As an extra value to our local audience, the Open IT Lab at IT-oLogy will be showing the Code Rush one-hour documentary chronicling the historic source code release. The film screening will be in the IT-oLogy Theater next Tuesday at 6 pm.

For more details and to register for this free event, please see the Open IT Lab announcement.

To better showcase this information, we pulled a blank US map from Wikimedia Commons and used the open source Inkscape app to color in the states.

The full list of states is: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Texas.

If your state is missing, please register now! If you’ve already registered, contact us so we can be sure to add your state to our map.

The morning workshop, Learn to Solder with Simon, is perfect for those looking for a fun way to learn soldering, a fundamental skill for electronics assembly and repair. Those of you who attended POSSCON 2012 will probably remember SparkFun’s table with the Simon games with LEDs and (optional) sound effects. This workshop teaches you to build your own Simon game that you can take home with you.

Attend Arduino Programming with Simon in the afternoon to learn how to customize the software used in your Simon. You’ll use the Simon game and an FTDI chip to learn the basics of microcontroller programming.

The cost to attend the conference is just $79 for one day and $99 for both days. The Thursday workshops cost an additional $10 each because attendees will receive a Simon to take with them. Although all workshop attendees must attend the conference, attendees will need to register for the conference and for the workshops separately.

If interested please register quickly. The conference is close to being sold out and seating is very limited.

Once these tickets are gone, 100 tickets will still be available at a discounted rate of $149 for both days or $129 for one day. This is still a great deal as conferences with a similar line-up of leading open source speakers cost several hundred dollars or more.

For more than a decade, SIOS solutions have been protecting thousands of mission-critical applications and countless volumes of data for customers of all sizes, across every industry, in all parts of the world, and we couldn’t be happier to have them as a partner.

Most importantly, the company is dedicated to open source and has been from the beginning of the company. That dedication will be on full display at POSSCON this March 27 and 28.

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• When those are sold out, the remaining tickets will be $199 for both days and $159 for a single day.
• Student tickets are just $10 per day, which includes all sessions and lunch.
• Please note seating will be limited for both general registration and student registration. We anticipate selling the conference out quickly.

 
POSSCON 2013, scheduled for March 27 and 28 in Columbia, SC, will again be one of the best open source events in the country.  In 2012, more than 600 people from 20+ states attended.  More than 20 colleges and universities and 75 business and government organizations were represented.

World class speakers and content will again be featured.  Tracks offered will include Web Dev, Sys Admin, Education, General (case studies, hardware, licensing, the business of open source), and Demonstrations.  Click here to see speakers from last year.  Click here to see the schedule from 2012.

We look forward to hosting you next March!

The Palmetto Open Source Software Conference has consistently brought together a unique mix of technologists, IT leaders, and educators. Last year, approximately 600 people attended the event from more than 20 states, including representatives from 20 colleges and universities.

This is a great opportunity for your business or agency to connect with the business leaders of today and tomorrow. Your support enables us to keep our registration fees low. Sponsorship opportunities are limited to ensure maximum benefit to sponsors and attendees.

For more information, please check out our Call for Sponsors page.

The funding itself will be made possible through a Google Community Grant originated out of the Berkeley County Data Center. “We believe part of our responsibility is to make positive contributions to the communities in which we live and work,” said Eric Wages, operations manager at the Berkeley County data center. “Berkeley County and the surrounding areas have been good to Google, and we want to give back by supporting organizations and projects that benefit its residents.”

POSSCON is extremely appreciative of the assistance and students from throughout South Carolina will benefit.

The 2013 Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) will take place Wednesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 28 in downtown Columbia, South Carolina at the IT-oLogy Technology Center.

Early Bird registration will open Thursday, November 15 with 100 tickets being available for $99 each.  Once the 100 tickets are sold the next 100 will be go on sale for $149.  The final 50 will be sold for $199.  Slightly discounted one day passes will also be available.

The deadline for consideration is Friday, November 16. Five speaking tracks will be included in this year’s conference:

1. Web Development
2. System Administration
3. Hardware
4. Education
5. Demo