I spent the last several days in Lagos, Nigeria, attending OSCAFest 2025 and other related events.| drbacchus.com
I spent the last several days in Lagos, Nigeria, attending OSCAFest 2025 and other related events.| Notes In The Margin
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Most of the talks that I attended at Open Source Summit last week in Denver were in the general category of recruting and mentoring of new contributors. This is a bit of a brain dump of that content. The first talk I want to highlight was a panel session featuring Dawn Foster, Ruth Ikegah, Matt … Continue reading Mentoring and recruiting in open source→| Notes In The Margin
I have been resisting AI for a long time, for a variety of reasons. Based on some conversations at Open Source Summit last week, I am reluctantly starting my AI journey. I’m documenting this in video format, at least for now. Maybe I’ll get AI to transcribe them later!| Notes In The Margin
Yesterday in the keynote at Open Source Summit in Denver, FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) for WordPress was announced. I’m hoping I can get involved in some way. I have been an avid WordPress user for 20+ years but left my participation in the community over disagreements about project governance. It would be cool to … Continue reading FAIR WordPress repository→| Notes In The Margin
Last weekend I used my workbench to make a workbench. Now I need to make a lot more cool stuff to justify the time and expense of making space to make things.| Notes In The Margin
While learning how to use my new router, I made some fountain pen trays. I used scrap wood, and it took about 10 minutes each. Then I looked on Etsy, and found that stuff like this sells for between $25 and $75. Maybe I should quit my job and go into making pen trays full time.| Notes In The Margin
I travel quite a bit for work, and have recently decided that the hotel loyalty thing – always staying at the same chain, and collecting loyalty points – wasn’t doing anything for me. I wasn’t using the room nights, and don’t seem to get any perks.| Notes In The Margin
I spent yesterday and today building two little side-workbenches for my drill press and my band saw, in order to free up the main workbench for … y’know … actual work space. I have a new project to start tomorrow – or possibly next week – and it will be less frustrating trying to find … Continue reading Workbench construction→| Notes In The Margin
I’ve started reading Clockwork Angels, by Kevin J. Anderson, based on the story by Neil Peart that became the album Clockwork Angels. The album already makes a *little* more sense, and I’m only in the second chapter. I wonder if they expected people to just get it, or if they really expected the True Fans … Continue reading Clockwork Angels→| Notes In The Margin
This week I’ve been in Vienna for Open Source Summit EU. I’ve been attending this event for many years, and it’s always valuable in many ways.| Notes In The Margin
A week ago, I had a mastoidectomy on my right ear.| Notes In The Margin