Mi blog at Igalia

Since 2007, Igalia has been organizing a Master on Free Software. As part of this master, and in order to help students without the possibility of enrolling the whole master, Igalia offers the possibility of studying specific modules.

Specifically, Web development module has been open for enrollment until May, the 31th. If you are interested in it, more information can be found in Master on Free Software website.

As a summary, the web development module will deal with several technologies like PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, PhoneGap, HTML,  Javascript, JQuery, etc. Hence, we recommend you to have a look to the program and join us for this course .

Last week I attended Open Source World Conference 2012 in Granada. I participated in a presentation about products and solutions from several companies. In my case, I was there to talk about LibrePlan and to moderate another round table of presentations.

I met some old friends there and new other ones and I hope this kind of events are kept in order to share our experiences around Free Software.

Here you can see some photos of my round table that was held on Friday:

Tonigh, I am going to talk about Igalia at Pecha Kucha Night as part of the fifht edition. Today, it is going to be held in Playa Club, A Coruña.

More info: http://oi41.tinypic.com/2h2kqjm.jpg

The event is free but capacity is limited, so if you want to be there, go there early to get tickets .

See you there!

Last weekend, Master on Free Software organization (Igalia and URJC) arranged an open session in Vigo.

First of all, thanks to NovaCaixaGalicia because they offered us a meeting room to hold this session.

More than 20 people attended the session and 5 people from “Master network” put forward their experiences around free software. Some interesting topics:

• Jesús M. González Barahona talked about FLOSSMetrics
• Roberto Vieito explained a translation methodology and gave us a gift result of applying the methodology .
• Pablo Sanxiao talked about Icarto and gvSIG.
• Andrés explained how to manage R&D with free software tools.
• And, Xulio told us his experience with big companies and free software.

Thanks to lecturers and attendants. This open session wouldn’t happen without your help .

I would like to remind that you can already enroll yourself in any of the modules (desktop/mobile and web development). We have just updated the program for the module.

See full summary at Master website.

A photo of the first lecture:

Master on Free Software organizes an open session in March, the 18th. People from the master network will talk about their experiences around free software explaining different projects and activities they are taking part.

Jesús María Barahona, teacher and researcher at Systems and Communications group (LibreSoft) and contributor to different books and articles about Free Software, is going to participate in this session. Moreover, some ex-students will talk about their experiences and activities. More information about this event in this page.

The event is free and open but registration is necessary in order to control capacity.

I, as part of NavalPlan team, am going to FOSDEM this weekend. I’ll be there to learn from other people but I’ll also be available to explain NavalPlan to these people interested in knowing more about the project.

I’ll be wearing this t-shirt:

Master on Free Software Projects Development and Management offers a set of specialization courses inside the master. First module is “Systems administration” and it is taught between December and February. These courses are very useful for people interesting on free software administration and development. Enrolment period is open until December, the 10th for systems module.

More info at: http://www.mastersoftwarelibre.com/modulos/.

This is the last week for enrolment in Master on Free Software (Vigo edition). If you have doubts about the master , please contact with us and we will answer all of them…

On the other hand, if the master is interesting for you but you prefer specific courses, we will offer some modules during next year:

• Systems administration with free software
• Desktop&Mobile development with free software
• Web development with free software

These modules will be announced and new enrolment period will be open for them. Stay tuned!

Master on Free Software open sessions were closed during last weekend with a round table and a seminar.

First of all, thanks to speakers and attendants for coming. We talked during three hours about different topics:

• Free software and public administration.
• Free software and industry.
• Free software opportunities in Galicia.

It was a very interesting debate and I would like to stress some interesting conclusions:

• Public administration should use “open standards” and deploy “free software”. Although, there are big debates about how to define “open standard” and free software deployment is not easy in short-term.
• Galician free software sector is in good shape comparing with other regions with over 30 companies in Agasol (Galician association of free software companies) offering more than 300 jobs and invoicing more than 18M€.
• Free software offers big opportunities to export knowledge from Galicia, having some advantages regarding languages (opening doors in Portuguese countries and Spanish countries). However, Galicia will need to break the English language barrier .

Yes!, after listening some people who recommended us to plan a master in Vigo, Master on Free Software organization has decided to open the possibility of teaching a new master in Vigo.

If you had doubts of enrolling our master in Coruña because you were from Vigo, now it is your time .

More information at enrollment page.