Brian

My ramblings about tech, security, productivity, finance, taxes and life in general.

Overview

Welcome to my archive of talks, demos, and community engagements. Here, you’ll find highlights from my work, including conference presentations, workshops, and contributions to the FOSDEM Distributions DevRoom. For materials like demo scripts, slides, or code, I host a comprehensive archive on GitHub, linked as appropriate.

Selected Talks

  • The CentOS Project Changes: And How It’s Better for Production Kernels Event: Lund Linux Con – Lund, Sweden
    Date: May 12, 2022
  • Look Up, Not Down When Commercializing Free Open Source Event: SFScon – Bolzano, Italy
    Date: November 12, 2021
  • The Secret to Keeping Your Community Strong for Decades Event: SFScon – Bolzano, Italy
    Date: November 10, 2017

Featured External Article

  • How Linux Became the Enterprise’s Bedrock Date: June 6, 2022
    English Version: TheChannelCo Computing
    French Version: Informatique News

    Note: This piece reflects collaborative writing efforts, underscoring how most published work is a team endeavor.

Additional Highlights

Community Contributions

  • FOSDEM Distributions DevRoom For several years, I contributed to organizing the FOSDEM Distributions DevRoom, helping to coordinate CFP submissions and manage sessions. Materials and CFP details can be found in the FOSDEM directory of my GitHub repository.

CFP Submissions

I’ve saved community booth and table requests along with unsuccessful talk CFPs for use as as templates or refactoring later.

Booth and Panel/Group Meetings

Talks