For anyone interested in web technologies, I’ll be doing a talk tonight on Microformats at the Melbourne Adobe User Group. My talk will follow another presentation on Adobe AIR.
“After a quick discussion of the Adobe MAX Conference, a presentation will show you how you can convert HTML/Javascript, or Flash, or Flex into Adobe AIR. Afterwards an introductory presentation on Microformats.”
Find out more information.
Posted on October 18th, 2007 to catagory: Talks
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The Open Source Developers’ Conference 2007 is a conference designed by open source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related topics such as business processes, licensing, and strategy. Talks vary from introductory pieces through to the deeply technical.
This year, the conference travels to Brisbane and will be held at the Royal on the Park Hotel (opposite the City Botanical Gardens), aiming to further build on the huge success of OSDC 2004-2006 in Melbourne. OSDC 2007 expects to welcome over 200 delegates.
Early bird registration until October 14th!
With three developer talks on at any time, spanning over the three days of the main conference, and the tutorials on the Monday before the main conference, there is bound to be something of interest to any developer. A new fourth track is dedicated to the business related topics and is sure to attract many additional interested parties.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Success in Development & Business”. An overview of the confirmed sessions is online, the program scheduling will be made available soon. The 2007 keynote speakers will be: Rusty Russell (opening), Rasmus Lerdorf, Paul Fenwick (dinner), and Nat Torkington (closing)!
OSDC 2007 will be held in Brisbane on November 26th-29th.
For more information visit http://osdc.com.au.
Posted on October 18th, 2007 to catagory: News
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The MySQL User Group is well and truly alive in Melbourne, so make sure you enter this one in your calendars.
This months meeting will include a presentation on MySQL via JDBC and an Overview of MySQL use in Australia.
For users, administrators and developers using MySQL. Anybody doing anything in this area is welcome to come along! You’re also welcome to speak! Even if you’re just curious about the technology.
When:
Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 7:00 PM
Where:
RMIT University
Building 10, Level 8, Room 4 (10.08.04)
Melbourne
Description:
Meeting plan:
1. Introductions and general discussion.
2. Presentations / mashups
- Using MySQL via JDBC (Java)
- Quiz on MySQL the ‘DO NOTS’
- Overview of MySQL use in Australia
3. Questions and answers.
For more information visit http://mysql.meetup.com/93/.
Posted on October 11th, 2007 to catagory: News
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A Call for Papers for the OWASP Australia Security Conference 2008 was posted on the OWASP Australia list today. This event will be the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, so I’m sure it will be an exciting event.
The conference will be held in February 2008 on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland, and will cover a wide range of web application security related topics.
Abstracts are due by 30th November 2007
Full submissions are required by 31st January 2008
For more information please visit: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Australia_AppSec_2008_Conference
Posted on October 8th, 2007 to catagory: News
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SAGE-VIC have been invited to attend the first Freebase user group meeting outside of the US. Since a few SAGE-AU monthly meeting regulars are very interested in going to this event, we have decided that this would be a great opportunity to try something different, meet some new faces and at the same time learn about Freebase.
Freebase (http://freebase.com) is a free database of everything. Currently in alpha release, Freebase offers a structured view of all kinds of data and APIs to let you use that data (all licensed under Creative Commons) in your own applications.
DATE: Tuesday 9th October 2007
TIME: 7:00 PM
VENUE: Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne (Yahoo! Maps or Google Maps)
The venue, Horse Bazaar, has good wifi, so bring your laptops.
The format will be:
* 7pm: arrive, grab drinks, meet people
* 7:30pm: a short presentation of Freebase and what it’s all about
* after that: experiment, explore, play, hack, talk, share ideas, or whatever comes naturally
For current information, visit http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/271565/.
Posted on October 4th, 2007 to catagory: News
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