Holy crap. I keep meaning to update, but then I get distracted by any one of the million things happening in my life right now.
I attended the 2008 FreeBSD Developers Summit along with BSDCan in Ottawa, Canada. BSDCan is like Christmas for me. I love going, and I look forward to it all year. I get to see a lot of friends that I normally don't get to hang out with, and I miss them a lot. There was some awkwardness, however. A few years ago, I made a rule for myself that I would never, ever date someone affiliated with FreeBSD. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but I knew it would end badly if ever put into practice. Last year, I broke that rule. It was just a fling: nothing serious. He was at Dev Summit and BSDCan though, and it was tense trying to avoid him. Maybe I didn't end the relationship in the best way, but there's not much I can do about it now. I related this story to Leslie, adding my signature phrase "There is no sex at the BSDCan." She then busted out an awesome modified rendition of Chris Rock's "No Sex in the Champagne Room".
I met up with Leslie at BSDCan, which was a huge relief. When I stood up at Dev Summit and looked around the room, there was one other female, Diane Bruce. BSDCan itself usually isn't much better. You don't know the meaning of the term sausagefest until you've been to a BSD convention. When I showed up at BSDCan's opening ceremony, I saw Leslie sitting in the middle of the room. Yay! Another female. She introduced me to her friend, Emma. Very cool chick. We three girls hung out together most of the conference. As much as I love talking about FreeBSD with random people, I'm just a lot more comfortable hanging around girls, especially these girls. No one will ever refer to them as "such-and-such's girlfriend". As a female in tech, I've got to say that's one of the worst things I could be referred to as. Hello? I am not an accessory.
Now, on to the big announcements. I've officially joined the FreeBSD Marketing team. Yep, that's right. I'm now randi at freebsd dot org. Most of my friends know how much I've wanted to find my place in the project. It's been very important to me for a long time. I was so happy that I escaped back to my hotel room to jump up and down and squeal like a girl. Thank god no one saw that. I doubt that anyone else has quite reacted to joining the project like I did.
I've got a few projects in the works right now. Soon, I'll be setting up blog.freebsd.org. Sure, we've got release notes and such, but wouldn't it be great if we had a blog where we could pimp our accomplishments? Talk about what we're currently working on, projects recently completed. ZFS got like a one line mention in the release notes. That's a bunch of crap. How are people supposed to know about it? I know that not everyone bothers reading release notes. I'm even willing to admit that sometimes I don't bother reading the whole thing, either. I guess that's going to have to change, now.
I'm also helping plan MeetBSD California, where we will be celebrating FreeBSD's 15 year anniversary. Setting up a conference is challenging, especially on a tight budget. Know any companies that might be interested in helping sponsor us? Want to get on the mailing list for conference info? Drop me a line at the new email address.
Igor's moving out next weekend, so I'm busy packing all of his crap. I'm trying to prepare for living on my own, something that I haven't done in a very long time. I bought a pink toolset from Amazon, and I think I'm going to get a cat. Isn't that what single girls do? I also bought a PS3 last night. I'm not sure if I'm impressed by it or not. The game selection is a bit lacking. I picked up Heavenly Sword (chick with a sword, how can you go wrong there?), Uncharted, and Guitar Hero III. Any recommendations?
I attended the 2008 FreeBSD Developers Summit along with BSDCan in Ottawa, Canada. BSDCan is like Christmas for me. I love going, and I look forward to it all year. I get to see a lot of friends that I normally don't get to hang out with, and I miss them a lot. There was some awkwardness, however. A few years ago, I made a rule for myself that I would never, ever date someone affiliated with FreeBSD. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but I knew it would end badly if ever put into practice. Last year, I broke that rule. It was just a fling: nothing serious. He was at Dev Summit and BSDCan though, and it was tense trying to avoid him. Maybe I didn't end the relationship in the best way, but there's not much I can do about it now. I related this story to Leslie, adding my signature phrase "There is no sex at the BSDCan." She then busted out an awesome modified rendition of Chris Rock's "No Sex in the Champagne Room".
I met up with Leslie at BSDCan, which was a huge relief. When I stood up at Dev Summit and looked around the room, there was one other female, Diane Bruce. BSDCan itself usually isn't much better. You don't know the meaning of the term sausagefest until you've been to a BSD convention. When I showed up at BSDCan's opening ceremony, I saw Leslie sitting in the middle of the room. Yay! Another female. She introduced me to her friend, Emma. Very cool chick. We three girls hung out together most of the conference. As much as I love talking about FreeBSD with random people, I'm just a lot more comfortable hanging around girls, especially these girls. No one will ever refer to them as "such-and-such's girlfriend". As a female in tech, I've got to say that's one of the worst things I could be referred to as. Hello? I am not an accessory.
Now, on to the big announcements. I've officially joined the FreeBSD Marketing team. Yep, that's right. I'm now randi at freebsd dot org. Most of my friends know how much I've wanted to find my place in the project. It's been very important to me for a long time. I was so happy that I escaped back to my hotel room to jump up and down and squeal like a girl. Thank god no one saw that. I doubt that anyone else has quite reacted to joining the project like I did.
I've got a few projects in the works right now. Soon, I'll be setting up blog.freebsd.org. Sure, we've got release notes and such, but wouldn't it be great if we had a blog where we could pimp our accomplishments? Talk about what we're currently working on, projects recently completed. ZFS got like a one line mention in the release notes. That's a bunch of crap. How are people supposed to know about it? I know that not everyone bothers reading release notes. I'm even willing to admit that sometimes I don't bother reading the whole thing, either. I guess that's going to have to change, now.
I'm also helping plan MeetBSD California, where we will be celebrating FreeBSD's 15 year anniversary. Setting up a conference is challenging, especially on a tight budget. Know any companies that might be interested in helping sponsor us? Want to get on the mailing list for conference info? Drop me a line at the new email address.
Igor's moving out next weekend, so I'm busy packing all of his crap. I'm trying to prepare for living on my own, something that I haven't done in a very long time. I bought a pink toolset from Amazon, and I think I'm going to get a cat. Isn't that what single girls do? I also bought a PS3 last night. I'm not sure if I'm impressed by it or not. The game selection is a bit lacking. I picked up Heavenly Sword (chick with a sword, how can you go wrong there?), Uncharted, and Guitar Hero III. Any recommendations?
