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1:30pm Tuesday, 07/21/2009
Using Drupal
PHP, Web Applications
 Location: Meeting Room J3
James Walker (StatusNet Inc), Addison Berry (Lullabot)
Average rating: ****.
(4.64, 11 ratings)
Drupal is a highly modular, Open Source Content Management System with a wealth of powerful add-on modules. Learn to harness it all and build dynamic websites with Drupal from authors of the book, Using Drupal. Read more.
10:45am Wednesday, 07/22/2009
Grokkin' Design
Design & Usability
 Location: Meeting Room J3
Jon Tan (OmniTI)
Average rating: ***..
(3.59, 17 ratings)
Design is 80% science and 20% art. This talk dives straight into the science to give you the techniques to create your own interfaces and demystify design. From using the golden ratio in layout and Fibonacci numbers in typography, to brand design and art direction, it covers it all in simple, tasty, bite-size pieces. Read more.
11:35am Wednesday, 07/22/2009
A Guide to Free, Self-hosted Online Video Apps
Products and Services
 Location: Meeting Room C2
Shay David (Kaltura)
Average rating: ***..
(3.60, 5 ratings)
Video lovers of the world unite. Shay will present the world's first full open source video solution stack (used by Wikipedia and 27,000 other publishers), and demo several self-hosted video applications. He’ll walk through technicalities of setting up an online video platform, discuss pros and cons of self-hosted versus SaaS, and even dive into some code. Read more.
1:45pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009
Perl 6 Update
Perl
 Location: Meeting Room J2
Larry Wall (The Wall Nuthouse), Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)
Average rating: ****.
(4.09, 22 ratings)
Larry Wall and Damian Conway will present the latest features of Perl 6, and discuss the on-going implementation of the new Perl. Read more.
2:35pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009
Ten Usability Epiphanies for Your Open Source Web-app
Design & Usability, Web Applications
 Location: Meeting Room J3
Sigurd Magnusson (SilverStripe)
Average rating: ***..
(3.25, 16 ratings)
Web 2.0, Ajax, usability, and thoughtful graphic design are now commonplace, but open source web applications are lagging behind. Learn techniques that will make your project easier to use, more productive, less prone to user-frustration, and more successful. Read more.
2:35pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009
Living on the Edge
Emerging Topics, People
 Location: Ballroom A3/A6
Danny O'Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Average rating: ****.
(4.25, 8 ratings)
Why do we trust our most personal diary entries with only our closest friends -- and distant machines of a faceless social networking service? Why do you hand over to Amazon files and passwords that you wouldn't tell your own mother? EFF's Danny O'Brien explains why innovation still comes from the edge of our networks -- and how the next generation of free software will help. Read more.
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • SourceForge.net
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Facebook
  • Gear6
  • Kaltura
  • Liferay
  • MindTouch
  • MySpace.com
  • Novell, Inc.
  • Open Invention Network
  • Rackspace Cloud
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • Symbian Foundation
  • Twilio
  • WSO2
  • Yabarana Corporation

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