SCALE 8x: Day 1 – WIOS Talks

“Ultimate Randomness – Girl voices in open source

“The first talk I attended was a great presentation by three
very knowledgeable girls Malakia and Saskia Wade and Mirano Cafiero
(on the left) who explained how they had learned to use GIMP and
Tux Paint along with some examples of what they have done using the
programs as well. At the end of the the presentation they showed a
short stop motion film they made with their Barbi Dolls using
OpenShot which to say the least was very cute..and very good
too.

“A Year NTEU the Ubuntu Community and FLOSS World

“The next one I got to was Amber Graner’s talk on her
first year in the Non Technical End User (NTEU) for Ubuntu. It was
a great review of what it is like to be a total newbie to FOSS
getting all jazzed to jump in and get started in participating in
the ‘process’ as it were. She gave a ton of great
examples and funny stories of her experiences in the NTEU. One of
her great points was If you can dream it you and think it, if you
can think it you can suggest it and if you can suggest it you can
do it. I like that a lot. there is something to be said for just
doing it if it means that much to you that really hits home for
me.”

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