LCA2015 CFP Closing Real Soon Now

It's July, which means the LCA2015 CFP is open... but not for much longer.

I've been reading through what's been submitted so far, and it looks like linux.conf.au will again have an excellent program.  But, as Co-Chair of the Papers Committee, I want the program to be even better! :-)

So if you're working on a open-source or open-hardware project, and you're doing cool stuff, why not come to Auckland in January and speak at one of the best community-driven open-source conferences in the world?  We've got some great information on how to get your proposal accepted (also in video) to help you put your proposal together.

But to be a speaker at LCA2015 you need to make a proposal to speak to the CFP (which closes next Friday Sunday on July 13).  So hurry up, and submit your proposal today!

Getting your CFP abstract accepted 101 - linux.conf.au 2014

I had the wonderful privilege of speaking at linux.conf.au 2014 last week in Perth, Australia on Getting your CFP abstract accepted 101.  This is in the context of the linux.conf.au papers committee, which I've been a part of for the past decade.

I feel like it's an important service to the community to help some of the amazingly smart people who attend linux.conf.au take the step up to becoming a speaker.  I hope that what I've had to say will assist, and I feel honoured that I myself was given the opportunity to speak to this (despite my protestations that other talks be accepted instead).

Here's a link to the video of my talk, and to the slide pack.

Any comments on this material, or on my presentation, are of course welcomed!