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W2 Presents: Open City Party!

Submitted by admin on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 12:17

W2 Presents
Open City Party
Open Web Post-Conference Party & Celebration of the City Council's commitment towards open data.

Friday, June 12
6-8pm reception; 8-1am Three DJs + videos
View 'MySpace' photo exhibition by Rita Leistner (Brooklyn) in association with VANDU

Flack Block, (corner of Cambie)
157 W. Hastings St.
$5 public/free for delegates includes reception (hors d'ouevres and beverage)
Free exchange entry to Megaphone Anniversary guests.

Vancouver's Open Standards, Open Data, Open Source Initiative - Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 11:03

David Eaves (Andrea Reimer was stuck in a Metro Vancouver board meeting) presented a lively, well thought out session on Vancouver's Open Standards, Open Data, Open Source Initiative. Notes after the jump.

Luke Closs on Open Web Testing and Test Automation - Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 08:38

After Luke Closs's presentation on Test Automation and Open Web Testing, I am much more up to date and aware of automation testing issues and how one would strategize it. This talk alone makes the conference worthwhile for me. Check out my notes after the jump.

What does Green Building have to do with Software Development? Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 14:04

How similar are designing green buildings and Software Development? The Green Building Brain web app is a great example of this and was discussed in What does Green Building have to do with Software Development? Check out my notes after the break

Tor: Anonymous Communications for the Dept. of Defense... and You - Jacob Appelbaum - Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 12:46

Notes from Jacob Appelbaum's excellent Tor: Anonymous Communications for the Dept. of Defense... and You. This talk was enthusiastic and geeky but in a friendly, inviting "change the world" way. Time for Vancouverites to run their own Tor servers!

Women in Open Source - Angie Byron - Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 10:37

Notes from Angie Byron's excellent keynote Women in Open Source (note that this applies to all minorities, not just women!).

On the Pirate Party - Rickard "Rick" Falkvinge - Roland's Notes

Submitted by roland on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 09:19

A stirring call to political action to address copyright and other civil liberties issues. Full On the Pirate Party Keynote notes after the break.

Open Web Vancouver 2009 Schedule application for Android released by Nitobi

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 18:19

Vancouver's Nitobi have created a schedule application for Open Web Vancouver. The application runs on Android smartphones and is available via the Android Market (search for "Open Web Vancouver 2009")!

Nitobi used their open source tool Phonegap, which allows mobile applications to be authored in Javascript, to create this snazzy little app. Many thanks, Nitobi!