Cassidy’s Blog
Events
Reports from events like conferences, hackfests, and sprints
ROOST at FOSDEM 2026 Fri, Feb 6, 2026
Showing up for the Open Source community
A few months ago I joined ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools) to build our open source community that would be helping to create,…
Endless ♥ GNOME at GUADEC 2023 Tue, Oct 3, 2023
Collaborating within GNOME to widen our impact far beyond Endless OS
In July, my employer Endless sponsored and attended the annual GNOME conference, GUADEC, in Rīga, Latvia. Endless has a long history of supporting and…
I’m back from GUADEC 2023 Sun, Aug 6, 2023
Here’s what I got up to in Rīga, Latvia
I’m back from Rīga, Latvia where I attended GUADEC 2023—the annual GNOME conference. It was my first time attending since 2019 due to COVID-19…
Endless OS Foundation at Ubuntu Summit 2022 Tue, Dec 20, 2022
What we shared, enjoyed, and learned in Prague
Originally published at the Endless OS Foundation blog; archived here for posterity. Earlier this month, Georges and I attended the first-ever Ubuntu Summit in…
AppCenter for Everyone Remote Sprint Sat, Mar 28, 2020
What we accomplished despite postponing the in-person sprint
While we ended up postponing the in-person AppCenter for Everyone sprint due to concerns around COVID-19, we did still get together remotely to get…
elementary at GUADEC 2019 Thu, Sep 5, 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Cassidy and fellow GUADEC attendees arriving at the Thessaloniki airport GUADEC is the annual GNOME User And Developer European* Conference where contributors to GNOME…
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Working with GNOME on shared features
This week I’ve been in London, UK to attend the Parental Controls & Metered Data hackfest and work alongside folks from GNOME, Endless, Red…
We’re Back from LAS 2018 Wed, Sep 12, 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
This past week elementary contributors Daniel Foré, Felipe Escoto, Blake Kostner, and I met up in Denver, Colorado for the Libre Application Summit (LAS)….
GNOME UX Hackfest 2017 Tue, Nov 21, 2017
Designing the future of GNOME Shell
I just got back from a week-long design hackfest in London focused on GNOME Shell and related components. It was a fantastic week with…
GNOME West Coast Summit Wed, Jul 1, 2015
Danielle, Cody, Avi, and I (Cassidy) just left San Francisco and the GNOME West Coast Summit. It kicked off Monday morning at 9 AM…