We gave a talk on BUG and some things we’ve learned about embedded Linux at SCaLE 2008 last weekend in LA. The session went pretty well, and the turnout was great. The audience had some great questions and was, in general, very enthusiastic about BUG. I was surprised by the variance in topics and skill sets present, and at how friendly and inclusive everyone was. Some technical conferences I end up going to seem to have an exclusionary, elitist feel to them, whereas SCaLE participants seemed to be quite at home with each other.

One session in particular was really exciting for me: Bruno Gonçalves de Albuquerque’s talk on Haiku. Haiku hasn’t much to do with BUG really, but Bruno’s excitement and enthusiasm made me remember why I’m typing away at present: the sheer joy of making things…the pleasure in solving problems and the satisfaction that comes from taking something and making it better. At times in the thick of things it can be easy to lose track of that. So, thank you Bruno and to everyone at SCaLE for giving me that much-needed recharge!

Posted in Uncategorized by Ken Gilmer | on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.