A Year in the Life of a BSD GuruFollow the ups and downs of a BSD sysadmin, trainer, author and advocate while gaining insight into the BSD community and what it is like to live in the shadow of Linux, BSD's younger but flashier cousin.BSD Job Trends- August 28, 2008 At the BSD booth at LinuxWorld San Francisco, I met up with the Director of Marketing at oDesk. ODesk provides a platform for business and qualified technology contractors to connect. Their service includes an application to record the hours worked, screenshots of work in progress as well as guaranteee payment to contractors (which are called providers in the oDesk world). They emphasize quality, trust, identify verification, and security. Providers are encouraged to demonstrate their skills..http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/bsd-job... Software Freedom Day 2008- August 24, 2008 Software Freedom Day is Saturday, September 20. From the website:http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/softwar... MeetBSD California- August 24, 2008 MeetBSD is coming to California. The official website is here and the facebook event page is here. In addition to the conference, there will be a bash to celebrate FreeBSD's 15th birthday at the Buddha Lounge in Mountain View, CA. If you've been looking for an excuse to visit Googleplex or party with BSD folk, this event is for you.http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/meetbsd... Open Source & Education- August 23, 2008 The August issue of the OSBR is now available in PDF and HTML versions. From the table of contents:http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/open-so... Crafts, Literacy, & Engineering- August 15, 2008 CBC is running a story entitled "children's knitting group turfed from library under new craft ban". The stated logic is "the municipality is revamping its 18 library branches in an effort to attract more people and needs to be more literacy-focused".http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/crafts-... LinuxWorld Thinks Beastie is Cool- August 13, 2008 BSD users have known for a long time that Beastie is pretty cool. According to a poll held at last week's LinuxWorld, Beastie is far cooler than Tux, by a margin of 31.6% to 6.6%.http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/linuxwo... Table of Contents 2.0- August 12, 2008 From the "isn't it amazing what you find when you get a chance to wade through your inbox" department.http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/table-o... This Week's Links - 81108- August 11, 2008 Some reading to start the work week.http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/bsd-guru/this-we... |