Fw: UNIGROUP Meeting 18-SEP-2008 (Thu): The Laconica Project, Micro-Blogging, XMPP Standards
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--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Unigroup_of_NY <unilist at unigroup.org> wrote:
> From: Unigroup_of_NY <unilist at unigroup.org>
> Subject: UNIGROUP Meeting 18-SEP-2008 (Thu): The Laconica Project, Micro-Blogging, XMPP Standards
> To: badiane_ka at yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 3:11 AM
> NOTE: The Unigroup September 2008 meeting is at a NEW
> location!
>
> ======================================================================
> UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - SEPTEMBER 2008
> ANNOUNCEMENTS
> ======================================================================
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 1. UNIGROUP'S SEPTEMBER 2008 MEETING NOTICE
> ----------------------------------------
>
> When: THURSDAY, September 18th, 2008 (** 3rd
> Thursday **)
>
> Where: ** NEW LOCATION **
> The Cooper Union
> <http://www.cooper.edu>
> School of Engineering
> 51 Astor Place (8th Street, between 3rd and
> 4th Ave)
> East Village, Manhattan
> New York City
> Room: The Driscoll Room (1st Floor)
> ** Please RSVP **
>
> Time: 6:15 PM - 6:25 PM Registration
> 6:25 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard, Questions,
> Answers and Current Events
> 6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and
> Announcements
> 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
>
> --------------------------------------
> Topic: The Laconica Project and
> Micro-Blogging Based on XMPP Standards
> --------------------------------------
>
> Speaker: Evan Prodromou,
> Control Yourself, Inc.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> INTRODUCTION:
> -------------
>
> Note: The exact September meeting title and topic
> description is
> based on preliminary information we have from, or
> know about,
> our speaker, and is subject to change. We hope to
> include
> further meeting details in our next announcement.
>
> Also note that Interop is happening during the day of
> the
> September Unigroup meeting. Plan your schedules
> accordingly.
>
> Unigroup Meeting Lineup:
> - 18-SEP-2008: The Laconica Project, Micro-Blogging,
> XMPP
> - 16-OCT-2008: The FreeBSD Networking Stack (George
> Neville-Neil)
> - 20-NOV-2008: Solaris (with OpenSolaris) Launch
> Meeting (Sun)
> - 15-JAN-2009: Linux Real-Time Messaging (Tervela)
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
> ---------------------
>
> To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the
> Unigroup
> Registration Page:
> http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
>
> This will allow us to automate the registration process.
> (Registration will also add you to our mailing list.)
> Please avoid emailed RSVPs.
>
> Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and
> meeting page,
> for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. If
> you
> registered for this meeting, please check your email for
> any last
> minute announcements as the meeting approaches. Also
> make sure
> any anti-spam white-lists are updated to _ALLOW_
> Unigroup traffic!
> If you block Unigroup Emails, your address will be
> dropped from
> our mailing list.
>
> Please RSVP as soon as possible.
>
> Note: RSVP is not mandatory for this location, but it
> does help
> us to properly plan the meeting (food, drinks,
> handouts,
> seating, etc.). This means if you forget to RSVP,
> you
> can still show up at our meeting and get past
> building
> security.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> MAIN PRESENTATION
> -----------------
>
> Topic: The Laconica Project and
> Micro-Blogging Based on XMPP Standards
>
> Evan will be speaking on the Laconica project, the open
> source
> federated messaging system based on XMPP (Extensible
> Messaging
> Presence Protocol), which itself evolved from the Jabber
> project.
> He's expected to talk about the project (which is
> considered to
> be highly scalable and agile), its code base and lessons
> learned,
> a technical tour of it's API (Twitter compatible),
> it's multitude
> of features including how federation works (where
> messaging
> instances running on separate servers are able to
> remotely
> subscribe to each other), how all this provides extreme
> scalability, OpenID authentication, SMS integration,
> it's
> multi-lingual interface (using Gettext), it's
> AJAX-like
> interface, and discussing the system administration
> challenges
> of hosting a high traffic federated messaging system.
