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Codebits V – Hackers Paradise or Death by Nuclear Tacos
Once again, I went to Codebits. Every year I write how wonderful this event is. As described on the Codebits site we had: 3 days. 24 hours a day. 800 attendees. Talks. Workshops. Lots of food and...
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Rome – the Italian Agile Day City
Back from Rome where the Italian Agile Day took place. On Thursday evening I had dinner with Giorgio Natili, his wife Barbara and family. At long last I could put a face to the person behind all these...
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London Perl Workshop
On November 12th this year’s London Perl Workshop took place. 250 Perl hackers gathered at the University of Westminster to spend the day catching up on the most recent trends in Perl programming. Over...
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Ruby, Ruby on Rails latest – Who is behind the Scottish Ruby Conference?
Why is the Scottish Ruby Conference so popular – is it Edinburgh? Is it the whisky? Or is it because of the dads? Read on and find out who is behind the conference. I manage to get responses from two...
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UX LX – the book signing that almost was!
Just back from Portugal where I attended UXLX 2012 – As usual the conference attracted a lot of people. People came from as a far as Brazil, Chile, with a huge contingent from Switzerland and of course...
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The French Perl Workshop aka Journées Perl
Once again I am at the French Perl Workshop aka Journées Perl. This year the Workshop is taking place in Strasbourg – the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is...
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Not the State of the Python Union
Back to Florence for EuroPython 2012 – Don’t be jealous – you would hate the heat! We are talking serious heat here between 35 and 40 degrees. Monday morning started with a talk by Guido van Rossum...
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Fun at Strata and Velocity – London 2012
Last week I attended two conferences organised by O’Reilly: Strata (themed around Big Data) and Velocity (performance and administration of web applications). Recently I have been exploring various...
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Goodbye EuroPython, Goodbye Florence
It is now time to say goodbye to Florence, the city that hosted EuroPython 2013. I would like to tip my hat to the PyCon Italia team for putting on such a fantastic conference. EuroPython has been...
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N Ways To Be A Better Developer
Recently I had the honour of opening the phpnw conference with a keynote entitled “0x0f Ways To Be A Better Developer”. I co-presented with my good friend and ex-colleague Ivo Jansch, across two rooms...
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Pycon Sei (17/19 April) – What’s new in Python or how to enjoy a bunch of...
A few weeks ago, I received the most wonderful email – an invitation to attend Pycon Sei in Florence. Who could refuse such an invitation – not me for sure! Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance,...
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PGDay UK – User Group meeting
PGDay UK took place at 30 Euston Square on July 7th. The location is perfect as it’s easy to get to via underground, buses or trains. After the usual registration, refreshments, welcome and...
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Asperger’s vs Alzheimer’s
As you know I have been on the conference circuit for a number of years. Through those years I have collected some wonderful anecdotes. I cannot remember the year or the place but it was definitely...
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GNOME Conference, Vilanova i la Geltrú 2006
At the end of June 2006 I was very excited about my upcoming trip: my first trip to Spain (and my first swim in the Mediterranean). I was going to the Guadec Conference in Vilanova i la Geltrú! I...
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From Vilanova to Sofia
At the end of my last post, I was about to fly to Sofia for my first conference in Bulgaria, WebTech 2006. The flight was perfect – as we landed, the passengers applauded the pilot. Nice! I have seen...
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Scare in Sofia
As discussed previously, I was now in Sofia. After the traumatic tooth experience, I was finally ready to meet the organizer of the WebTech Conference. Once technical details had been discussed – had...
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A little bit for you, a little bit for me
In 2008 I was invited to a Unix conference in Athens. From the airport I took a taxi to my hotel at a cost of 30 euros (this will be important later!). After checking in at the hotel I decided to take...
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FOSDEM is 20
FOSDEM 2020, Brussels 1/2 February Has it really been 19 years since I attended my first FOSDEM? Really this was the first FOSDEM as the first edition was called OSDEM. In 2000 I received a phone call...
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