of the letters from FLISoL and adapt them, so I don’t need to work too much on things I already have done. Is not ready, but feel free to take a look (might be in spanish right now, but I ask help to translate.team, so we can re-use it everytime we need to), is not complete since we still doesn’t know exactly what we need, and there are some items to check first, however, I’m sure is a good start.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization/Sponsorship
Since I’m a designer, our brochure (or letters) will need covers and letterheads, so if you want to take a look click here and check them out: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization#Artwork
Bills, payments and headaches
I think the chaos starts when you need to pay, or at that moment when you realize that you cannot buy the world. In order to know how much do we need, we must make a list to identify those items that need to be paid. In our case, the list is just starting. If you see that we are missing something, or you have an amazing idea, or just know a sponsor that can take care of this.. PLEASE let me know ASAP.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization#Sponsorship_requests
First week, hotel, college and some potential sponsors are beign contact… work continues to bring you an amazing FUDcon full with knowledge, hard work and friends to spend an awesome weekend in Venezuela.
Note: Now you might be asking yourself: Why is she posting this in english and not spanish? Because i need -some- of our sponsors to know what are we doing in their native language If you want to read this in spanish, please link here
FUDcon Margarita 2012: -22 weeks
enero 25th, 2012 | Autor: taticaSi eres de habla hispana, da click en este enlace para leer la versión en español
I will try to make a weekly post about how is FUDcon planning going on. This will be the first time I organize an event where people from different countries and that’s pretty cool.
For those of you who don’t know what is FUDcon, is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc. FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world so if you’re near, come by
I can say that the first -real- planning week for me started right after I arrive to Venezuela from FUDCon Blacksburg. I had an amazing oportunity to watch closely to everything that needs to be done at FUDcons. Even if people sometimes didn’t saw me, I was usually taking notes and making weird plans at sessions, halls and even at the fireplace. Be able to see some FUDcons, and be close to the organizers gave me a different perspective, I’m really grateful for that.
Artwork, yes…
First thing I came up with was design (dohh…) since I know we need a logo that represent us as country. Our logo was created with the base FUDcon logo + 2 cliparts from openclipart.org (which I made some modifications to fit our needs). A Puerto Rican Cuatro (modify) and some Maracas, both from from Jeffryroldan. We are a tropical country and a very colorful one, so that’s why this is our logo – High-resolution PNG can be found here and SVG sources here.
Letters and more papers
One of the things that Organize events like FLISoL and others taught me was that, everyone needs a paper to sign or see. First, we need to have something to present the event to potential sponsors, because… things cost money. I used as base part of the letters from FLISoL and adapt them, so I don’t need to work too much on things I already have done. Is not ready, but feel free to take a look (might be in spanish right now, but I ask help to translate.team, so we can re-use it everytime we need to), is not complete since we still doesn’t know exactly what we need, and there are some items to check first, however, I’m sure is a good start.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization/Sponsorship
Since I’m a designer, our brochure (or letters) will need covers and letterheads, so if you want to take a look click here and check them out: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization#Artwork
Bills, payments and headaches
I think the chaos starts when you need to pay, or at that moment when you realize that you cannot buy the world. In order to know how much do we need, we must make a list to identify those items that need to be paid. In our case, the list is just starting. If you see that we are missing something, or you have an amazing idea, or just know a sponsor that can take care of this.. PLEASE let me know ASAP.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Margarita2012/Organization#Sponsorship_requests
First week, hotel, college and some potential sponsors are beign contact… work continues to bring you an amazing FUDcon full with knowledge, hard work and friends to spend an awesome weekend in Venezuela.
Note: Now you might be asking yourself: Why is she posting this in english and not spanish? Because i need -some- of our sponsors to know what are we doing in their native language If you want to read this in spanish, please link here
FLISoL 2012 en marcha!
enero 25th, 2012 | Autor: taticaEl Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (FLISoL) es el evento de difusión de Software Libre más grande en Latinoamérica. Se realiza desde el año 2005. Su principal objetivo es promover el uso del software libre, dando a conocer al público en general su filosofía, alcances, avances y desarrollo.
