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Open Source Career Day at SCaLE 20x lufthans Tue, 03/07/2023 - 06:00

Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) has been a great place for careers in Open Source, and the Open Source Career Day (OSCD) is returning for SCaLE 20x on Sunday, March 12th.

For many years, SCaLE had a career and jobs Birds of a Feather (BoF) meeting one evening during SCaLE, and a physical job board throughout the conference. But in 2020, RaiseMe created its first Open Source Career Day.

This year at SCaLE, the career BoF team and RaiseMe are working together again to bring a full day of career activities for the Sunday schedule. There will also be a career BoF on Saturday evening. I'm the OSCD co-chair this year, but I'm not just a chair. I'm also a client. I found my current employer through the SCaLE job board.

Speed pitching

At the BoF, we plan to have Speed Pitching. Everyone gets a chance to practice their interview response to "tell us about yourself" several times during the BoF. It's an elevator pitch for you.

Sunday, we have 30-minute career consulting sessions from 11:30 to 14:30. Participants can ask for resumé review, recareering assistance, or career guidance. Signups are open now through SCaLE 20x. When signing up, please check all the times you can be available.

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For presentations, we start the day with a recareering and resume writing clinic. Bryna is bringing us a follow up to a success story bridging OSCD for SCaLE 18x to this year.

Next, Miguel leads a panel on diversity successes in FLOSS projects and how we can learn from them for future successes in FLOSS and the workplace.

After lunch, Fatima is in from Canada to give us excellent strategies for early career success. There are lots of resources for getting that first job, and Fatima wants to help us have a good start once we get the early career job.

We’ll wrap up the presentations with a panel on hiring manager insights. The panel will discuss what hiring managers are looking for in job applicants and give career advancement advice.

Thanks to the diligence of the SCaLE organizers, we're getting headshots on Sunday as well. The photographer is available from 11:00 to 13:00.

OSCD's Sunday schedule wraps up before SCaLE 20x’s closing keynote from Ken Thompson.

Pasadena-bound

When registering for SCaLE, use code JOBS to get 50% off registration. See you in Pasadena!

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Switch from iCloud to Nextcloud hej Tue, 03/07/2023 - 03:00

If you're wary of committing your data to cloud services controlled by a corporation but love the convenience of remote storage and easy web-based access, you're not alone. The cloud is popular because of what it can do. But the cloud doesn't have to be closed. Luckily, the open source Nextcloud project provides a personal and private cloud application suite.

It's easy to install and import data—including contacts, calendars, and photos. The real trick is getting your data from cloud providers like iCloud. In this article, I demonstrate the steps you need to take to migrate your digital life to Nextcloud.

Migrate your data to Nextcloud

As with Android devices, first you must transfer existing data from Apple's iCloud to Nextcloud. Then you can set up two new accounts for your Apple devices to fully automatically synchronize address books and appointments. Apple supports CalDAV for calendars and CardDAV for contacts, so you don't even need to install an extra app.

To export your address book, you can either open the Contacts app on your iPhone/iPad or log into iCloud in your web browser:

1. Select all address book entries you want to transfer to Nextcloud and choose File > Export > Export vCard to save a .vcf file on your local disk.

2. Import the .vcf file into Nextcloud. To do this, select the Contacts app, click Settings at the bottom left and select the Import contacts button. In the following dialogue window, click Select local file, and open the previously saved vCard.

To set up a CardDAV account on your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Contacts > Accounts > Add Account:

1. Select Other and then Add CardDAV account. In the Server field, enter the URL of Nextcloud (for example, https://nextcloudpi.local). Below this is space for the username and password of the Nextcloud account. Open the Advanced Settings for the new account.

2. Ensure the Use SSL option is enabled. The account URL is usually set correctly. It contains, amongst other things, the host name of your Nextcloud and your user name.

To create a new account on macOS for synchronizing address books, open the Contacts app and select Add Account from the Contacts menu. Activate the checkbox Other Contacts Account and click on Continue. You can accept the CardDAV entry. In the Account Type drop-down menu, select Manual entry.

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Enter your Nextcloud user name, password, and server address. The current macOS version requires you to specify port 443 (for SSL) in the server address. For example, if the address of your Nextcloud is https://nextcloudpi.local and the username is hej, then enter the following in the field:

https://nextcloudpi.local:443/remote.php/dav/principals/users/hej

Syncing your calendars

Exporting your calendars works similarly. Through the Calendar app, you can do this with iCloud in the browser, on your smartphone/tablet, or the macOS desktop.

First, set the calendar to public. This doesn't mean that everyone can access your calendar. It's only used to generate a link for the calendar subscription. Copy the URL to the clipboard. It's not yet possible to import the calendar directly into Nextcloud because you don't need a link for this, but an .ics file (iCalendar). Here is how to generate such a file from the link:

1. Copy the link to the clipboard

2. Paste the link into the address bar of a web browser

3. Change the beginning of the URL and replace webcal with http

4. Press Enter and save the .ics file on your disk

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You can now import the .ics file. To do this, open the Calendar app in Nextcloud, click Calendar settings at the bottom left and then Import calendar. Select the .ics file you saved in the file manager.

Repeat this process for all iCloud calendars. After that, it's time to replace the old iCloud synchronization service.

Synchronizing events

To synchronize new events with Nextcloud, set up a new account on your client devices (smartphone, tablet, desktop):

• iPhone/iPad: Settings / Calendar / Accounts / Add Account, select Other and then choose Add CalDAV Account. In the Server field, enter your local Nextcloud URL, which is https://nextcloudpi.local. You can see a space for the username and password of the Nextcloud account.

• macOS: Open the Calendar app and select Add Account from the Calendar menu. Activate the checkbox Other CalDAV Account and click Continue. From the Account Type drop-down menu, select Manual entry. Enter your Nextcloud username and password as well as the Nextcloud server address. Don't forget to specify the port 443 (for SSL) in the server address; otherwise the account setup will fail.

Tip: If you want to synchronize other files like documents, photos, videos, and so on, in addition to your contacts and calendars, you can install the Nextcloud app offered in the App Store.

This article has been adapted from Heike Jurzik's book, Nextcloud on the Raspberry Pi.

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