news 28 Posted January 22, 2016 SCALE 14X got off to a great start on Thursday, but it shifts gears on Friday. On Friday, SCALE 14X starts off with: CORY DOCTOROW KEYNOTE: Science fiction writer and digital rights warrior Cory Doctorow kicks off SCALE 14X Friday with his keynote, “No Matter Who's Winning the War on General Purpose Computing, You're Losing†at 9 a.m., in Ballroom DE. The co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. [Promotional break: SCALE 14X would like to recognize and thank Redis Labs whose support helps make SCALE possible. More information on Redis Labs, visit http://www.redislabs.com ] LEGAL EAGLES IN SCALE'S LEGAL TRAINING PROGRAM: Because Open Source has been making profound strides inside and outside the tech realm, attorneys need to stay ahead of the curve. SCALE provides a vehicle for this in its first Open Source Legal Training program, designed to provide legal education to practicing attorneys and law students who seek education on open source legal issues. The Southern California Linux Expo is a Bar Accredited CLE Activity Provider, making this course approved for 5.75 hours MCLE California General credit. The program requires separate registration here – https://reg.socallinuxexpo.org/reg6/ – and more information can be found at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x/open-source-legal-training [Promotional break: SCALE 14X would like to recognize and thank Circonus, whose support helps make SCALE possible. More information on Circonus, visit http://www.circonus.com ] MORE TRACKS AND THE EXPO HALL: Both UbuCon and PostgreSQL Days continue on Friday, as well as the Embedded Track and the Unikernel Track. MySQL also had a day of sessions, as well as a half-day LPIC-2 Crash Course. Meanwhile, starting at 2 on Friday, the Expo Hall opens for the first of three days, with more than 140 exhibitors having their latest products available for the attending public. [Promotional break: SCALE 14X would like to recognize and thank Supplyframe, whose support helps make SCALE possible. More information on Supplyframe, visit www.supplyframe.com ] UPSCALE AND BAD VOLTAGE LIVE: Once the sessions are done and the expo hall closes, the evening starts with UpSCALE Talks. Patterned after O'Reilly's Ignite Talks, speakers try to keep up with slides automatically advancing during their five-minute presentation. For more information on who's daring to take the UpSCALE challenge, visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x/presentations/upscale . Just after the UpSCALE talks is Bad Voltage Live brings the team of Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, Stuart Langridge, and Bryan Lunduke to tape a live show in front of a live audience. The usual irreverent Bad Voltage style was be in full form with discussion and debate about Linux and Open Source, complete with plenty of surprises, competitions, contests, and give-aways. Although this is at the SCALE14x conference, the show is open to everyone. Please note, this show will include some, ahem, “colorful language.†LOOKING AHEAD TO SATURDAY: Hackaday will be at SCALE 14X Game Night on Saturday – we'll talk more about Game Night in tomorrow's post – and they have a special request. Specifically, it's “show and tell†and a SCALE Museum of items brought by attendees. A more detailed explanation can be found at http://www.meetup.com/Hackaday-Los-Angeles/events/227725946/ [Promotional break: SCALE 14X would like to recognize and thank Moogsoft, whose support helps make SCALE possible. More information on Moogsoft, visit http://www.moogsoft.com ] -- Share this post Link to post