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Personal schedule for Deborah Bryant

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

The Open, Social Web Workshop

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.

1:30pm Monday, 07/20/2009

Git 101

Programming
Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Scott Chacon (GitHub)

Average rating:

(4.31, 13 ratings)

Git is a new distributed version control system that is fast, flexible, works offline and supports powerful local branching and easy merging that encourages non-linear workflows and makes developers far more productive and efficient. This tutorial will introduce you to Git, rid you of your SVN sins, and teach you how to become more efficient and productive as a programmer. Read more.

8:30am Tuesday, 07/21/2009

7 Principles of Better API Design

Perl, Programming
Location: Ballroom A3/A6

Damian Conway (Thoughtstream)

Average rating:

(4.34, 32 ratings)

This course presents a minimalist approach to interface design known as "S.A.T." Developed by Damian Conway over the past decade, this design philosophy can produce smaller, better focused, more usable module APIs. Read more.

1:30pm Tuesday, 07/21/2009

Open-Source Solutions for Cameras in the Digital Age

Linux
Location: Ballroom A1

Tom Christiansen (TCPC)

Average rating:

(3.29, 7 ratings)

Now that everyone and their dog has some sort of a digital camera, what are you supposed to do with it, and how? What real solutions are out there that aren't just for the subfenestrated? Read more.

4:30pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009

Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Policy Cats: How the Government is turning to Open Source, and Why.

Business, Emerging Topics, Government, People
Location: Ballroom A1

Deborah Bryant (Deb Bryant & Associates), Bjorn Freeman-Benson (New Relic), Greg Lund-Chaix (Oregon State University Open Source Lab), Clay Johnson (InformationDiet.com), Aleksandar Totic (Open Source Digital Voting Foundation)

Average rating:

(4.00, 1 rating)

Open source shares critical values with government and public education that make them function in the ideal; meritocracy of ideas, transparency, collaboration. But where is the sweet spot in the confluence of these social, technical, and public policy ideals? And where is the opportunity for the citizen developer to get involved? Read more.

7:00pm Wednesday, 07/22/2009

Writing (and More) for O'Reilly

Location: Ballroom A4/A5

Moderated by: Simon St.Laurent

Would you like to write for O'Reilly? Blog? Create podcasts or screencasts? Come find out what the possibilities include. Read more.

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