GNOME and Ubuntu talk: Jeff Waugh in Toronto
Jeff Waugh brings the
BadgerBadgerBadger tour to town, and talks about all the amazing things happening in the GNOME and Ubuntu projects, from the new multimedia framework of the GNOME project, to the .NET application development environment for the Linux desktop, to the GNOME project deployment on the Nokia internet tablet devices. Expect a high wow-factor and lots of Ubuntu CDs and stickers.
Where: BA1170, Bahen Building, 40 St George St, Toronto.
When: Monday November 07, 7:00--9:00PM.
We probably go for a drink/dinner afterwards. Please forward to interested parties, lists, newspapers, etc.
Bio:
By day, Jeff Waugh works on Ubuntu business and community development for Canonical. By night, he rides shotgun on the GNOME release juggernaut and plots the Open Source blogging explosion with Planet. Waugh is an active member of the Free Software community, holding positions such as GNOME Release Manager (2001-2005), Director of the GNOME Foundation Board (2003-2005), president of the Sydney Linux User's Group (2002-2004), and member of the linux.conf.au 2001 organising team. Jeff was awarded the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Evangelist Award for his contribution go Ubuntu and GNOME projects this last Summer. He is a card-carrying member of Linux Australia, but does not say "mate".