SCALE 9x - 2011 Southern California Linux Expo - UpScale

Meet the Press

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

7 tips for dealing with the tech media

UpSCALE

This quick talk provides 7 practical tips for getting your project or product news covered by the press. We'll look at how to write an eye-catching press release, how to meet journalists, and why you'll want to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship.

Speaker: Rikki Kite

Day:

Friday, February 25th

A11y - It's about YOU!

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Accessibility is important to everyone

UpSCALE

The success of open source depends on embracing accessibility as a component. Accessibility is about you and not just meeting the needs of people with disabilities. (A quick walk-through of the philosophy of 'A11y' and how accessibility has been a key selling point in major adoptions of open source solutions.)

Can't get too much longer than above as this is an UpSCALE 5-minute presentation :-)

Speaker: Bryen Yunashko

Day:

Friday, February 25th

Advocacy for Advocates: Telling others about Free Software

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Learn how to share your love for your favorite Free and Open Source software with others. Get others excited about coding, community, or contributing!

UpSCALE

Free Software: exciting, powerful, fun, free. Communities: vibrant, varied, compassionate. It can be evaluated and used easily, enhance or bootstrap projects, breathe life into old hardware or unleash new.

Projects need programmers, writers, artists, designers, bug triage, advocates, and community helpers.

Hard to convince others to try Free Software? I'll help make your conversations exciting for your audience.

We all know how exciting Free Software is. It's powerful, it's fun, and it's free. The communities around various projects are vibrant, varied, and compassionate.

Free Software can be evaluated and put to use easily and effectively. It can enhance existing projects or entirely bootstrap new ones. It can breathe new life into old hardware and unlease the potential of new systems.

Opportunities abound in the world of Free Software. Projects need programmers, they technical writers, they need artists, and they need designers. They need bug triagers, user advocates, and community helpers.

Why is it hard to convince others to give Free Software a try? In our enthusiasm to persuade others, we focus on the wrong things. In five minutes, I'll explain how you can make your next conversation about Free Software as exciting for your audience as it is for you.

Speaker: Nathan Haines

Day:

Friday, February 25th

Data Integration Isn't Just For Massive Companies With Unlimited Time and Money

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Data integration tools aren't new, they're just new to open source. This quick talk will teach you how they can apply to your project, no matter how large or small.

Ever since the mainframe days, banks, governments, and health care conglomerates with fragmented and messy data often relied on commercial solutions for consolidation and analysis. Lawyers negotiated contracts, armies of consultants mobilized, and machines were bolted into racks. Today, there are more accessible tools.

I’d like to talk about why the data industry needed an open source solution, and how open source data integration tools can be applied to projects of any size.

Speaker: Ross Turk

UpScale

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

SCALE's take on IgniteNight

Join us for the second annual UoSCALE event, SCALE's own version of "Ignite" talks. Ignite is a style of presentation where participants are given five minutes to speak on a subject accompanied by 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds, and slides are automatically advanced. The first Ignite talks were held in 2006 in Seattle, Washington, and were sponsored by O'Reilly Media and MAKE magazine. We have dubbed our version of these talks UpSCALE talks. The UpSCALE talks will be taking place on Friday the 25th at 8pm.

Join us for the second annual UpSCALE event, SCALE's own version of "Ignite" talks. Ignite is a style of presentation where participants are given five minutes to speak on a subject accompanied by 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds, and slides are automatically advanced. The first Ignite talks were held in 2006 in Seattle, Washington, and were sponsored by O'Reilly Media and MAKE magazine. We have dubbed our version of these talks UpSCALE talks. The UpSCALE talks will be taking place on Friday the 25th at 8pm.

Speaker: Nathan Haines
Speaker: Josh Berkus
Speaker: Rikki Kite
Speaker: Tom King
Speaker: James Mason
Speaker: Bryen Yunashko
Speaker: Amber Graner

Downloads

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12946739

Stress-Testing Linux Hardware

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Want to know how to seriously test your hardware?

Come hear the answers to the questions many heavy users have: What's better, 32-bit or 64-bit? Does hyperthreading increase performance? How do I get maximum battery life? How do I find out exactly what hardware is being used to build my computer? Let's go beyond the basics to look at the many ways various distros can be optimized to make your hardware better, faster, stronger.

Speaker: Cathy Malmrose

Scale Fail

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:33:55 +0000

How to maximize downtime in your web application

UpSCALE

Applications which are responsive, low-maintenance and have regular uptime are passe'. Learn how to build applications which crash, time out, and consume inordinate amounts of hardware and staff -- just like the cool kids do!

Speaker: Josh Berkus

Day:

Friday, February 25th

Build a Custom Linux Distro in 5 minutes!

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:10:11 +0000

Walk through susestudio.com , building a custom Linux distro, on the web, in 5 minutes.

UpSCALE

SUSE Studio ( http://susestudio.com ) provides a ridiculously simple interface for creating custom Linux distributions based on openSUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. Ideal for a wide range of projects, from custom desktop distros, to server appliances, to demonstration systems, SUSE Studio emphasizes clarity and usability, while not sacrificing flexibility and power in the tools it provides.

Speaker: James Mason

Day:

Friday, February 25th