Last week-end I attended FOSDEM for the 7th time. It's kinda strange to say and think - if someone tells me they've been going to this or that open-source conference for 7 years I tend to assume they're hardcore and totally know what they're doing. I go to hang out with …
read morePyCon Ireland 2014
Together with a couple of colleagues, I wrote a short report about PyCon Ireland 2014. Once again the conference was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the 2015 edition! :)
read moreTraining at EuroPython 2014 | Making your first contribution to OpenStack
Last week I ran a 3-hour training on how to get started contributing to OpenStack at EuroPython. The aim was to give a high-level overview of how the contribution process works in the project and guide people through making their first contribution, from account creation to submitting a patch.
Overview …
Adventures with Steam on Linux | Today: Mark of the Ninja doesn't start
I've been getting back into PC gaming for the last couple of months, and that has involved a lot of checking out what Steam on Linux looks like nowadays (i.e. playing lots of games). Most of the time everything works just fine and smoothly, but sometimes there are hiccups …
read moreTrain the Trainer course | FETAC Level 6
Last week I participated in a 3 day-long "Train the Trainer" course at Hibernian College in Dublin. My goals were to get a better understanding of how to teach to adults and learn how to design and deliver effective training sessions, in order to improve my technical courses and workshops …
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