SMF to attend O' Reilly's OSCON.
UPDATE: READ MORE ABOUT SMF @ OSCON (http://blogs.simplemachines.org/team/252090/OSCON+After+thoughts%3A.html)
Simplemachines.org has some exciting news. This July 21-25 we'll be attending O' Reilly's OSCON in Portland, Oregon (USA). What makes this years all the more exciting is its scheduled to be three events in one.
What is OSCON?OSCON is the Open Source Convention. Now in its tenth year, OSCON returns to the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon July 21-25, 2008, bringing together over 2500 experts, visionaries, and hackers in the trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. 2008 promises interesting developments in the Linux, Java, Web, and open source infrastructures. OSCON will have tracks for Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Mobile, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics. Learn more at About OSCON . (http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/about)
Open Source Conference. -This year promises to show off some of the best and fastest growing open source projects, just imagine a convention center filled with developers, hackers, experts, IT managers. :D
Open Mobile Exchange -( OMX for short), it geared to get those involved in building out the open source mobile space, including platforms, standards, applications, hardware, integration, browsers, location, and services.
Ubuntu Live 2008- The Canonical team is set to show off a wide array of new products including the soon to be popular mobile version of Linux http://moblin.org/ http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile
This trifecta proves to be promising for SMF. We'll be packed with goodies, swag and we'll be running some SMF demos as well as giving some lectures demonstrating the new features of our 2.x version of SMF. If you are in the area, and are able to attend, drop by the booth and hang out with the team.
What will SMF be showcasing?
- New 2.x features.
- SMF gear, Tee-shirts, pens, cards, card holders & more.
- SMF scalability demo.
- Site setup demo.
- And much more...
SMF team members set to attend:Confirmed thus far-
- dschwab9- Project Manager
- Rick "rickC" Caudill- Marketing Director.
- Justin "metallica48423" O'Leary- Co-Lead Support Specialist
- Jeremy "SleePy" Darwood- Customizer - Converter Specialist
- Plus one surprise member.
*** EDIT **** Added link to after thoughts regarding the event.
Is it possible to get the "SMF gear, Tee-shirts, pens, cards, card holders & more" online? :)
We currently don't have any of such available online.
Quote from: metallica48423 on July 09, 2008, 08:40:28 AM
We currently don't have any of such available online.
Hehe about 3 years ago you did! :P
I was in Portland that exact time last month... missed you guys by 30 days :(
I want more events in Los Angeles!
rickC, good and exciting to follow the SMF career, all around the web.
I would really like to read the incoming news about this event, something like the MOTM was this past winter.
Quote
SMF team members set to attend:
Confirmed thus far-
- dschwab9- Project Manager
- Rick "rickC" Caudill- Marketing Director.
- Justin "metallica48423" O'Leary- Co-Lead Support Specialist
- Jeremy "SleePy" Darwood- Customizer - Converter Specialist
This is SMF's life, really great.
QuotePlus one surprise member.
Zef hemel? :D
QuoteWhat will SMF be showcasing?
- New 2.x features.
- SMF gear, Tee-shirts, pens, cards, card holders & more.
- SMF scalability demo.
- Site setup demo.
- And much more...
And online? When? :P
Cool, I only live about 80 miles from Portland, but I just realized, I will be in Montana 21 -> 26 >.<
Quote from: Enc0der on July 09, 2008, 03:57:34 AM
Is it possible to get the "SMF gear, Tee-shirts, pens, cards, card holders & more" online? :)
We used to have an SMF shop, but we've moved away from selling items in order to focus on other core SMF functions IE, expos like this, new patches, 2.x, and providing support. If there's a demand for it, perhaps we could reevaluate and talk about bringing it back.
Unfortunately, we don't have the funds to hand them out online. :( But fear not, there's always chances to win them in contests.
This is very exciting news. But do you know what would be even more exciting?
Getting 2.0 out before we all die of old age.
Great news! I wish I could attend it too but I probably live a few thousand miles away from there :P
Quote from: seek2501 on July 10, 2008, 09:24:48 AM
Getting 2.0 out before we all die of old age.
That really wasn't nice of you, The Devs are trying there best to make it as stable as possible, so it'll be ready once it is ready :).
Everyone wants SMF 2.0 out, and I am a little tired to see ALWAYS the same type of comments about the 2.0 final version..., please, stop polluting topics with that kind of comments and see the Dev's blog.
About this topic, unfortunately I am not in USA (and I never was :P) but I am glad that SMF is growing and being noticed to that level, congratulations to the SMF team and to the Marketing team for their great work :)
I have split out the license discussion over to the Feedback and Discussion board. Go post in Licensing Issues (Was: Re: SMF to attend O' Reilly's OSCON) (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=248962.0) instead of pulling this off-topic.
