For Geeks, by Geeks: The Open Web Conference

In a binary view of the world, there are two types of of technology conferences: those run with a profit motive and those run for by technologists for technologists.
The Open Web Conference falls into the latter category. It is an event organized by the Vancouver PHP Users Association (who are a bunch of web developers, [...]

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Session Abstract: Electronic Ombuds

I've started working on a session on the practice of online ombuds – especially as it applies to Free Software and Open Source communities. The session is based on my work in the Free Software, PHP, Mozilla, MySQL and Open Source communities - in particular, recent work (which I need to get back to) on [...]

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Life on the Lagging Edge: Greasemonkey Rocks!

I've been doing some interesting work (though, perhaps only to me) on the OSI mailing lists over the last week (which I'll be writing about later). A lot of it has involved far too much manual processing of data from mailing list archives. In particular, I've found that I'm doing the following over and over [...]

EuroOSCON 2006 Slides: Guerilla Evangelism

Download my EuroOSCON 2006 presentation here: Guerilla Evangelism Slides. The presentation is HTML + Javascript + JPEGs.

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VanPHP: Mega Map Mashups with PHP

Via [Peter Gordon](http://superwebdeveloper.com/wp/):
Vancouver PHP User Group
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September 14 Presentation: Mega Map Mashups with PHP
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Jim O'Leary is a PHP and Python instructor and avid GIS enthusiast.
For this month's meeting Jim will be sharing on the following topics:
- MapGuide Open Source, an application built in PHP and JavaScript
- Web mapping servers (WMS) and how to access them
- Keyhole [...]

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ApacheCon EU 2006 CfP

Lars Eilebrecht writes:

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is proud to announce that ApacheCon Europe 2006 will be held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, June 26-30, 2006.
ApacheCon Europe is the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation in Europe. This annual event creates a unique platform for the Open Source community in Europe to [...]

Firefox 1.5 Released

Firefox 1.5 has been released! If you've been using Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 3, congratulations: you already have Firefox 1.5.
Power users upgrading from Firefox 1.0.7 will appreciate draggable tabs, a much faster Back button, and the replacement of many error dialogs with error pages. Web developers and can now take advantage of SVG, Canvas, [...]

MySQL ComCon Europe 2004

From November 8th to 10th, some of MySQL's core developers and key community members are getting together in Frankfurt for the MySQL ComCon Europe.
The ComCon seeks to mix the vigor and excitement of a community event (like LinuxTag) with a strong focus on the issues that matter to companies and consultants. The ComCon is a [...]