Tag Archives: Nomovok

Things I learnt about managing people while being a Wikipedia admin

Posted on 2011-08-26 (Friday) by myrtti

Just over four years ago I gave up my volunteer, unpaid role as an administrator of the Finnish Wikipedia. Today, while discussing with a friend, I realised what has been one of the most valuable lessons in both my professional … Continue reading →

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And then, unexpectedly, life happens

Posted on 2011-08-21 (Sunday) by myrtti

I hope none of you have expected me to blog more often. It’s been over a year since I’ve last blogged, and so much has happened since I last did. I’ve travelled to Cornwall, started a Facebook page that got … Continue reading →

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California Dreamin’, release 1.2.1 (LCS2010, MeeGo workshop videos)

Posted on 2010-06-14 (Monday) by myrtti

As promised earlier, I’ve now published four of the sessions from Linux Collaboration Summit 2010 which was held in San Francisco in April. They’re viewable in blip.tv, and I’ve decided to follow the licensing Linux Foundation itself has for the … Continue reading →

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California Dreamin’, release 1.2 (Linux Collaboration Summit, day 2)

Posted on 2010-05-14 (Friday) by myrtti

The second day of the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit started with breakfast and scoping out the possible talks to attend to. Many of the talks looked interesting, but I wandered to the MeeGo workgroup room according to my original plan … Continue reading →

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California Dreamin’, release 1.1 (Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, day 1)

Posted on 2010-05-14 (Friday) by myrtti

I’ve got plenty to tell about my experiences of our two month trip to Silicon Valley, but I’ll start with telling about the conferences and events I’ve attended. I’ll start the story with the most important and the biggest one, … Continue reading →

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Crazy Tech Ideas, part 1

Posted on 2008-11-09 (Sunday) by myrtti

Thoughts from the past week, random links and random ideas to follow. If none of these tickle your brain, I’m sorry. 1) Installing applications to my phone was previously something I really hated. I remember how horrible it was trying … Continue reading →

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Forest friends

Posted on 2008-09-12 (Friday) by myrtti

a “recent” meme via Maco: I’ve had three major naming schemes with my ICT appliance/hardware. First one started on 2003, with my first computer resurrected as a home server. It was named as pingu, for its penguin soul and also … Continue reading →

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Heippa maailma!

Posted on 2008-06-12 (Thursday) by myrtti

“Hi, my name is Miia and I’m an Ubuntuholic.” Hi, I’m Miia Ranta, one of the recent additions to Ubuntu members but also to Planet Ubuntu. I’ve been using Ubuntu since February 2005, Linux few times before that. I can … Continue reading →

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Kesäkoodi 2008

Posted on 2008-04-05 (Saturday) by myrtti

The third year of Kesäkoodi (Summercode Finland) is going fast and furiously ahead. After a hectic season of receiving applications, processing them, giving feedback and suggestions, answering to applicants questions and asking them a whole lot more, the easiest part … Continue reading →

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