Now, the next person that pulls this off-topic like that will get a one-week post ban from me. If you want to discuss tangential issues, there is a reason we have all the other boards.
Minor addition:
Sorry if the postban comment sounds harsh, I'm just tired of us having to lock every topic to stop people from pulling it into a tangent. It isn't a black/white thing, so if your on-topic comment about the post goes a bit away from the subject, it's fine. Obvious trolling or off-topic remarks might be acted on though.
I will be the suprise member lol :D
it looks like it s goin to be a nice event ;)
Wish I lived that side of the pond.
Any chance you will ever have one [an event] in England ?
Try living in Australia. Everything is either in USA or UK.
Quote from: Stallyon on July 12, 2008, 02:14:01 AM
Try living in Australia. Everything is either in USA or UK.
Yeah, we hardly ever have awesome programming conventions in Aus! I would love to come, but unfortunately the pacific ocean is sort of in the way! :'(
Quote from: LHVWB on July 12, 2008, 02:18:15 AM
Quote from: Stallyon on July 12, 2008, 02:14:01 AM
Try living in Australia. Everything is either in USA or UK.
Yeah, we hardly ever have awesome programming conventions in Aus! I would love to come, but unfortunately the pacific ocean is sort of in the way! :'(
As quoted off our front page
Quote"Give me the place to stand, and I shall move the earth" — Archimedes
Now get to work :P
Althougth it might just be easier to move closer to japan ;D
Yeah, all the best stuff comes from Japan. :P
Not to be rude but what's the point of this really? It reminds me of the MotM trip which didn't shed much light into how SMF worked behind the scenes.
Actually, this is nothing like the MotM, that was a team-only deal, this is a public affair, where you can attend if you're in the area since it's a convention.
The first post states what we will be showcasing which includes 2.0 features, and other SMF related stuff.
Quote from: Dark Gazmanafc on July 12, 2008, 02:40:36 PM
Actually, this is nothing like the MotM, that was a team-only deal, this is a public affair, where you can attend if you're in the area since it's a convention.
The first post states what we will be showcasing which includes 2.0 features, and other SMF related stuff.
I'm guessing features already released and known. I live in Australia so I guess this is Yawn News to most people who can't go to it. Well good luck with the showcasing and everything.
Remember that this was announced by Marketing Team, I think the main goal was to spread the world that SMF exists and what is SMF. For whom that frequent this community I think wont have that much to see since the team had maintain this community on date about SMF 2.0 news.
This is a great event for SMF, but try to see this event not only about SMF but about everything that you could find there.
A good deal of this event is to spread the word on SMF and increase our mindshare. There might also be a few unannounced features announced at the conference (I'm not sure if this will happen or not).
The whole MotM thing was a way for our team to meet each other in person and have some big sessions that just can't be done well (or at all) online. Our appearance at OSCON is for the public.
Why even attend a open-source conference when SMF isn't even under GPL if I recall it right...
Birger :)
The GPL is not the only open source license in existence..
Please don't discus the licensing though here, We have a Feedback and Discussion board for this (where such stuff was already split out of this topic).
This just in
Quote from: http://en.oreilly.com/ubuntu2008/public/content/home
Ubuntu Live
The Ubuntu Live conference, which was scheduled to take place July 21-22 in Portland, OR has been cancelled. We are planning to include some Ubuntu content in the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), also happening July 21-25 in Portland, Oregon. We invite those interested in future Ubuntu events and developments to watch www.ubuntu.com. For further inquiries, please contact [email protected].
http://en.oreilly.com/ubuntu2008/public/content/home
I was really excited when I herd that this was going to Ubuntu Live + OSCON, at least they will still have speakers there & a booth AFAIK. I'll keep you posted~~ :D
Though, it is good that you start to advertise SMF more. Good luck to the person attending!
Birger :)
Have fun and goodluck, SMF peepz. :P
Thanks.. :)
Quote from: christicehurst on July 12, 2008, 02:30:05 PM
Not to be rude but what's the point of this really? It reminds me of the MotM trip which didn't shed much light into how SMF worked behind the scenes.
MotM goal wasn't to "shed light into how SMF worked behind the scenes" its goal was to get the team together in person, in one time zone. We're global company with team members in 10+ timezones, our software is in 40+ languages and growing.
Getting a group of us together to discuss things in real time, is a challenging enough. But we do hold meetings every month. In a group of 100% volunteers, planning a full week of such interaction is a dream come true. I'm not sure what you question is, but if your wondering What you've seen out of it from a CM standpoint....
*it allowed our DEVs a FULL 40 hour work week to discuss their plans for 2.x.
