Archive for the ‘Passion’ Category

Combating Apathy in [Free and Open Source] Communities — Part 3

This article is a part of a three part series, if you haven’t read the first part and second part, you really should. How do we address this problem?  Who does it? In other words, how do small to medium communities battle Apathy? In all honesty, I don’t have the answer for this question.  If [...]

Posted on June 15, 2010 at 10:14 pm by herlo · Permalink · One Comment
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Combating Apathy in [Free and Open Source] Communities — Part 2

This article is a part of a three part series, if you haven’t read the first part, you really should. Why don’t more people actually volunteer 2-3 hours per month? One word, Apathy.  Yes, apathy. I believe apathy is what kills communities around the globe.  They don’t have to be any specific type of community, [...]

Posted on June 8, 2010 at 10:14 pm by herlo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Combating Apathy: How to Keep a [Free and Open Source] Community Alive

This June will mark the fourth anniversary of the creation of the Utah Open Source Foundation.  In October, we will be hosting approximately 500 attendees at the fourth annual Utah Open Source Conference. What started out as a simple idea in my backyard in Springville, Utah has blossomed into something much larger, a community of [...]

Posted on June 1, 2010 at 12:41 pm by herlo · Permalink · 3 Comments
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FUDCon F13: Toronto, there are too many paths!

At the moment, I’m committed to heading up to the Fedora Users and Developers Conference (FUDCon) this December 5-7.  And while it’s promising to be a blast with all of my Fedora friends, great hackfests, sessions and even a project I’ve decided to start working on. I have been looking at airfare, hotel and other [...]

Posted on September 21, 2009 at 9:31 pm by herlo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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SLLUG: A new daytime Special Interest Group (SIG)

So, I’ve done it.  I’ve scheduled a room at the Salt Lake Public Library for the 2nd Wednesday of each month.  The meetings will begin at 11:30 and go til about 1pm.  We have the room reserved from 9-1 each time we meet so feel free to come early and participate.  Feel free to bring [...]

Posted on February 4, 2009 at 4:52 pm by herlo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Teaching: University of Utah

Starting tomorrow night, I will officially be the instructor for the LPI 103 course at the University of Utah.  This course uses the awesome Guru Labs courseware and teaches Network Administration and Security as well as Troubleshooting.  I’m excited to get back into the swing of teaching. The course is 15 weeks long, 3 hours [...]

Posted on January 13, 2009 at 10:00 am by herlo · Permalink · One Comment
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FUDCon F11: Day 2 (Part 2)

5:45pm: Paul ends his remarks and we depart to the hotel and FUDPub.  I’m rather tired, not getting much sleep this weekend has worn me down.  I tell Dave that I am going to go crash for an hour and he promptly calls me a wimp! 6:12pm: In hotel room, snuggled up to Jennifer.  Still [...]

Posted on January 12, 2009 at 9:22 pm by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Looking for work is hard work

Recently, I was laid off from Guru Labs. While I still think of them as a great company, I must forge on, looking for a new job. I really appreciate the 2.5 years I worked and all the friendships I made.  I also enjoyed the work and it reinforced my desire to share my love [...]

Posted on December 4, 2008 at 1:51 pm by herlo · Permalink · 5 Comments
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Hear ye, hear ye, Fedora 10 has arrived

Get yours today. Available at mirrors everywhere.  Also via bittorrent ? and jigdo ?. Freedom, Friends, Features, First!  That’s Fedora! Take the Tour Read the Release Notes Digg it Cheers, Herlo

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 8:20 am by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Mind Maps: The Utah Open Source Foundation

The Utah Open Source Foundation “Mind Map” After creating the Fedora Project Mind Map, I was better able to understand how UTOS was currently structured.  I was able to put together the main pieces pretty quickly, although it seems there are several gaps in my thought process still.  For that reason, I’m opening the UTOS [...]

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 7:55 am by herlo · Permalink · Leave a comment
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