Events

SouthEast Linux Fest has a different feel than most conferences I attend. It is less trade show, more reunion. You run into the same person twice in an hour, swap contact info, and actually mean it…

I ran a hands-on introduction to tabletop role playing games at SouthEast LinuxFest for a room full of Linux nerds, most of whom had never rolled a die in their life outside of a D20 keychain.

I put this together for the CIQ blog: what four winners at Open Source Summit 2026 said they would build with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano running RLC Pro AI.

I spent three days on the expo floor at Open Source Summit 2026 in Minneapolis with Howard Van Der Wal and Stephen Simpson, and it was one of the better events we have done this year.

Community Days 2026 was a different kind of conference experience for me. No booth to staff, no talk to deliver, no social media queue to manage. Just me, a badge, and a schedule full of sessions I…

I made it to Bellingham this spring for LinuxFest Northwest, and I get why this event has been earning its reputation for 27 years.

Flock to Fedora 2026 is heading back to Prague this June, and on episode 53 of the Fedora Podcast, Noah and I sat down with Justin Wheeler and Emma from the Fedora design team to talk through…

I co-wrote this recap with Michael Young and R. Leigh Hennig covering CIQ’s presence at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, and I was there in person as a speaker.

This one was personal. I gave this talk at SCaLE 23 in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and I will be honest, I almost did not write it because it meant putting some very uncomfortable…

I gave this talk at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and it is probably the most personal thing I have ever put on a stage.

I hosted this solo webinar for TuxCare making the case that you do not actually have to choose between community Linux and enterprise-grade support. The whole pick-a-camp framing is a false choice…

A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 35, where Fedora Community Architect Justin W. Flory shares how he bridges teams, runs events like Flock, and empowers contributors. Watch or listen right here.