>
> The Laconica Project Summary:
>
> Laconica <laconi.ca> is an open source
> micro-blogging tool written
> in PHP that implements the OpenMicroBlogging standard
> based on XMPP
> (which came out of the Jabber project). Laconica was
> created as an
> open source, distributed alternative to Twitter, and was
> originally
> used by the identi.ca micro-blogging service
> identi.ca>, which has
> received a tremendous amount of buzz since it's
> release during the
> Summer of 2008.
>
> Detailed Outline of Talk:
>
> (to-be-posted)
>
>
> Web Resources:
> --------------
>
> XMPP Messaging Protocol Standards
> http://www.xmpp.org/summit/summit5.shtml
>
> The Laconica Project
> http://www.laconi.ca
>
> Identi.ca Micro-Blogging Service
> http://www.identi.ca
>
> Control Yourself, Inc.
> http://controlyourself.ca
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Speaker Biography:
> ------------------
>
> Evan Prodromou is an Open Source developer from San
> Francisco
> currently residing in Montreal. Evan is best known for
> creating
> identi.ca, a micro-blogging site based on his XMPP
> messaging
> platform Laconica. He also did a short stint at
> Microsoft, and
> is the co-founder of Wiki Travel <wikitravel.org>.
> Evan's home
> page is located at http://evan.prodromou.name/.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Company Biography:
> ------------------
>
> Control Yourself, Inc. is a Quebec corporation
> headquartered in
> Montreal which builds Open Network Services sites that
> use Open
> Source software to create and distribute Open Content.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Giveaways:
> ----------
>
> Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR has been
> kind
> enough to provide us with some of their books, which we
> will
> continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings.
>
> O'Reilly has been kind enough to provide us with
> some of their
> books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways
> at our
> meetings.
>
> Unigroup would like to thank both companies for the
> support
> provided by their User Group programs.
>
> Note: The chances tend to be about 1 in 5, that any
> attendee of
> our meeting will walk away with a fairly valuable
> giveaway
> (ie. most books are valued between $30 and $60)!
>
> As always, all of the books will be available for review
> at the
> start of the meeting.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Fee Schedule:
> -------------
>
> Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and
> User Group,
> and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For
> Unigroup members,
> there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting
> fees) during
> their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend
> Unigroup
> meetings are usually required to pay a "Single
> Meeting Fee".
>
> Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $
> 50.00
> Student Yearly Membership (with current ID): $
> 25.00
> Non-Member Single Meeting: $
> 20.00
> Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $
> 5.00
>
> * Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
>
> NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does
> NOT
> indicate membership in Unigroup.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Food:
> -----
>
> Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served.
> This
> includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef,
> chicken, tuna
> and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads
> (potato,
> tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water
> and
> assorted SOFT beverages.
>
> ** Note: We will be using our normal caterer for this
> meeting.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Directions:
> -----------
>
> The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu>
> School of Engineering
> 51 Astor Place (8th Street, between 3rd and 4th Ave)
> East Village, Manhattan
> New York City
> Room: The Driscoll Room (1st Floor)
>
> Located on the North side of Astor Place (8th Street),
> between
> 3rd & 4th Avenues.
>
> Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby
> for
> directions to The Driscoll Room (1st Floor).
>
> Nearest mass transit stations are:
> '6' to Astor Place (stops right at
> The Cooper Union).
> 'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2
> blocks East.
> '4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South
> and East.
> 'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk
> North and East.
>
> We believe free street parking becomes available at 6pm.