A tal fin, las diversas comunidades locales de software libre (en cada país/ciudad/localidad), organizan simultáneamente eventos en los que se instala, de manera gratuita y totalmente legal, software libre en las computadoras que llevan los asistentes. Además, en forma paralela, se ofrecen charlas, ponencias y talleres, sobre temáticas locales, nacionales y latinoamericanas en torno al Software Libre, en toda su gama de expresiones: artística, académica, empresarial y social.
En Venezuela, el FLISoL se estará celebrando el día sábado 28 de Abril al igual que en el resto de Latinoamérica. Si quieres ser parte del FLISoL bien sea como colaborador o como organizador, no olvides dar un vistazo a la wiki oficial:
http://flisol.info/FLISOL2012/Venezuela
Recuerda también que en Venezuela, los últimos 4 años hemos hecho un esfuerzo enorme en dar mayor exposición al evento, convirtiéndonos en bandera de difusión en todo el continente. Revisa eventualmente también todos los recursos que ponemos a tu disposición, y recuerda que esta servidora; quien no estará a cargo de Caracas este año, siempre estará ahí para darles una mano
Este año me enfocaré a nivel internacional en ayudar tanto con las tareas de diseño, publicidad, marketing y patrocinios internacionales; utilizando esa experiencia que fue llevar la batuta del FLISoL en Venezuela los últimos 4 años. Nuevamente, agradezco a todos el apoyo que siempre me han brindado
Fecha: 28 de Abril
Website: http://flisol.org.ve
twitter: @flisolve
Identi.ca: @flisolve
Flickr 2011: Flisol 2011
Del 18 al 22 de Enero 2012
enero 23rd, 2012 | Autor: GomixPuff.. empaquetando mucho para traer Unicorn a Fedora.
- Documentando
- Empaquetando
El viernes 22 de enero pasado, se realizó una primera reunión informal de mentoría y seguimiento para los interesados en participar en el proyecto RPMDev y en el camino al FUDCon LATAM Venezuela 2012 para formar y promover la mayor cantidad posible de nuevos desarrolladores Fedora, escritores de documentación formal Fedora y para asistir a los pichones de desarrollo en su camino al desarrollo de nuevas aplicaciones de software libre.
Para todos aquellos interesados, en freenode.net en el canal #fedora-latam-rpmdev siempre estamos a la orden y estas reuniones se repetirán todos los viernes psoibles a las 18:00 VET, si en tu idioma, asiste y conviértete en desarrollador de Fedora.
- Gomix -
Why people should understand that FOSS users have a live outside Fedora
enero 21st, 2012 | Autor: taticaWe are internet addicts and there is no way we can hide it. We live from 10 to 20 hours using our gadgets and jet mad when others ask us to stop and “enjoy the real world for a while”… This is OUR real world, why can’t people understand it?
Our social live, or some part of it, happens inside a screen, and we are uses to help because we learn from someone who also took part of his/her time to show us how special Fedora community is.
But every fairy tale has his dark side… What happens when people doesn’t understand that is not a requirement to be 24/7 waiting for someone who needs help? Problem is’t them… We are!
I can only use my experience as base for this: I have been using Fedora for about 5 years now and i was one of those who spend hours reading what people had to say because “there was a big chance to learn something from them”.
Most of the time that’s what happens… But when you are near 15 hours on IRC you become the person who give answers and knows who can provide them in case you don’t know what to reply.
Slowly, we create a dependency on people and they get used to see us Always on IRC/Mail_list/Whatever and we also delay meals and other activities because “we can give a short reply and will help”.
On an ideal world we could live that way, but truth is that we cannot because we have family, jobs and some of us are seeking to have a life outside the Box.
Now that we know that is our fault we need to consider what to do. People is already used to this behavier and new contributors have learn that this is the way things work… So is not weird to see someone mad if we are not online. So, what can we do?
1) Would be nice to tell them to go to… But we cannot.
We need to stablish limits. add that kind of info on your wiki user page or run a calendar that you can share with people. Let them know that your time is partialy dedicated to Fedora.
2) interact beyond the chat: people wont understand what you do outside Fedora if you don’t let them know.
