[01:04] hey y'all. Jtatum, jledbetter and i are here at the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co. for Lindependence/Ubuntu Hour. [01:06] "santa cruz is neat" [01:07] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jS33Qhdh8k [01:14] also see #lindependence [01:16] jtatum: upgraded wordpress on u-ca, it was a nasty one [01:16] doh [01:16] thanks pleia2 [01:16] I skipped 3.0.3 because the fixes didn't apply to us [01:16] but 3.0.4 was "critical" [01:19] pleia2, jtatum, i'm just curious, are we going to have any of our actual blogs on u-ca? [01:19] nUboon2Age: http://planet.ubuntu-california.org/ [01:19] I don't have a link to your blog though [01:19] those are all the ones from the Projects/Planet page you created [01:20] what i mean is whether we are going to not just link to but actually host any of our blogs on our site pleia2 [01:20] planet.ubuntu-california.org *is* our site, it runs on the linode [01:20] since you were discussing having wordpress [01:21] ubuntu-california.org itself runs on wordpress [01:21] if we want, we can make a blog, but based on discussions at meetings we already have 324323 places to update every time we have an event, adding a blog wasn't a popular suggestion [01:21] so if someone on the team wants to have a blog can they do it actually on our site pleia2? [01:22] no, we can't really offer blog hosting on the ubuntu-us.org server [01:22] okay that's what i was guessing [01:22] if someone wants to write articles on behalf of ubuntu-california like jdeslip's berkeleylug.com, that's different :) [01:22] i need to start a FLOSS blog [01:23] wordpress.com accounts are free, we use one for ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com, it's nice [01:23] good idea pleia2 [01:23] or instead of an individual it could be a team blog pleia2 [01:23] yeah, it would have to be a team blog [01:23] it could be like an on-line newsletter. :-) [01:23] we'd really need people to commit to writing weekly though, when loco blogs get stale people tend to think the team is dead, and that's bad :( I've seen it happen a lot [01:25] it was a lot of work for me to keep ubuntupennsylvania.org updated, I didn't have a lot of help [01:25] and ubuntu-us.org ... well, that's just sad, I really need more writers [01:26] yeah. it kinda needs to be something that people do out of sheer enthusiasm. when the time is right it'll get going [01:26] yeah, so we should certainly keep the idea around for when people want to jump on it :) [01:26] reminds me of podcast [01:27] it could become a project page at least. [01:27] yeah, we can do that [01:28] re: the podcast my idea is that it be 'occasional'. that is to say not on a schedule. and maybe in shotcast format. easier to get people to do things now and again and short, one-topic format. [01:29] then again it could be done in the Hacker Public Radio format. whoever on the team does a podcast also posts it to the team podcast. [01:29] it's also good if we can do the podcast in person, much easier to get together than deal with the technical issues that inevitably surround the creation of a podcast [01:32] well we might occasionally be able to do a podcast at an Ubuntu Hour. pleia2 [01:32] yeah, that's what I'm thinking :) [01:37] the location we are in for the Lindependence Hour tonight would be ideal since it is mostly isolated from the crowd noise but just enough to give some flavor. [01:38] +1 for wordpress.com [01:39] it's really well maintained [01:39] we're also typing onto the #lindependence channel for tonight's Lindependence Hour [01:41] The #lindependence channel is dedicated to distro-agnostic Linux advocacy from what i can tell. [01:47] "Lindependence, liberating people one small town at a time with Linux and Free/Open Source Software" [01:48] larry cafiero and some others started events they called 'Lindependence Day' a few years back and the channel supports those events and other GNU/Linux advocacy. [01:50] Larry is AKA "Larry the free software guy" and here's a lindependence blog: http://lin08.wordpress.com/ [01:50] and jledbetter finally unpacks the laptop. Yes, wordpress.com is awesome [01:50] and his Ubuntu Forums announcement of Lindependence Day: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=729582 [01:50] * pleia2 just hangs out there to talk to larry :) [01:51] larry is cool eh? [01:51] and the web site: http://www.lindependence.net/ [01:52] yeah, everyone come over to #lindependence and chat with larry the free software guy. he had to go into work today or he'd be here with us. jledbetter [01:52] ah, our long-running neglect of forums :( [01:52] openanimals...neat [02:13] my first encounter with Ubuntu was with the UbuntuForums [02:14] and for months that was my only venue [02:14] i had almost never used irc [02:15] i think i found the Ubuntu CA team through the forums even [02:15] and got tons 'o tek support through the forums [02:16] i even found the irc channels through the forums [02:16] i saw a note about #ubuntu-beginners [02:16] now i'm a regular participant in #ubuntu-beginners [02:16] i just googled irssi