Personal schedule for Jason Buberel

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Emerging Topics, Web Applications
Location: Meeting Room J3
Chris Messina (Google), David Recordon (Facebook), Joseph Smarr (Google)
Average rating: ***..
(3.83, 12 ratings)
As evidenced by Barack Obama’s successful presidential campaign, we have clearly entered the age of the social web. This developer-oriented workshop will emphasize the use and application of free, open building blocks for enabling social networking features on your site or service, and provide illuminating insights from some of the key figures creating these technologies. Read more.
Emerging Topics, Mobile
Location: Meeting Room J1/J4
PJ Cabrera (Freelance trouble-maker)
Average rating: *....
(1.86, 7 ratings)
In this tutorial, learn about the use of open source tools to help develop native applications for the iPhone platform on Windows and Linux, and learn about the source code of a basic iPhone application in Objective-C. Explore open source libraries that help accelerate the creation of native iPhone games and apps without having to use the iPhone SDK directly. Read more.
Administration, Linux
Location: Ballroom A4/A5
Darren Hoch (StrongMail Systems)
Average rating: ****.
(4.59, 32 ratings)
The Linux System and Network Performance Course teaches systems administrators practical methodologies for monitoring systems using standard system tools. The course breaks performance into 4 functional components: CPU, Memory, I/O, and Network. Read more.
Databases, Emerging Topics, Security
Location: Ballroom A2
Robert Bernier (Consultant)
Average rating: ***..
(3.71, 7 ratings)
Protecting your data, by any and all means possible, is no longer an option. Rather, it is mandated by today's security conscious management. This tutorial will demonstrate a hands on methodology of using the latest encryption and cipher technology available in PostgreSQL. Following best condoned practices used in the industry today, PostgreSQL can be used to manage your data securely. Read more.
Linux
Location: Ballroom A2
Valerie Aurora (formerly Henson) (The Ada Initiative)
Average rating: ***..
(3.80, 10 ratings)
Btrfs is a new file system for Linux. It includes snapshots, pooling of multiple devices, and checksums. This talk will describe btrfs for both the systems administrator and the programmer. Read more.
Programming, Web Applications
Location: Exhibit Hall 3
Steve Souders (Google)
Average rating: ***..
(3.95, 19 ratings)
Steve Souders, author of High Performance Web Sites and creator of YSlow, discusses his new insights into faster web pages including how to load JavaScript asynchronously, optimizing CSS, and sharding resources across multiple domains. Read more.
Databases
Location: Meeting Room B2
Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL)
Average rating: ***..
(3.55, 11 ratings)
How do you choose the right filesystem for your database management system? Administrators have a variety of filesystems to choose from, as well as volume management and hardware or software RAID. This talk will examine how different the performance of filesystems really are, and how do you go about systematically determining which configuration will be the best for your application and hardware. Read more.
Emerging Topics, Programming
Location: Exhibit Hall 3
Michael Driscoll (Metamarkets)
Average rating: ***..
(3.61, 18 ratings)
The age of Big Data demands open-source tools that move beyond storage towards analytics: tools to turn terabytes into insights. R is an open-source language for statistical computing and graphics, and an extensible, embeddable tool for the analysis of large data sets. In this session, I showcase R's power by building predictive models for Brazilian soybean harvests and baseball slugger salaries. Read more.
Databases
Location: Meeting Room B2
David Fetter (PgExperts)
Average rating: **...
(2.64, 11 ratings)
PostgreSQL 8.4 is the first Open Source database management system to handle trees and lists using SQL:2008-compliant Common Table Expressions and Windowing functions. You'll learn how these work, see intriguing examples, and walk out ready to use them to your advantage. Read more.
Ruby, Web Applications
Location: Ballroom A7
Average rating: ****.
(4.33, 3 ratings)
Ever cringe when you're asked to enter your email address and password to a third party service? This talk will cover how to build and consume services which protect users privacy with OAuth and other techniques. Read more.
Cloud Computing, Emerging Topics
Location: Ballroom A4/A5
Bernard Golden (HyperStratus)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 2 ratings)
Many new applications are being created to take advantage of cloud computing. But what about the enormous installed base of existing apps? How can those leverage cloud computing? This presentation describes migrating an existing application into Amazon's EC2, and covers the technical, organizational, and financial aspects of migration. Read more.
Emerging Topics, Mobile
Location: Ballroom A2
Adam Martin (NPR)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 3 ratings)
It has been a year since NPR's public API launched (announced at OSCON 2008). This session will explore how the marketplace has changed for media organizations over the last year, how API's have played a role in that change, and what the future looks like for NPR, its API, and other media organizations. 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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