Jeff Waugh (of GNOME fame) speaking in Cyberjaya tomorrow
What?
Jeff Waugh is speaking in:
OSCC, Cyberjaya
at
10.30am, 2nd August 2008
about
Free Software Development
specifically
sharing his experiences developing free software and talking about hacking cool stuff (like the wii remote)
Why is the notice sent so late?
It wouldn’t be the Malaysian way of doing things if it was actually sent on time, eh?
Also, we were up late last night doing the most nasty, just absolutely nasty things to a poor defenseless milf on Level 29, KLCC. Huhu.
Who is Jeff Waugh?
By day, Jeff Waugh is a Principal Consultant with Waugh Partners, an Australian boutique consultancy specialising in Open Source strategy, industry development and research.
By night, he is an active participant in the GNOME project, promotes Software Freedom in beautiful, tiny parcels with the GNOME Mobile initiative, and plots the Open Source blogging explosion with Planet.
Waugh is an active member of the Free Software community, holding positions such as Chairman of the Annodex Foundation (2006), Director of the GNOME Foundation Board (2003-2004, 2006-present), GNOME Release Manager (2001-2005), committee member (2000-2001) and president (2002-2003) of the Sydney Linux Users’ Group, and member of the linux.conf.au 2001 and 2007 organising teams. He was one of the founding employees of Canonical, engaged in Ubuntu business and community development during its extraordinary rise (2004-2006).
In 2005, Waugh won the Google/O’Reilly Open Source award for Best Evangelist, which recognised his work on GNOME and Ubuntu. In 2007, Jeff and his partner Pia were the first duo to receive a Pearcey Foundation award, recognising their pioneering achievement and contribution to the Australian ICT industry.