Loquacity

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Name: Lana
Date registered: April 7, 2011
URL: http://lanabrindley.com

Latest posts

  1. OSDC 2013 – Call for Papers Now Open! — May 13, 2013
  2. Writing Effective Procedures — December 19, 2012
  3. ??????? — November 12, 2012
  4. Flooding in Queanbeyan – March 2012 — March 1, 2012
  5. Open Source Docs: the Good, the Bad, and the WTF?! — November 20, 2011

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  1. Hello world! — 4 comments
  2. The Grass is Greener on The Open Side — 3 comments
  3. There’s nothing wrong with Ohio — 3 comments
  4. Open Source Docs: the Good, the Bad, and the WTF?! — 2 comments
  5. linux.conf.au 2012 Call for presentations! — 1 comment

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May
13

OSDC 2013 – Call for Papers Now Open!

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Open Source Developers’ Conference is across the pond in Auckland this year, and they’ve just opened their CFP. I’ll be submitting, will you?

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Dec
19

Writing Effective Procedures

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Writing procedures can be much more difficult than you’d think. We see procedures everywhere, so it’s natural to think that we should be able to write one without too much trouble. For that reason, I wanted to take you through some terrible real-life procedures. This is at least partly so we can all have a …

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Nov
12

???????

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I wrote this several years ago at this time of year, and it still feels very relevant. Happy Diwali, everyone ————————————————————- Today marks the start of the 8-day long diwali (or d?p?vali) festival. It is a festival of light, celebrated in Hinduism and Buddhism, among others. Traditionally, people light candles, wear new clothes, and celebrate …

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Mar
01

Flooding in Queanbeyan – March 2012

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Nov
20

Open Source Docs: the Good, the Bad, and the WTF?!

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This is intended to be a bit of a light-hearted look at what can go so tragically (and sometimes hilariously) wrong with open source documentation. There is a bit of a point, though, and that is that I’d like to hopefully go through some reasons why you might need to consider having a real life …

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Nov
14

The Mechanical Turk and OSDC

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OSDC 2011 kicked off today at the ANU. I tripped along to the OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia) miniconf, which Red Hat sponsored, and was mightily pleased to hear Stuart Gutherie reference one of my favourite pieces of historical weirdness: the mechanical turk. I couldn’t help but hold forth, and eventually gave an impromptu lightning …

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Aug
24

Because That’s The Way it’s Always Been Done Around Here

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The writing industry has a schism. It’s not always obvious. We like to play it down. Some deny its very existence. But one day, you’ll be happily writing away in your new job, safe in the knowledge that you have a good grasp of spelling, comma placement, the use of industry terms and jargon, and can …

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Aug
10

The Language of Change, and the Changing of Language

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A conversation on the Australian Tech Writers mailing list prompted me to dig up these old blog posts from 2008 and repost them here. It was a short impromptu series of the changing face of language, and how we as wordsmiths deal with it: Merriam-Webster – Bringing The Mondegreen To Linguistic Fanboys Everywhere July 2008 …

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Aug
07

Chicken and Chorizo Risotto

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I’ve been making risotto a fair bit recently, and my partner has been taking the leftovers in to work. This has corresponded in an increased request rate for the recipe (or slightly less tasty-smelling lunches, I imagine!). To satisfy the requirement, I went looking for this recipe on the old slowfoodadventures blog but couldn’t find …

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Jul
06

linux.conf.au 2012 Call for presentations!

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linux.conf.au is the biggest Linux and open source conference in the southern hemisphere, and rightfully so! I was a speaker at the conference last year in Brisbane (the video is on my videos page) and had a great time. This year it’s being held in Ballarat, Victoria, and I must say I’m quite looking forward …

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