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The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium - Friday 30th May 2008

The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium is a one day technical conference held in Melbourne. It is organised by the SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter and aims to provide an educational forum for systems and network administrators, system managers, developers and other technical professionals to meet and share their knowledge and experiences. This is the fifth year [...]

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First Melbourne Flex User Group Meeting - OzFlex Unleashed!

I went along to the first Melbourne Flex User Group meeting tonight, OzFlex. I must say it was exciting to see the enthusiasm of some of the local developers in building a community that focuses on RIA. The presentation by Matt Johnston walked through a simple AIR application highlighting the native menus and the file [...]

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Melbourne Flex and AIR Event

The local Adobe User Group is canvassing Aussies about the possibility of a Flex event in Melbourne.
Adobe Platform Evangelist Danny Dura will be in Melbourne in late January so there is a strong possibility that there will be a Flex/AIR night meeting.
The planned date is Tuesday the 29th of January, 2008.
You can register your [...]

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Open Source Developers’ Conference 2007

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 [...]

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MySQL via JDBC and an Overview of MySQL use in Australia

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 [...]

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OWASP Australia Security Conference 2008

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, [...]

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SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter Meeting - “Freebase”

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 [...]

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Spam Open Forum - Part Two

Thanks to everyone that came along to the SAGE-AU Victoria Spam Open Forum. Again, it was a very interesting to learn how others are combating the spam problem, as well as listening to the new approaches system administrators are using at the ISP level. I’d like to hold another forum in 6 months or so [...]

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Design-Led Innovation Seminar

Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft Australia, will discuss how he sees design leading innovation in consumer and enterprise markets into the future.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday 22 August
Time: 6:15pm (for 6.30pm start) - 7.30pm
Costs:
$35 AIMIA Members
$45 AIIA/AFA Discount
$55 Non- Members
Venue: Spring St Conference Centre
Venue Address: 1 Spring St, Melbourne (enter via Flinders Lane)
Sponsored by: Microsoft
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Tweaking Rails Code For Performance and The Daemons Gem

Melbourne Ruby meetup Thursday night
A reminder that the Melbourne Ruby User Group is meeting on Thursday night (July 26), 6:00 PM, at the usual venue:
ThoughtWorks
Level 11, 155 Queen St
(SMS Mark on 0414 740 489 if you have [...]

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