* It gave the team 24 hour a day access to the DEVS so that they could be better equipped to provide support.
Just to name a few. As a CM, you'll be happy to know, that help desk help ticket response time has been cut in 1/2 since MotM. Yes you herd me right, in 1/2~. This is due to better communication and a better understanding of other team members abilities and our new found ability to more efficiently use our human resources.
Now on to the OSCON... the OSCON (http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home) is an event of epic proportions. Attending allows us to get the word out about SMF, it allows us to meet and chat with other open source projects. You know all these great features and standards that web designs uses? (IE openID, ajax, etc,etc,) They all start out as ideas from a presentation made at events like this. This is SMF's chance to help support, be a part of the next big thing in the ways of web design.
This is forward progressive thinking that keeps us sharp :D I hope that help quench your thirst as to why OSCON? :D
Just don't forget to post the pictures after the OSCON is ended.
At least, we can imagine and see how crowded at the SMF booth at OSCON will be.
Quote from: Karuhun on July 24, 2008, 06:13:39 AM
Just don't forget to post the pictures after the OSCON is ended.
At least, we can imagine and see how crowded at the SMF booth at OSCON will be.
Respected Team,
Karuhun is right, kindly post us the pictures, so that we could see the SMF booth at OSCON since we could not come there only by using SMF.
Quote from: asudhakar on July 25, 2008, 01:20:19 PM
Quote from: Karuhun on July 24, 2008, 06:13:39 AM
Just don't forget to post the pictures after the OSCON is ended.
At least, we can imagine and see how crowded at the SMF booth at OSCON will be.
Respected Team,
Karuhun is right, kindly post us the pictures, so that we could see the SMF booth at OSCON since we could not come there only by using SMF.
I'll have a blog post on it soon... Events are still taking place today, but the Exhibit hall is closed( The place where the SMF booth was.)
Quote from: rickC on July 23, 2008, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: christicehurst on July 12, 2008, 02:30:05 PM
Not to be rude but what's the point of this really? It reminds me of the MotM trip which didn't shed much light into how SMF worked behind the scenes.
MotM goal wasn't to "shed light into how SMF worked behind the scenes" its goal was to get the team together in person, in one time zone. We're global company with team members in 10+ timezones, our software is in 40+ languages and growing.
Getting a group of us together to discuss things in real time, is a challenging enough. But we do hold meetings every month. In a group of 100% volunteers, planning a full week of such interaction is a dream come true. I'm not sure what you question is, but if your wondering What you've seen out of it from a CM standpoint....
*it allowed our DEVs a FULL 40 hour work week to discuss their plans for 2.x.
* It gave the team 24 hour a day access to the DEVS so that they could be better equipped to provide support.
Just to name a few. As a CM, you'll be happy to know, that help desk help ticket response time has been cut in 1/2 since MotM. Yes you herd me right, in 1/2~. This is due to better communication and a better understanding of other team members abilities and our new found ability to more efficiently use our human resources.
Now on to the OSCON... the OSCON (http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home) is an event of epic proportions. Attending allows us to get the word out about SMF, it allows us to meet and chat with other open source projects. You know all these great features and standards that web designs uses? (IE openID, ajax, etc,etc,) They all start out as ideas from a presentation made at events like this. This is SMF's chance to help support, be a part of the next big thing in the ways of web design.
This is forward progressive thinking that keeps us sharp :D I hope that help quench your thirst as to why OSCON? :D
At least someone gave a good answer on some issues here. I think the improvements are great for SMF and showcasing it will be a different thing for the software. Personally it doesn't affect me at all on most levels. I don't use Help Desk and I think I used it once and it was pretty good. I'm not a person that gets my forum into database breakdowns like the unexperienced admins do. But enjoy the OSCON and do what you do.
Quote from: rickC on July 23, 2008, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: christicehurst on July 12, 2008, 02:30:05 PM
Not to be rude but what's the point of this really? It reminds me of the MotM trip which didn't shed much light into how SMF worked behind the scenes.
MotM goal wasn't to "shed light into how SMF worked behind the scenes" its goal was to get the team together in person, in one time zone. We're global company with team members in 10+ timezones, our software is in 40+ languages and growing.
But why most of the guys left the team after the MotM one wonders?
Congratulations and Good Luck at O' Reilly's OSCON :)
Any Pictures to share with us? :P
Loading into gallery now... I don't have that many (all on my phone), Derek has the rest, he's currently 30,000 feet in the air. I'll be posting an update on events in a few minutes. I'll link to it & lock this topic :D
Blog post. (http://blogs.simplemachines.org/team/252090/OSCON+After+thoughts%3A.html)