>
> -----
>
> Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
> Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----------------
> 2. LOCAL NYC EVENTS
> ----------------
>
> a) SIFMA eTechnology North American Conference and
> Exhibit
>
> =======================================================
>
> Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008, 10:15 am - 3:00 pm
>
> Where: Grant Hyatt NY
> (at Grand Central Station)
> NYC
>
> For information and free exhibit hall registration
> visit:
> http://events.sifma.org/2008/227/event.aspx?id=3600
>
>
> b) Interop Exhibition, Mobile Business Expo and WEB 2.0
> Expo
>
> =========================================================
>
> Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
> Thu, Sep 18, 2008, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
>
> Where: Javits Center
> NYC
>
> For information and free exhibit hall registration
> visit:
> http://secure.interop.com/2008/ny/portal/
>
>
> c) High Performance on Wall Street Show
> ====================================
>
> Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008, 08:00 am - 4:00 pm
>
> Where: Roosevelt Hotel
> NYC
>
> For information and free exhibit hall registration
> visit:
> http://www.highperformanceonwallstreet.com
>
>
> d) NYC BSDCON 2008
> ===============
>
> Dates: Sat, Oct 11, 2008
> Sun, Oct 12, 2008
>
> Where: Columbia University, NYC
>
> NYCBSDCon will take place over the weekend of
> October 11-12, 2008 at Columbia University in New
> York City,
> and it is hosted by NYCBUG - The New York City *BSD
> User Group.
>
> For information visit:
> http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008
>
>
> ** If you know of other Technical NYC Events not listed,
> please let us know.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------
> 3. PRIOR MEETINGS
> --------------
>
> ** Formal Thank You's to our previous speakers will
> appear
> in an upcoming announcement.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -----------------
> 4. UPCOMING MEETINGS
> -----------------
>
> We have a series of meetings in the works:
>
> - 16-OCT-2008: The FreeBSD Networking Stack (George
> Neville-Neil)
> - 20-NOV-2008: Solaris (with OpenSolaris) Launch Meeting
> (Sun)
> - 15-JAN-2009: Linux Real-Time Messaging (Tervela)
> - The Real-Time Linux Kernel (Novell/SuSE)
> - Planning: IPsec and IPv6 and VPNs (possibly 3
> meetings)
> - Planning: NO SPAM!
> - Planning: Embedded Linux Development
> - Planning: Unix/Linux/BSD Distribution Round Table
> Discussions
> - Unix/Linux/BSD Clusters and Clustered Databases
> - The latest on *BSD (NetBSD/OpenBSD)
> - Crypto / PKI / GPG-PGP
> - Patching and Updating Unix/Linux/BSD (rpm. yum, yast,
> etc.)
> - Building Custom Kernels Unix/Linux/BSD
> - Are there too many Linux Distributions?
> - Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf
> - Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
> - LAMP Part 2 - PHP
> - Field Trip to HP
> - Unix 35th Birthday Celebration (Sun has offered to
> host this!)
> - Samba
> - DNS
> - High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
> - Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets,
> Accounting Packages.
> - GNU Development Environments
> - iSCSI, Serial ATA, and other new peripheral
> technologies
> - Java and/or JavaScript Programming
>
> ** Unigroup Needs Speakers!!
> Please let us know about any other meeting topics that
> you may be
> interested in. Potential speakers on Unix/Linux/BSD
> related
> technology topics should please contact the Unigroup
> Board.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------------
> 5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
> --------------------
>
> Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix
> User's Groups serving
> the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early
> 1980s.
> Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member
> funded
> volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and
> special event
> meetings throughout the year on technical topics
> relating to Unix
> and the Unix/Linux/BSD User Community.
>
> Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a
> minimum) the Third
> THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field
> Trip or
> Vendor Specific Meetings on the Even Months, although we
> do have the
> ability to hold monthly meetings at our new downtown
> meeting location.
>
> Planned regular meeting dates are (usually 3rd
> Thursdays):
> 9/18/2008, 10/16/2008, 11/20/2008, 1/15/2009,
> 3/19/2009...
> Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various
> trade shows in NYC
> as well as "Field Trips" to the facilities of
> local hardware and
> software vendors.
>
>
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> can help!
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -Rob Weiner
> Unigroup Executive Director
> unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
> http://www.unigroup.org
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