My first linuxfest... http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/
Here's some quick notes.
This was the first time in years I made it North of Mt Vernon and the first time ever off the road at Bellingham. I didn't realize how big the town was, how long it stretched along I5 and that there were three major schools.
It was yard sale weekend in the county...
Nice place for a gathering at the Bellingham Technical College.
I'm not sure if it is what I expected or not. I guess it was a bit more blue jean hacker and less commercial then I was thinking it would be.
Google was there mostly looking for employees. I learned the hottest languages were Python (no surprise) and C++ (not a big surprise...)
HP was there. That was a surprise. Even more surprising was that the folks were from my old group in Fort Collins.
Microsoft wasn't there. :-(
Several web host companies. Pogo and another local server manufacture from Bothell were there.
A Myth-TV spin off, Schedules Direct, was there. This looks like a good organization to support. Anybody that's playing "Good Eats" for a demo has got to be on the ball.
I purchased a hacked Adtron Linux router for a great price. I picked up a couple books for reasonable prices. Debugging with GDB is something it's time to learn.
There was somewhat of an OLPC-XO presence. I didn't attend the meetings but the feedback I heard was not promising.
There was even a booth with some folks wearing silly little red horns... (hint: Hi Dennis and Jeff...)
And now, as a prelude to a posting tomorrow, guess what was missing and has me pondering yet another little project...
73
Bill - WA7NWP
