This site is the landing page for all things Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) at Rochester Institute of Technology. Here you can find information and updates on the open courses, open co-ops, and open projects at and around campus.
The RIT Lab for Technological Literacy houses FOSS@RIT, an initiative that grew out of the Department of Interactive Games and Media's course in educational game development for the OLPC. We bring FOSS speakers to campus, sponsor professional development opportunities for faculty, house externally sponsored and faculty and student created research and development projects and have brought an annual regional FOSS conference to the RIT campus, all since January 2009.
The 140 Characters Conference: Syracuse will be taking place on April 19, 2012 in Schine Student Center, on the campus of Syracuse University.
Our very own Remy DeCausemaker will be giving a talk at 3:15pm entitled "Social Coding and Civic Hacking."
#140cuse will expose you to the power the real-time web has to disrupt businesses, change lives and create serendipity. You will leave with a fresh outlook on how the real time web can be used in your business and/or personal life to do something meaningful.
Prepare to laugh, connect and learn as each of our “characters” shares authentic stories about how this new medium has affected their lives. Our eclectic group of speakers may be using the real time web differently but their stories all share one thing in common…how the real-time web is changing our lives.
The #140cuse events provide a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business.
Our schedule is unique and fast paced. It is our intention to provide a platform for as many people as possible to share their thoughts and engage in conversation with the attending delegates. You will find individual talks set to 10 minutes; and the various panel discussions are set for 10 or 20 minutes.
The take-aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the effects the real-time internet will have on both “we” the people, business and society.
BarCamp Rochester is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. BarCamp Rochester is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. All attendees should give a demo, a session, or help with one. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a good slot on the schedule. Check-in begins around 8am, with the first presentations starting at 9am!
"Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them."
Just in time for the start of 2012, we’re staring a hacks/hackers chapter for Rochester and the greater Western NY area. hacks/hackers is an international organization dedicated to bringing together journalists (hacks) and technologists (hackers) to collaborate on the future of news and information sharing.
This kick-off meeting will feature a series of lighting talks from local experts about hacks/hackers, “hacking” the news, and different future of journalism projects currently going on in Rochester. There will also be some breakout discussions and brainstorming for future meetings and projects.
This meeting's lighting talks will include
What is hacks/hackers - Matt Bernius (Cornell Antho) & Nestor Ramos (D&C)
PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language. PyCon is organized by the Python community for the community.
The 2012 North America FUDCon will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the campus of Virginia Tech, January 13 - 15, 2012.
FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.
FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.
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