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Upcoming Webcast

Managing & Growing Open Source in the Enterprise: Advice from the Trenches

Rod Cope and Carol J. Rizzo present:
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at

In this webcast, Carol Rizzo, past CTO of Kaiser Permanente, AIG and CitiGroup, and Rod Cope, the founder and CTO of OpenLogic share their experiences and insights about using open source in the enterprise.

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Calendar Component in ActionScript 3 Part 3

By Tom Barker
Jul 03, 2009 | Comments: 1

So far we've seen how to implement the calendar component, and explored the logic inside the Calendar class itself. From here I will show the logic inside of the Day class, and talk about potential ways to expand the...

Four short links: 3 July 2009

By Nat Torkington
Jul 03, 2009 | Comments: 0

OECD Factbook -- Flash-built impressive data explorer from OECD. Go to Indicators > Load and, in the words of Ben Goldacre, "prepare for nerdgasm". (via bengoldacre on Twitter) James Boyle is on Twitter -- author of the book The Public Domain. Sewers and Startups (Pete Warden) -- designing to last, reminds me of Saul Griffith's heirloom design riff. When...

Twitter Approval Matrix - June 2009

By Mike Hendrickson
Jul 02, 2009 | Comments: 4

A quick refresher, the matrix shows four quadrants used to describe trends found on Twitter, or related sites such as hashtag.org, tweestats.com, etc. For this post, I've limited the data and activity to the month of June.

Pre-OSCON, Free Webcast Lineup

By Kathryn Barrett
Jul 02, 2009 | Comments: 0

The theme of this year's OSCON is "Open for Business." Times are tough, making open source technology a smart choice for staying competitive. It gives you the means to drive down costs while increasing system and staff efficiencies. In anticipation of the conference, we've lined up three free webcasts featuring OSCON speakers. And if you're planning to attend OSCON, you can save 40% off registration pricing right now. In celebration of Independence Day—and freedom from commercial software—we're offering the discount code os09jul4, good through July 7.

Ignite Los Angeles on 7/21! Submit a Talk

By Brady Forrest
Jul 02, 2009 | Comments: 2

Ignite is coming to LA! As always speakers will get 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. We're going to be holding the geek event at Cinespace in Hollywood on 7/21. Submit a talk now. This will be the first Ignite in Los Angeles; it is co-hosted by LA Geek Dinner. The LA G33k dinner was kind enough to...

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