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FOSDEM 2025

Marquis de Geek (29)
Feb. 17, 2025

If you haven't been using for 25 years, then see what I've been using it for over that time:

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Feb. 17, 2025

"The Big FOSDEM Quiz of the Year"

If you didn't get to flex your quiz show muscles, the video is now live:

fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event

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Feb. 5, 2025

Preparing my talk as

My maxifig always gets a good reaction!

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Feb. 5, 2025

Due to a power outage, my third talk was not recorded, nor had slides... but still got reviews of "Presentation Quality: Very Good"

Curious about with ?

The slides you missed are online:

fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event

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Feb. 4, 2025

"If you think open source is about software, then you've not understood the community. And if you want to understand the community, you need to visit FOSDEM"

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Steven Goodwin on LinkedIn: #fosdem

Steven Goodwin on LinkedIn: #fosdem

"If you think open source is about software, then you've not understood the community. And if you want to understand the community, you need to visit FOSDEM" I think that's my motivational poster quote from this years conference. (Although this weekend wasn't "just" a conference, it's #FOSDEM - the largest Open Source conference in the world. And in its 25th year!) "What were my highlights?", I hear you ask! As a presenter, doing my second keynote was an amazing honour. Getting a stage to talk about Docker, and JavaScript history, were both personal moments as it showed that, after 25 years, people still want to hear me advocate for open source. What I also found gratifying is that my hard work in this area paid off when things didn't go well. For example, when the devroom lost power I had to improvise an "Unplugged" talk. Trying to communicate technical material, when there is no tech, is a situation most people will not have planned for, much less experienced. But I also had my laptop freeze immediately before a presentation, and had to find two people to replace drop outs in a panel event I hosted. Time to enable my encouragement gene and the personality module called "charm" :) (I even had a wardrobe clash with the previous speaker, as we'd both gone for the waistcoat and bow tie look. Hello, @Stephenrwalli) Now it's back to the reality and hard work of trying to incorporate those new ideas and projects into something practical and impactful. And advocate for others to do the same.
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Feb. 3, 2025

Having a quiet after party.

Guess where?

(And yes, the wifi connected automatically)

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Feb. 2, 2025

When did Frank Zappa become hotel lobby lounge musak?

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Feb. 2, 2025

Saturday at : Microsoft are engaging with open source

Sunday at fosdem: FSFE say that Microsoft are not engaging

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Feb. 2, 2025

Looks like my last ever talk will never be televised :(

Is this a sign?

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Feb. 2, 2025

The queue outside the retro devroom is longer than the space inside the room

I had to step out :(

Now I'll never get back in.

But the fuse tripped so I can't stream :(

How ironic that I'm now conferencing like it's 1979!

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