http://www.ndeschildre.net Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Long time no posts. Almost a dead blog. But not yet. First, after a few months as a freelancer, I finally got hired by France24. And I worked on the brand new version of their website, plus RFI. I won't go on the details again, but we went live some days ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/11/08/france24-update-and-code-to-be-open-sourced/ A quick update on my professional and open source activities: Firstly, I'll go freelance as a Drupal web developper during the next month, after eight months as an employee. The big crazy jump. But that's crazy stuff that keeps me alive :) After Ubuntu Brainstorm and France24, I'll be looking for ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/03/18/going-freelance-and-open-source-cycles/ After being delayed a few months due to some technical requirements, the new Ubuntu Brainstorm is here! It was partially sponsored by the Stockholm airport back in august. It includes: The new moderator team (25 people!), which can now enter into action. It is also easier to contact them. An easier way ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/01/13/ubuntu-brainstorm-v2-finally/ http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/01/13/another-blurry-announcement/ Just a quick note about an awesome new power metal group I have discovered. They called themselves "Pagan's mind", and if you liked music from Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, you will definitely like their called "God's equation". Creative, original, powerful, ... awesome! Looking forward listening to their older albums! http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/01/11/pagans-mind/ At last UDS, Nick Ali and I felt that really, some real news website was needed, and I won't go again through the rationale (see this post). The matter was discussed (see blueprint page), and summary of the session can be found here. (Nick, could you link it on the ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/01/10/ubuntu-news-website-mockups/ As we are getting regular news on the war on the Gaza strip, we may often lack background information. I'd like to share a very good set of small videos on the daily life of 6 peoples in Gaza and Sderot (in Israel, close to the border of the Gaza ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2009/01/05/gaza-sderot/ Giant US pacman! http://www.ndeschildre.net/2008/12/14/nom-nom-nom/ We got a UDS session about new ways to handle Ubuntu news today (blueprint, summary of the discussion). Basically, it comes down to three things : Convince people and teams this is really needed Posting restrictions : who can post, and how? Visibility of this website: We want better than that. 1) Ubuntu teams ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2008/12/09/on-a-new-ubuntu-news-website/ Community communications are essential. So are community news. A source of news (both technical and general public) is great when you want to keep in touch with the Ubuntu world, without having to digg around in IRC logs, mailing lists, external blog posts, forum posts,...Ok, So what do we have ... http://www.ndeschildre.net/2008/11/30/on-ubuntu-community-news/