This Friday February 20th, ASUPS and Technology Services will again be hosting a Friday Tech Talk.

Jesse Keating, who works for Red Hat as the Release Engineer for Fedora Core, will be speaking about developing in Open Source, in a talk entitled:

“Working in Open Source and Instant Gratification”

Technology Services will be providing free pizza.

• Date & Time:  Friday Feb. 20 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
• Location: Presentation Room, Library 020

More:

• ASUPS Event information
• Jesse Keating interview about Fedora
• Jesse Keating presentation at Linux Fest 2008 (via Ustream.tv)

From Jeff Ammons, ASUPS Director of Technology Services:

This Friday ASUPS and Technology Services will host another Tech Talk. The talk is this Friday, November 21st at 12:00 pm in Lib020. As usual, food will be provided by Technology Services.

This month’s presenter will be Anna Cavender, another computer science graduate student from UW. She will be speaking about her research in developing technologies which enable disabled individuals to use computers and other devices. More specifically her work in developing a way for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to use cell phones.

Here’s a page describing her research: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/cavender/research.html

Check out this video on Mobile ASL, part of her research: