Celebrating global open source leaders, @luis_in_brief, Co-Founder & GC, Tidelift/VP, Sonar, OpenUK shared blue plaques with them to recognise their achievement and contribution to open source at State of Open Con 25. Learn more about each of the 20 recipients at https://stateofopencon.com/blueplaques/ This is the first year OpenUK has recognised some of the incredible participants in its annual SOOCon event with blue plaques and looks forward to adding to these in future years. #soocon25
Heading to London for State of Open Con ‘25. Last year was my first. I enjoyed it so much, I’m part of the volunteer crew again. Looking forward to seeing friends, old and new.
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Lovely shout-out for blogging and working in the open in a session about maintaining open source software. #SOOcon25
"please write more... of your not-nonsense..." says @lornajane - we should share more on our blogs #SOOCon25 #StateOfOpenCon
Hearing from #opensource maintainers about their challenges at #SOOCon25 #StateOfOpenCon
Yesterday, at State of Open Con ‘25, I saw people round stickers on their lapels. I thought it might be showing support for a cause, charity or political campaign. But no, they’re these ⬇️ 🔴🟡🟢 made available by the event organisers! Nice!
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In open source, we’re going to see a lot more AI generated docs and translations, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better, says Kat Cosgrove at #soocon25
And @geekygirldawn shows us the data - forked projects are proving to have a positive impact on external contributions in #opensource! #StateofOpenCon #soocon25 #OpenSearch
The Job Board at State of Open Con ‘25!
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State of Open Con is really going "all in" on the British angle: "afternoon tea" break and audio of Stephen Fry reading Douglas Adams in the loos. 🇬🇧 #SOOCON25
If any fedi folks see me at SooCon today, I have a beige coat on with a black tote bag! :3
Come say hi if you want! :3
I won’t be there until 2pm just so ppl know but yeah :3
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State of Open Con ‘25 Crew checking in! 🫡
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I'm off to the State of Open con or #soocon25 today. Anyone else going? (Note to self. Don't listen to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue on the train).
A fediwall to follow posts around #SOOCon25 is here: https://andyp.url.lol/soocon25
We are witnessing the final days of closed government Lord Wei of @ukhouseoflords at SOOCon25 in his Future of Open Source Plenary Keynote: Opening up Government💡https://stateofopencon.com #opensource #stateofopencon #soocon25 #openuk
Wishing everyone a great time at State of Open Con 2025 by OpenUK starting today in #London, #United Kingdom
https://foss.events/2025/02-04-state-of-open-con-2025.html
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Supporting digital skills development in open source we have an allocation of free tickets for students to join SOOCon25. Contact mailto:admin@openuk.uk. Schedule is now live across 7 tracks https://stateofopencon.com #computerscience #digitalskills opensource #AI #opendata #soocon25 #openuk
The UK, open source conference - open source software, hardware, data and AI. What are you waiting for - get your tickets now! https://stateofopencon.com/ Free for students and unemployed mailto:admin@openuk.uk #opensource #stateofopencon #AI #soocon25
State of Open Con 25 speaker @techtalkingmom of Kubeshop will be in our SOOCon25 Future of Open Source track! 🎤 Join to hear about Old meets new: The maintainer challenge in a new open source world of corporations and regulation. 💡🌐 📆 Check out the full schedule on 4 and 5 February in London. Get your ticket now, https://stateofopencon.com
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State of Open Con 25 speaker Andrew Katz of Orcro Limited; Bristows Law Firm will be in our SOOCon25 Open Hardware track! 🎤 Join to hear about Open hardware: it's not FOSS, it's not open data; it's not open AI: licensing, economics & community. 💡🌐 📆 Check out the full schedule on 4 and 5 February in London. Get your ticket now, https://stateofopencon.com
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Did you forget to submit to speak at the UK's world-leading open tech conference, State of Open Con https://stateofopencon.com/. Still time - closes Sunday 8th at midnight UK. #opensource #soocon25 #opensourceai # #openhardware #opendata #finos #opensourcelondon #openuk