I'm happy to announce that we will have a KDE 4.8 Release Party in Ulm (Germany), on January 27.

The last party in Ulm was a blast, so we decided to repeat the event for this release as well. We will provide some finger food, live streaming, and plenty of space for having fun. For the details please see here, and add yourself to the list if you'd like to come:


KDE 4.8 Release Party @ Ulm


See you there!


KDE Party!!!! (Image by Julio Martinez)

If you have ever wondered why some KDE folks are blogging less frequently now, the reason could be that they have switched to G+. Many FOSS and KDE people are now posting regularly on G+, among them Thiago, Linus Torvalds, Rob Malda of Slashdot fame, Glyn Moody, Trever Fischer, Harald Sitter, and myself.

What makes Google+ so attractive? Basically it combines a social network, quick status updates like Twitter, and blogging, and it's far quicker to do than traditional blogging. As opposed to Facebook, which I am no longer using, its UI is very minimalist, and the "Circles" feature makes it easy to select your target audience. Most of my contacts on G+ are FOSS people and work mates, and I rarely get "Friendship" (what does this mean anyway?) requests from people that I don't know.

You might like or dislike this trend, but it's a fact. Many of my posts on G+ are technology related, but not all of them. Most of the time, my posts are "public", so you can read them without having an account. This is my feed on Google+ (if you check my contacts, you will find many KDE people):


https://plus.google.com/u/0/102602725322221030250


Is this trend worrying, a good thing, or simply a new technology that we must accept?


Update: This is an interesting (public) article on the benefits of blogging on G+:

https://plus.google.com/112546833633391090642/posts/1fkCLdAFGuT

Back in June, an event was held in Berlin called the Qt Contributors' Summit. This was such a success that the team decided that it should not be the last time something like that happened. So, to further this success, Nokia's Qt Frameworks Division has offered KDE a whole day of unconferencing at the Qt Developer Days in Munich later this month.

If you wish to take part in furthering the collaboration between KDE and Qt, and indeed other projects, then join the Qt Contributors' Day on Monday the 24th of October at the Dolce Munich Unterschleissheim. To join in, send me an email at admin@leinir.dk to that effect

You don't have a ticket to Developer Days, you say? Well, not to fret! The KDE e.V. has been given a bunch of tickets to be given out to community members. To get your hands on one of these tickets, give me an email at admin@leinir.dk to inform me of this.

Please note! If you decide that you want to join us, get in touch with me BEFORE the end of this week! (i.e. before Sunday the 9th, which is when i send off the list of people requesting tickets and the like to the e.V. board for evaluation).

So - come to the Qt Contributors' Day at Developer Days 2011 in Munich, and let's make this thing epic! Qt 5 is ahead, and with the launch of the Qt Project, we have more to say than we ever did before!


Qt Contributors' Day happens here!