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.
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/.
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
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/.
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 to see how much the landscape has changed.
Thanks for everyone that came along to my presentation titled “Insecurity 2.0 - Securing Next Generation and Rich Internet Applications”. The feedback was excellent and the discussions were very interesting.
I’ve reworded this post to clear up some confusion.
Part of the talk covered the idea of “malicious mashups” where we explored the possibility of mashups being used for malicious purposes where we explored the idea of legitmate mashups being programatically used for unethical or criminal purposes. This is not to be confused with malicious code simply being used in mashups or AJAX/RIA applications (which is not new). With the inherent openness of the next generation web services, it’s only a matter of time before we see a mashup used for questionable purposes. It’s highly likely that these already exist, but I haven’t seen any of great note. Please contact me if you’ve come across any examples or have your own thoughts on this matter.
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
Register Here
AIMIA Home Page
More Information on the event at TechEvents.com.au
Shane’s User Experience blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo
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 trouble getting in)
Pizza will be provided, and we’ll head down the road for drinks afterwards. Newcomers always welcome!
Talks for the evening will be:
Pat Allan - Tweaking Rails Code For Performance
Ryan Allen - The Daemons Gem
Melbourne Adobe User Group Meeting
When? Evening of Thursday
19th July 2007, 6PM to 9PM.
Dual presentation by Brian Chau: Adobe Fireworks CS3 for Flex/Fireworks photo gallery feature.
Use Fireworks as a prototyping tool, not just for html pages but also for Flex applications. Also find out about the useful photo gallery feature of Fireworks.
Brian Chau, System Engineer of Adobe. Dreameaver and Flash certified developer.
Actionscript 3 Basics (Part one of a video tutorial)
Details http://www.cartoonsmart.com/actionscript3_basics.html (Scroll Down). Cartoon Smart is a great resource to have a look at, mostly based around Flash, animation, and Web Design.
Where? Melbourne City
New Horizons Learning Centres Australia. NOTE: This venue has restricted entry requirement after 6.00 PM, please read the meeting venue details for all you need to know.
Go here for more information.
SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter Meeting - Tuesday 10th July 2007
DATE: Tuesday 10th July 2007
TIME: 7:00 PM till 8:00 PM
VENUE: Ground Floor Tutorial Room, Baillieu Library The University of Melbourne - Parkville
AGENDA: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Security-Enhanced Linux
Luie Matthee from Red Hat will be presenting on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, released in March 2007, contains more than 1200 components with development spanning over a two year period, so there are a huge number of new features covering a broad range of functionality. This release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has many features and enhancements related to SELinux which will be covered by Luie.
PRESENTER: Luie Matthee, Red Hat
WEB: See http://www.sage-au.org.au/display/SAGEAU/Victoria for more info.
WHO: SAGE-AU Members, prospective members, and other people involved with system administration.
MENU: A carefully selected range of traditional SysAdmin fare (ie. pizza) is provided free of charge to attendees. Members with special dietary requirements should contact the executive prior to the meeting.
DIRECTIONS: To get to the venue by public transport, catch a University, No
8 (Moreland) or No 1 (East Coburg) tram up Swanston St or the number 19 tram (North Coburg) up Elizabeth St. The tutorial room is at the south end of the ground floor of the Baillieu Library.
