I was involved in the development and implementation of a code of conduct for the recent OSDC2010 conference held in Melbourne last month. That code was based on a draft of the conference anti-harassment policy that's since been released at geekfeminism.wikia.org.

[cross posted from cc.com.au]

In 2007 we made the decision to switch to Drupal from our own collection of in-house LAMP based web content management modules and we've not looked back.  Whilst we've been active members of the Australian Linux and Open Source community for over five years, we are still relatively recent immigrants to the Drupal community.

I've created a new identity for the drupal mob downunder to hang on our page at groups.drupal.org/australia

Inspired by the iconic work of May Gibbs, an Australian children's book author and illustrator, I bring you, the Aussie DrupalNuts.

We're also sponsoring DrupalDownunder - and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm also wondering what kind of session I should submit to the call for proposals.

Too busy in my mind today to get any good work done.
I read and I sigh.
I click and I ponder why.
I start on something then on something else again.
Nothing is achieved.
No sense of satisfaction rises.
Thoughts waft like whisps of smoke from topic to topic.
Anger foments, empathy saddens.
Righteous indignation erupts.
Apathy wins.
Nothing is done.
Nothing is won.

The cloud.

Put it in the cloud.  Store it in the cloud. Interact in the cloud. Share it in the cloud. Collaborate in the cloud.

Making paper. There is absolutely nothing digital about it. I don't even know if it's possible to run handmade paper through a printer. Stumbled across this gorgeous paper website today. I don't even know how, or why I ended up down that rabbit hole. I think it may even have been an advert.

A list apart's annual survey for people who make websites asks how long ago you created your first personal website or blog.

I created my first personal website in 1995 - and my first 'blog' in 2002.

I found some old posts in the wayback machine. May try to re-assemble some of those broken digital fossils. Probably when I'm meant to be doing something else ;)

Registrations are open for linux.conf.au 2011 and the Open Source Developers Conference 2010 and I'm speaking at both about Inkscape.

OSDC 2010 will be held at The Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne on the 24-26 November.
http://2010.osdc.com.au/proposal/29/inkscape-free-your-vectors

Software Freedom Day

I rely on free software. My business, Creative Contingencies, totally depends on free software, and we earn income from supporting others using free software. I'm not a coder so finding other ways to participate in the community that creates free software and make a contribution is important to me.