Traveling presents great opportunities to learn more about others and also yourself. This category captures my travels and adventures to foreign places. Most posts are event reports, but there are personal reflections and travel stories too.
- Përshëndetje Nga Tiranë 🇦🇱
Përshëndetje nga Tiranë, or hello from Tirana in Albanian. I am residing for a short time in Tiranë (pronounced Ti·ra·na), Albania.
- FOSDEM 2020, Pt. 2: Can Free Software Include Ethical AI Systems?
This post is a follow-up to FOSDEM 2020, pt. 1: Play by play. This post summarizes the talk given by me and my colleague, Mike Nolan, at FOSDEM 2020. FOSDEM 2020 took place from Saturday, 1 February, 2020 to Sunday, 2 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium (shortly after Sustain OSS
- CopyleftConf 2020: Quick Rewind
CopyleftConf 2020 took place on Monday, 3 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report summarizes key takeaways and thoughts from CopyleftConf.
- FOSDEM 2020, Pt. 1: Play by Play
I attended FOSDEM 2020 on behalf of RIT LibreCorps to represent our engagement with the UNICEF Innovation. Here is a play-by-play recap of FOSDEM 2020!
- CHAOSScon EU 2020: Play by Play
CHAOSScon EU 2020 took place on Friday, January 31, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report is a play by play recap of the sessions and conversations.
- Sustain OSS 2020: Quick Rewind
An event report from Sustain OSS 2020. I learned about community-first governance and co-created blueprints for Principles of Authentic Participation.
- DevConf CZ 2020: Play by Play
DevConf CZ 2020 took place from Friday, January 24th to Sunday January 27th in Brno, Czech Republic: DevConf.CZ 2020 is the 12th annual, free, Red Hat sponsored community conference for developers, admins, DevOps engineers, testers, documentation writers and other contributors to open source technologies. The conference includes topics on Linux,
- Throwback Draft: Reflections on Sarajevo and Croatia
This is an unfinished draft from the end of my 2017 study abroad semester in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It includes a parting memory from Sarajevo, Bosnia.
- Sustain OSS 2018: Quick Rewind
A quick recap of the Sustain OSS 2018 conference, covering topics such as human aspects of governance, financial sustainability models, diversity, and more.
- How I Accidentally Wrote a Wikipedia Page on a Layover in Dublin
My flight to NYC from Dublin was canceled and I had an extra day to spend in Ireland. I didn't know it yet, but I would learn about the influence of Irish women in medicine and write a Wikipedia article on one of them. What a layover!