====== May 2012 SLUG Meeting ======
====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
-- Getting there --
The Google office is the big black building marked "Accenture" opposite
Star City Pirrama Road facade.
If using the trains, you can go either get off at;
* Town Hall station, head towards Darling Harbour, walk across the Pyrmont
footbridge and then follow Pirrama Road towards Star city.
* Central station, then follow the light rail instructions.
If using the buses, the route 443 stops right out front of the building.
If using the light rail, get off at Star City station and walk across the
street.
If you drive, then you can look for parking on the suburban streets around
the office (or pay for parking at the Casino), and then walk from there.
=== Afterwards ===
We'll be aiming to finish by 8pm and will be heading to the Pyrmont Bridge
Hotel (PBH) afterwards to socalise and eat dinner. The PBH is marked on the
map.
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