Akkana Peck

Location: San Francisco Bay Area | USA | CA | San Jose
Speaking Topics: astronomy | Contributing to Free Software | Digital Photography | firefox | gimp | linuxchix | GNU/Linux
Spoken Languages: English

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Akkana Peck is a freelance software engineer and writer based in San Jose, CA, USA. She specializes in free open source software such as Linux, Mozilla Firefox and GIMP. She was a longtime Mozilla developer and has contributed to numerous other open source projects, is active in educational groups such as LinuxChix, and is the author of the book "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional."

Previous Presentations: 
Linux.Conf.Au 2008: "Gimp-fu and You: Writing GIMP Scripts and Plug-ins"
SCALE 2008: "GIMP Demystified"
Linux.Conf.Au 2007: "GIMP Uncovered"
LinuxChix MiniConf, LCA 2007: "Bug Fixing for Everyone"
GetSET 2007: "Programming in Javascript"
LAAS 2006: "Observing the Moon"
PenLUG 2003: "Mozilla Tips and Tricks"
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Bug Fixing for Everyone
Javascript (in 15 minutes or 1-2 days)