Lococast on Location: PyCon 2011 Day 1

I'm down in Atl, GA for PyCon 2011. This is my report from Day 1 of events. Take a listen to see what's going on and we'll try to get some better notes up in the future. Big props to Craig for helping me get the audio out the next day.

Keep an eye out for reviews of day 2 & 3.

If you're down at PyCon, stop by during our open space time at 10am on Sunday where I'll be getting together with the guys of From Python Import Podcast and we'll be looking for some mini-interviews. Let the world know what they're missing by not attending PyCon.

• Intro
• Outro

Lococast.net Episode 14 - Sitting at the same table

• Intro
• Events
  • Ubuntu
    Cloud Days
  • USD
    Sponsorship
  • Penguicon
• Freedombox and Humans are the router
• The Banshee saga goes on and on 
  • http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/611
  • http://blog.grossmeier.net/2011/02/24/the-kerfuffle
  • http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/02/24/banshee-in-natty-to-ship-multiple-stores-and-contribute-to-gnome-foundation/
• Books
  • Craig: Pro Python
• Music
  • me one more time by REVENGE from FEST OF REVENGE
  • Robbotica System by Cibernetica from The Ultimate Bio Commando
  • Fallout by Severed Fifth from Nightmares By Design
  • Putrid Pigs by BRUTAL MURDER from Intracranial Total Insanity
  • By yourself by Redmind from Step back from the edge
  • Discipline by Nine Inch Nails from The Slip

Rick's Rants Episode #6: Something for the builders

With all this focus on making desktop linux something for the mass market, is there a chance that we end up removing the great things that drew us to the platform as users/developers? Is it possible to have a product that wins with the mass market as well as the people that there building and developing things? Listen/watch the rant and let me know what you think. Do we need something different for Ubuntu users? What would an "Ubuntu Developer Edition" look like in your mind?

Lococast.net Episode 13 - WARNING: News overload...generating core dump

• Intro
• Events
  • Global Jam Prep
• Ubuntu Happenings
  • Ubuntu 11.04 Drops Release Candidate / News / Online / Home - Ubuntu User
  • No GPLv3 Software on Windows Phone 7 / XBox app store?
  • Banshee by default brings headaches for Canonical
    • http://gburt.blogspot.com/2011/02/banshee-supporting-gnome-on-ubuntu.html
    • http://doctormo.org/2011/02/16/canonical-platform-control-bites/
• Nokia/MS Partnership
  • http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/nokia-confirms-microsoft-partnership-new-leadership-team
  • http://bethesignal.org/blog/2011/02/11/elopocalypse-nokia-chooses-microsoft/
  • http://www.asymco.com/2011/02/11/in-memoriam-microsofts-previous-strategic-mobile-partners/
  • Meego - "desktop QT is not our R&D priority right now http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/18/buckets-of-cold-water/ (KDE in danger?)
• Freedombox
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper
  • http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ - kickstarter donate
  • http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721744279/push-the-freedombox-foundation-from-0-to-60-in-30
• UberTwitter
  • http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-war-ubermedia-2011-2
  • The Internet Is Not An Airport
• Books
  • Craig: Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi
• Music:
  • Un by Monkey Trial from Un
  • Interlude by Monster Cyborg from Astral Projection
  • Sidewalk by Etherfysh from Box of Fysh
  • State Trooper by The Dino Haak Collective from Switzerland Your Light Is On

Rick's Rants Episode #5: If you love it, put a ring on it

I keep seeing people that don't get that you can mix money and FLOSS. In fact, if you appreciate the work that these great people creating amazing tools and programs at all, \$\$ will of course get involved. Time to rant on these people that don't get it and a personal challenge from me to you. Put \$5 up for grabs every month, come on, I double dog dare ya!

