[LINK] Escaping from Google Pyrmont (Sydney) Friday, May 25, 2012, 6 p.m.

[Paul Bolger]

I'd be interested in reading his ideas for 'personal cloud' services,
particularly as I can't make it to the event.

The SLUG site isn't exactly a great advert for FOSS....

On 23 May 2012 11:48, Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:
> Any Linkers want to join the fray as a speaker?
>> ====Summary====
>>
>>  * Date: Friday, May 25, 2012, 6 p.m.
>>  * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start
>>  * Format: TBA
>>  * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/142002
>>  * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks
>>
>> ==== Details ====
>>
>>
>>   - Peter Chubb - Escaping from Google
>>
>>
>> I have a number of concerns about the new Google privacy policy, especially in
>> the way they are breaking down the barriers between the various data silos they
>> used to keep. As such I want to escape from gmail, google calendars, picassa
>> and google docs, while still using an Android phone. I've now just about
>> achieved this, using owncloud. In this talk, I'll give a brief motivation for
>> not using the `free' services from Google, Apple or whoever, and then show how
>> to run your own cloud service(s) for calendars, addressbook, random files,
>> email, and photographs.
>>
>> ====Location====
>>
>>   Google Sydney
>>   Level 5, Workplace 6
>>   48 Pirrama Road
>>   Pyrmont, NSW
>>
>>  Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map
>
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> Marghanita da Cruz
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