From 0968f903fe66f9bb8957b8d01e35f3743c74404b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stef Walter Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 11:31:31 +0100 Subject: Brought old blog over --- content/personal/at-guadec.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++ content/personal/berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ content/personal/going-to-the-desktop-summit.md | 17 ++++++++++++++ content/personal/looking-for-open-source-work.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 93 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/personal/at-guadec.md create mode 100644 content/personal/berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk.md create mode 100644 content/personal/going-to-the-desktop-summit.md create mode 100644 content/personal/looking-for-open-source-work.md (limited to 'content/personal') diff --git a/content/personal/at-guadec.md b/content/personal/at-guadec.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2af01b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/at-guadec.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Title: At GUADEC +Date: 2010-07-06 +Tags: technical, security, gnome +Slug: at-guadec + +Yesterday was the first day of my first GUADEC. It was great meeting +many people I've only been in touch with remotely. + +We had our Desktop Crypto BOF as well. I imagined it going differently, +and probably should have prepared for it differently. There were topics +that would have been great to discuss but I forgot to bring up: + + * libgcr: the certificate and other crypto widgets and where they'll +live. Should we +split that out in a separate library. + * What to keep/drop from libcryptui. + * Our common gsettings schemas for non app specific settings. + * Gnome Keyring to do list: [http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/ToDo](http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/ToDo) + +But I think there was some solid progress made and really good ideas +came up. Especially the discussion toward the end about how to build the +web of trust more simply. diff --git a/content/personal/berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk.md b/content/personal/berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1c162f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Title: Berlin and Desktop Summit Talk +Date: 2011-08-12 +Tags: technical, security, gnome +Slug: berlin-and-desktop-summit-talk + +Really enjoyed the Desktop Summit, and meeting everyone there. The only +bummer part was the network connectivity. My +employer [Collabora][] sponsored my trip and work. + +My talk went well ([slides][]), and we had a great time discussing +things afterwards. [LWN wrote an article][] about the talk (the article +will be available for non-subscribers on the 18th of August). + +During the BoFs I worked on gnome-keyring integration into the +gnome-shell, as well as fixing bugs in gobject-introspection and +integrating it into gnome-keyring. + +Berlin really surprised me. Classier and more alive than I expected. +Classy thunderstorms too. I took a couple hours to ride around on a bike +between rain showers. + + +![Me at the SiegeSäule](images/IMG_7385.JPG) + + [Collabora]: http://www.collabora.com/ + [slides]: http://thewalter.net/stef/misc/desktop-summit-2011-stef-walter-desktop-crypto.pdf + [LWN wrote an article]: http://lwn.net/Articles/454307/ diff --git a/content/personal/going-to-the-desktop-summit.md b/content/personal/going-to-the-desktop-summit.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7c77ee --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/going-to-the-desktop-summit.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Title: Going to the Desktop Summit +Date: 2011-08-04 +Tags: technical, security, gnome +Slug: going-to-desktop-summit + + + + +I'm off the the Desktop Summit shortly. Going to be giving a talk +about [gluing together desktop crypto][] (Oh boy, there's a life size +picture of me at that link. I wonder why it ended up so big? Hrmmmm....) + +My first time in Berlin, and it sounds like it'll be fun. Also looking +forward to getting to meet some KDE developers :) + + [gluing together desktop crypto]: https://www.desktopsummit.org/program/sessions/gluing-together-usable-desktop-crypto + []: https://www.desktopsummit.org/sites/www.desktopsummit.org/files/DS2011banner.png diff --git a/content/personal/looking-for-open-source-work.md b/content/personal/looking-for-open-source-work.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b2cf0f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/looking-for-open-source-work.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Title: Looking for open source work +Date: 2010-10-22 +Tags: technical, security +Slug: looking-for-work + +Well, all good things must come to an end. My [job at The Family +International][] is changing significantly, and I'm looking for other +work. It's been a great organization to work for, I've been able to work +on real interesting and varied projects, and at the same time working to +[support a really worthy cause][]. + +They've been supportive of my open source work, and have allowed me to +release several internal projects as open source. I managed +singlehandedly to get them on the [short list of top organizations][] +that contributed to GNOME. + +But I'm excited about this change. I've applied for positions at a +number of open source companies. I think it'd be awesome working further +with the great folks in the open source community. I've had [over 10 +years of extensive experience][job at The Family International] to bring +to the table. + +My wife, son and I are likely going to move to Germany. + + [job at The Family International]: http://thewalter.net/stef/resume/ + [support a really worthy cause]: http://www.thefamily.org/en/ + [short list of top organizations]: http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/28/gnome-census/ -- cgit v1.2.3