I’m not asking to twit what are you doing at the bathroom or how many drinks you had… But a couple of daily/weekly facts about your non-robotic life may work.
3) help hem to learn what you know instead link them to everything:
Isn’t nice when someone ask you “hey, which is the Fedora site URL?” … Seriously….
If you’re an troll try with www.lmgtfy.com or simply point him/her how to Google it, how to contact other contributors, how to analize their problems… Don’t create a dependency on your shoulders. Create leaders, mentors and creative people.
4) You’re a community member… use that!
If you’re a developer and think on ideas to decreasse the dependency of new users, then do something (like ask.fedora), if you’re a designer or marketing team member then create a campaign (like we will with videos.fedora) or if you have anything in your head.. please, tell us. The only way to apply is to act, doesn’t matter if you only have 10min to explain us your ideas or you have 3 days to develop it.
5) if anything works… Turn arround and help the next one.
Is as hard as it sounds. However, we are a free-to-join community and everyday people comes and goes. It hurts, but that’s how it works.
What to expect?
People may not change or react to this in a while, however, people will change at the end. If we not start changing what we believe is not ok, we might get used to what is wrong. Make people Change is almost imposible, but we can all learn to adapt.
We need to stop showing how much we know everytime we can and start pushing people to learn and teach what they can do… Teach them how to fish with their own TCP/IP cables.
No a la ley S.O.P.A.
enero 18th, 2012 | Autor: orvtechMe parece increíble que en el pais de las libertades, se piense penalizar a todo el planeta solo por proteger el ‘derecho de autor’ de algunos pocos. Pareciera que es mas importante para el congreso los intereses de la RIAA o la AAP que el libre acceso a la información. Tanto así que sin requerir de pruebas pueden catalogar como ladrón o ratero a cualquier persona.
La ley S.O.P.A. por sus siglas en ingles, criminaliza el streaming no autorizado de contenidos protegidos y premia o inmuniza a todos aquellos ISPs que voluntariamente lleven acciones contra estos ‘delincuentes’. Lo absurdo de esta ley es que no deben demostrar que estas personas, son culpables.
En la ley SOPA se plantean las reglas de forma muy generica y parece perder cualquier conexión con lo que es el Internet. Entre las cosas que plantea es identificar y diferenciar las conductas comerciales y no comerciales para en teoria penalizar la segunda. Las penalidades son exageradas y sin ‘debido proceso’, ¿donde quedo eso de “inocente hasta demostrarse lo contrario”?.
Sin extenderme mucho, la ley criminaliza VPNs, proxys y tecnologias que actualmente se usan a diario en oficinas si estas son usadas para infringir derechos de autor. ¿Esto quiere decir que el gobierno vigilara todas las VPNs y servidores proxy o seras criminalizado de una vez?. Les recuerdo que este tipo de tecnologías fueron facilitadas/aplaudidas por el Gobierno durante la Revolución de los jazmines en Medio Oriente
La ley SOPA, tambien conocida como la H.R. 3261 sin duda alguna afectara el comercio electrónico y como utilizamos el internet dia a dia. Las penalidades se encuentran tan desconectadas de los supuestos crímenes, que este proyecto de ley podría matar el comercio electrónico, y hasta la Internet como la conocemos hoy en dia.
El congreso parece no entender que infringir derechos de autor NO es robar, es infringir derechos de autor.
No a la ley S.O.P.A. es un articulo de: orvtech.com
Del 16 y 17 de Enero 2012
enero 17th, 2012 | Autor: GomixSigo peleando con la tarea de empaquetar Unicorn para Fedora, ha dado guerra y algunas sorpresas.
- Documentando
- Empaquetando
Curiosidad del día. ¿Qué ésta pasando con rpm y este paquete?
- Gomix -
Del 16 y 17 de Enero 2012
enero 17th, 2012 | Autor: GomixSigo peleando con la tarea de empaquetar Unicorn para Fedora, ha dado guerra y algunas sorpresas.
- Documentando
- Empaquetando
Curiosidad del día. ¿Qué ésta pasando con rpm y este paquete?
- Gomix -