ssl and the first hit is pleia2's site [02:17] hehe. atoponce's blog has a habit of appearing in irssi Google queries too [02:17] I think I came through ubuntu-women [02:18] yeah, irssi ssl is one of the biggest search terms for getting to my site [02:18] I got to UW through an openweek presentation, I think. Gods only know how I got here. [02:18] was trying to see if there was a command line param for it [02:19] rww, hehe [02:19] i don't think i'll ever get to like irssi though. i get how a irssi genius could be really 'productive' with it though [02:20] there's an emacs guru at the office. it's pretty awesome to watch [02:20] I'm a lot more happy with it than other clients. I can see how most people (especially non-ops) wouldn't be. [02:20] jtatum: heh, I'm in 86 channels on 8 or so networks, a gui client doesn't really cut it :\ [02:20] wow [02:20] i will read your page more carefully in that case, pleia2 [02:21] if you want to see the channel names instead of numbers, there was a good post about it on the debian planet today [02:21] http://www.die-welt.net/2010/12/because-people-asked-my-irssi-advanced-windowlist-setup/ [02:21] i've cut down to two networks, but feel pressure for more [02:21] I went from two to one. Made things a lot less confusing. [02:22] scratch that - i forgot about the work network [02:22] "What do you mean, #ubuntu-california doesn't exist? Oh, wrong network. Again." [02:22] three networks [02:22] heh, it's easy to mix up oftc and freenode, similar channels [02:22] brought the cr-48 out but it won't associate with this coffee shop network [02:23] jtatum: sadness! [02:23] it's a pretty great box. this is how unr should work [02:23] I check my mailbox every day for a cr-48, none so far :( [02:23] * pleia2 keeps waiting [02:24] aw [02:24] can't someone pull some strings? hehe [02:24] the trackpad is ftl tho [02:24] yeah that trackpad makes me want to throw it out the window [02:24] jtatum: haha, actually today he was like "want me to talk to the team?" [02:24] are there any good netbook trackpads? [02:24] the quick boot time makes me forgive its sins [02:24] rww, good point [02:24] travel_mice++ [02:25] cr-48 isn't exactly a netbook but good point rww [02:43] seidos is at noisebridge [02:43] D: [02:43] i am. which one are you jtatum? [02:43] i'm the jtatum one [02:43] not at noisebridge [02:44] how'd you know i was here? [02:44] 02:42:47 -!- seidos [~seidos@nat-sonicnet.noisebridge.net] has joined #ubuntu-us-ca [02:44] haha [02:44] Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. —Pablo Picasso [02:45] i thought jtatum was the jim guy i met [02:45] nah, the noisebridge/sflug jim is someone else [02:46] I don't think he uses irc [02:46] hrm, apparently it's 2am. I guess Linodes live in UTCland out of the box. [02:49] seidos: your hostmask says noisebridge in it [02:50] drat, they kind of look the same [02:50] jtatum, yeah, rww mentioned it [02:51] i still haven't been but really want to visit [02:52] don't make it up to the city as much as i want to [02:53] me either. BART needs to extend north ;P [02:55] also south [02:55] i can represent you guys if you want. i rode my bike here ^_^ [02:57] yup. Sacramento to San Jose would be nice. [03:10] bart sj to sac would take how long? lol [03:12] hehe [03:12] I'd rather spend 2 hours on BART than 1 hour in traffic, though :\ [03:31] santa cruz meeting over :) good meeting [03:31] right jledbetter ? [03:31] nUboon2Age says later [03:31] jtatum, fo shizzle [03:33] grantbow, are you going to Ubuntu hour tomorrow? [04:18] So I was wondering if anyone feels like volunteering for CLS on Jan 15th? https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtBpBSQOLdKtdFRFMVp5LWJKaTZqVU01ZVkyang4VFE&hl=en&authkey=CI7Psq0C [04:21] And if folks have not signed up yet - http://clswest2011.eventbrite.com/ :) [04:30] Yeah! The first Lindependence Hour in Santa Cruz was a success! 6 people (2 had to cancel last minute) [04:30] We forgot to take pictures [04:30] \m/ [04:31] * MarkDude should have been there [04:33] yay nUboon2Age [04:39] * MarkDude thinks that using social media can really help increase the numbers [04:40] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424094/Demographics%20Cali%20Team.png [04:40] Demographics from the Teams FB [05:58] LOL, i just discovered that on a norwegian keyboard, if you try to type double quotes with shift-2 when your fingers are one off to the right, it comes out as <3 [20:03] Rofl Carl from System76 is prolly going to send me a shirt and some stickers :D [20:04] * MarkDude feels the need to state that he was compensated by ZA as companies do with Executives when they leave. [20:06] This was NOT a lack of $ thing on their part, nor was my pursuing other ventures a big acrimonious deal :) [20:06] * MarkDude has been asked lots of questions regarding this, and to head some more off, I will do another blog post [22:25] http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/fifthpillar/2010/12/30/wow-some-of-you-folks-have-lots-of-questions-zareason-is-ok/ [22:25] Post to clarify that all is well between myself and ZA :)