Lococast.net Episode 12 - cloudy with a chance of feedback

• Intro
• Events
  • One month to PyCon! Sign up for sprints
  • Linux Workshop NY State Loco - Feb 19th
  • Ubucon pre - SCaLE 9x Cali Loco - Feb 25th Southern Cali Linux Expo
  • Feb 17th, 10.04.2 due out
  • Heads up, feature freeze coming Feb 24th
• Ubuntu Happenings
  • Unity updates - Jorge's posts
  • http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/2927038461/unity-bitesize-bug-report-for-25-january
  • http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/3198857225/random-small-bling
  • http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/3202209062/progress-meters-quicklists-and-number-count-for-the
  • Canonical Joins Openstack (6mo release cycle)
  • Dell/Ubuntu cloud offering
  • Diaspora/Facebook and the openness of social networking
• Books
  • Craig: Eclipse Phase
  • Rick Pyramid Docs. Yay new web frameworks
• Extro
• Music
  • Icarus Crash - Mister Leija from Mi Defecto Anonimo
  • Stealth Core by Catherine Corelli from Killed Alive
  • End of Summer by BertycoX from Robot in Love
  • Ekaitzaren ondoren... by Kudai from Arima Eroslea
  • In My Hell by Hangman from THE GALLOWS

Rick's Rants Episode #4: Curse of the part time developer

You know the guy, the one that's never able to head over to the local LUG meeting. Never shows interest in that cool new example of that awesome bit of code you saw at the last meetup. You've found the "Part time developer" in the group. It's time to call them out. Rant on!

Lococast.net Episode 11 - 'cause you can't build Ubuntu without some Python

• Intro
• Events
  • Codemash report
  • Get ready for Pycon
  • Loco events
    • NY State Loco - Feb 19th User Group of Rochester monthly meeting
    • Cali Loco - Feb 25th Southern Cali Linux Expo
• Interview: Barry Warsaw
  • Wiki info
  • http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/
  • http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pkgme/0.1
  • https://edge.launchpad.net/bzr-pqm
  • https://edge.launchpad.net/tarmac
  • http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3149/
  • http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147/
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributedDevelopment
• Ubuntu Happenings
  • Natty - alpha 2 coming next week! Feb. 3rd
  • Shuttleworth - QT apps in ubuntu
  • Pre-release of multitouch Ubuntu 11.04
  • Software Center reviews!
• Books
  • Craig: Learning Python 4th Edition
  • Rick: Practical Ruby for System Administration
  • Python Cookbook Recipes
• Music
  • 4.1 Chevy! by Catherine Corelli from Overcome Start
  • Entre Cornisas by Icarus Crash from Mi Defecto Anonimo
  • The Same Mistakes by Adam Fielding from Lightfields
  • Time to go by Gleb Bones from The fine art of wasting time

Lococast Interview with Jim Barber

Recently we received a note from a listener, Jim Barber. He sent us one of the most interesting stories of his usage of Ubuntu. Rather than read the note on the air, we decided to do an interview with Jim. Unfortunately, Rick was "on assignment", so Craig and Jim sat and talked. Hear about Jim's computer experiences from the past, and how he uses Ubuntu in one of the most unique settings we've come across. (Let's just say I won't be bitching about bandwidth anymore at the coffee shop).

If you've got an interesting story about Ubuntu that you'd like to share, or have any questions or comments about the show, send them our way at lococast.net.

Show Music:

• Scanalyzer - Zwichenspeil Zwei from On the One and The Zero
• Sekshun 8 - Still Smokin from Black Winged Butterfly

Lococast.net Episode 10 - Break time over, back to work!

• Intro
• Events
  • Codemash (and come check out Rick's Talk Friday)
  • Pycon
  • Penguicon
  • PyOhio
• Ubuntu Happenings
  • Jono Post - community time
  • Jorge Unity Bug Report
  • Ahmed Kamal - Cloud Community
• Books
  • Craig
    • Java Web Services Up and Running
    • HTML5 Up and Running
  • Rick
    • Non Designers Design Book 3rd ed
    • In the Beginning Was the Command Line
    • Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work
    • Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Iteraction Design
    • The Evolution of Useful Things
    • Universal Principles of Design: Revised and Updated
• Show Music
  • Savior by XXX-Car Ride from The Wait is Over
  • Ponete Las Pilas by Scott Hallgren from Tango - Jazz (live in Studio C)
  • Harresia by Kudai from Arima Eroslea
  • Like A Moth To Flame by Iron Thrones from The Wretched Sun