SCALE 13x

Speaker Interview: Rikki Endsley

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-16 19:37

Red Hat's Rikki Endsley thinks that many in open source aren't using social media as effectively as they could. But all is not lost: Rikki's giving a presentation, "Confessions of a Reluctant Tweeter: Social Media for Open Source Projects," on SCALE 13x Friday at 3:45. The SCALE Team finally caught up with Rikki and asked her about her talk.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Matthew Miller

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-16 18:30

Next to escaping the snow currently blanketing New England, Matthew Miller is most excited about visiting SCALE 13x and speaking at the event. Matthew will be speaking on SCALE 13x Sunday at 4:30 on "Fedora.next: Bringing Change to a Classic Distro (without too much kicking and screaming)." The SCALE Team caught up with Matthew to ask him about his presentation.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Jono Bacon

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Thu, 2015-02-12 05:05

Ladies and gentlemen, Jono Bacon. In FOSS circles, that's pretty much all the introduction you need. Currently the community development leader at XPRIZE, Jono gives a talk on Solving Humanity's Grand Challenges on SCALE 13x Sunday at 1:30. The SCALE Team caught up with Jono to see what we can expect in his presentation.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Bad Voltage Live at SCALE

Submitted by Ilan Rabinovitch on Wed, 2015-02-04 23:11

We are delighted to share that on Friday evening at we have a special event taking place that you won't want to miss.

Bad Voltage is a popular Linux and Open Source podcast that is presented by Jono Bacon (Ubuntu, LugRadio, XPRIZE), Bryan Lunduke (Linux Action Show, NetworkWorld), Stuart Langridge (Ubuntu, LugRadio), and Jeremy Garcia (LinuxQuestions). In fact, SCALE regulars will recognize Jono and Jeremy, who have been coming to SCALE for over eight years!

Speaker Interview: Josh Berkus

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 14:13

Josh Berkus, another SCALE veteran, brings his wealth of PostgreSQL expertise to SCALE 13x in presenting "Shootout at the AWS Corral" on Sunday SCALE 13x at 3 p.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Josh, who talked about ongoing progress with his benchmarking project and what he plans to report at SCALE and subsequent upcoming FOSS shows.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Alison Chaiken

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 13:42

 

Alison Chaiken returns to speak at SCALE 13x this year, giving a talk on "systemd for Developers" on SCALE 13x Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The SCALE Team caught up with Alison for a brief interview, which touches on the types of sessions at SCALE as well as beer-soaked Dance Dance Revolution sessions. To find out more, read on.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Speaker Interview: Dave Stokes

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Sun, 2015-02-08 08:55

 

Dave Stokes makes another speaking appearance at SCALE this year, giving a talk on "The Proper Care and Feeding of a MySQL Server for Busy Linux Admins" on SCALE 13x Sunday sessions at 3 p.m. The SCALE Team caught up with David and here's what he had to say about his talk, SCALE, and lunchtime at Carl's Jr.

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?