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Thursday Night Fun: Startup Crawl (with Beer)

It’s much like a traditional pub crawl, but with libations served at several local starups.
Our Advocate Level sponsor, Facebook, will be hosting Thursday evening’s starup crawl. We’ll begin with a party at at Kell’s Irish Pub from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Don’t forget to bring your conference badge as it’s required to get [...]

Town Hall happened – Now what?

Thanks to the 30+ people who showed up to our inaugural town hall! We saw familiar and new faces and got down to the business of organizing the conference. Ed graciously recorded a video, which we’ll publish as soon as its ready.
I forgot to mention a few important things for the new comers – [...]

Tracking Open Source Bridge conversations, photos, posts, and more

Well, well, well. At long last, we’ve come to the day. Open Source Bridge starts today!
We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone, hearing your feedback, and seeing your photos. So is everyone else.
First things first. If you’re not already following OSBridge on Twitter or OSBridge on Identica, please do. We’ll use those accounts to keep [...]

Becoming an “open source citizen”

As we’ve begun introducing Open Source Bridge to the community, we’ve described it as a conference about “open source citizenship.” But what does that mean, exactly?
Audrey Eschright, one of the co-founders of the conference, took some time to delve into the concept of open source citizenship:
We’re planning a conference that will connect developers across projects, [...]