OSCON Open Source Convention
22 July 2009, San Jose, CA
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009

Amazon was looking for technicians to test out the Kindle from different parts of the country. They are located in Seattle, but similar jobs should be available around here.
amazon.com/careers

There was much talk about the government making their databases available to the public.
Federal Governemnt: data.gov
California state government: ca.gov/data

opensource.gov
A new non governmental organization established to promote open source software and data development:
opensourceforamerica.org

Gov 2.0 is a conference set for Sept 2009
Objective is to reshape government using the collaboration tools of Web 2.0
All the tech leaders of the Obama administration will be there.