Posts Tagged ‘FLOSS’

What FLOSS Manuals did at Winter Camp

{ Posted on Mar 16 2009 by annegentle }
My summary view is that we activated and energized our network, borrowing those terms from Zita Joyce, my outreach co-worker for the week whom I quizzed endlessly about what it's like to live in Amsterdam. It was a productive and ...Read More »

Free as in freedom, not free as in no cost

{ Posted on Mar 02 2009 by annegentle }
I've been telling writers early and often about the upcoming Firefox Book Sprint at DocTrain West March 17 and 18 to write a manual for Firefox 3.0 along side of Chris Hofmann, Director of Engineering for the Mozilla Foundation! I ...Read More »

What is Anne Gentle up to?

{ Posted on Feb 19 2009 by annegentle }
I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don't like driving at night. I feel like I ...Read More »

OLPC Book Ready for G1G1!

{ Posted on Nov 16 2008 by annegentle }
Tomorrow, Monday, November 17 is the launch of the new Give One Get One campaign for 2008 - meaning, once again you can buy your very own XO laptop. The tagline for this year is Give a Laptop. Get a ...Read More »

FLOSS Manuals book store now open!

{ Posted on Oct 08 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC, wiki
I went out for a run this morning and realized it has been a year this very week since I started my volunteer work with OLPC. This project was my first foray into the open source world from a contributor ...Read More »

Upcoming presentations in Austin and Houston

{ Posted on Sep 27 2008 by annegentle }
I'll be presenting Documentation as Conversation at the Austin STC meeting Tuesday October 7th. Austin When Tuesday October 7th 6:00 - 6:30 PM: Networking 6:30 - 7:30 PM: Program 7:45 - 9:00 PM: Networking dinner Austin Where UT Commons Center - Room 1.138 [Map] Then in November I'm ...Read More »

BookSprint Laps

{ Posted on Sep 10 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC, techpubs, tools, wiki
What is a continuation of a BookSprint called? I'm not sure what to call it, nor do I know which metaphors might fit, but there has been some additional energy emanating from the Austin-based OLPC BookSprint. In the week following ...Read More »