Software Freedom Day 2011 Boston/Schedule

This is the detailed schedule for Software Freedom Day 2011 Boston.

Morning

10:00: Venue opens

Please come in and enjoy our free coffee and bagels.

10:30: Opening keynote by Máirín Duffy

Title: TBA.

Topic: The highly-effective outreach effort called "Fedora Design Ninjas."

11:00: Community Ignite presentations

We want attendees to learn about the different ways they can get involved in free software projects and free software-related communities, right here in the Boston area. So this is a series of 5-minute talks by different community groups about what they're up to.

These speakers have confirmed:

Shauna Gordon-Mckeon for the Sunlight Foundation Meetup
Jessica McKellar on the Boston Python Workshop and Meetup
Mike Burns for the Android Meetup
Ben Alman for the JQuery Meetup
Deborah Nicholson for GNU MediaGoblin
Asheesh Laroia for OpenHatch

Noon: Lunch, on your own

Some suggestions for where to get lunch within a few blocks:

950 Mass Ave: Greater Buddhist Cultural Center
955 Mass Ave: Dado Tea
24 Pearl St: Rangzen Tibetan Place
31 Putnam Ave: Petsi Pies
1105 Mass Ave: Cafe Sushi

1 PM: Show & tell

The speakers from the Ignite community talks will be available for show & tell conversations in the main hall.

1:30 PM to 4:30 PM: Two tracks

We divided the afternoon into two so that more experienced contributors can discuss nitty-gritty, while newcomers to software freedom can learn the basics.

1:30 - 2:00: Deborah Nicholson, on how to message free software

When explaining free software to newcomers to the movement, it's important to speak to their experience. Learn from Deborah Nicholson's experience.

2:15 - 2:45: Jesse Vincent, on how to make money with free software

In 2011, making money with free, open source software is commonplace. But Jesse Vincent's story is unusual: he founded Best Practical, one of the first free software businesses, and today also makes money through selling free software in the Android Marketplace.

3:00 - 3:30: Jeff Mitchell, on the history of the KDE community team

Years ago, amidst internal strife, KDE created the Community Working Group to resolve community issues. Jeff Mitchell has been involved in that group since the early days, and also contributes to free software by contributing code to Amarok and Tomahawk, and system administration generally to KDE.

At Software Freedom Day, Jeff will summarize the Community Working Group's activities over the past few years -- how it got started, what troubles it has had, what successes it has had, and the recent plan for a future of proactive community building.

3:45 - 4:15: TBA

1:30 - 2:00: Jessica McKellar, on cool command-line skills

Jessica McKellar is a software engineer at Ksplice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. In this tutorial, you will learn how to manipulate data in text form using standard free software tools. You will come away from it a sense of why plain text is so widely-liked in free software culture.

A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.

2:15 - 2:45: Danny Piccirillo, on the basics of cross-platform video editing

Today, free software can help you edit and mix video and audio. Learn more as long-time video free culture fan Danny Piccirillo teaches you the basics of one such tool.

A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.

3:00 - 3:30: Oliver Day, on the the solid basics of online security

Learn from Oliver Day on the Akamai security team how you can stay safe online. You'll learn about tools like PGP, SSH, SSL, and Tor, but more importantly you'll leave with an understanding of the basics of security that will serve you in an ongoing fashion.

A hand-out will be provided so you can review at home.

3:45 - 4:15: TBA, on free software tools for remote communication

Have you ever wondered how so much free software gets created by contributors across the globe, without working face-to-face? In this tutorial, you will learn how contributors create a "virtual office," sharing text, code, and graphic design work through tools like Mumble, EtherPad, Gobby, Pastebin, and IRC.

A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home.

4:30: Wrap-up

5:00: It's over! After-party

We intend to have an after-party at a nearby location, currently TBA.