Results tagged “oscon” from O'Reilly News

Perl's Persistant Library: DBD Creator Tim Bunce at OSCON 2008

By James Turner
August 12, 2008 | Comments: 0
The DBD and DBD libraries are among the oldest and most successful perl libraries and existence, pretty much any perl program that talks to a database uses them. The creator of DBD, Tim Bunce, spent some time at OSCON 2008 talking to O'Reilly News about the history of DBD and how Tim has managed such a large and critical project.

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Alex Martelli at OSCON: Google's Uber Tech Lead On Code Reviews!

By James Turner
July 24, 2008 | Comments: 3
Alex Martelli at OSCON: Google's Uber Tech Lead On Code Reviews!
Alex Martelli, a well-published Python developer and Google's Uber Tech Lead, has some fairly strong convictions about code reviewing, and he's not afraid to share them. Alex believes that there's not enough code reviewing being done in the open source community, and enumerated several of his convictions for O'Reilly News at OSCON 2008. He also addresses the increasing availability of tools for organizing code reviews, and some lessons that even the largest companies can take to heart.

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Mark Shuttleworth and the Art of Software Engineering

By Kurt Cagle
July 24, 2008 | Comments: 1
Mark Shuttleworth and the Art of Software Engineering
Mark Shuttleworth's life to date seems more like the daring hero of a science fiction pulp magazine than that of a programmer. A South African programmer working on the earliest Debian code, he founded a company called Thawte which specialized...

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Nathan Torkington at OSCON: What's Coming up on the Radar

By James Turner
July 23, 2008 | Comments: 0
Nathan Torkington at OSCON: What's Coming up on the Radar
O'Reilly blogger Nathan Torkington spent some time with James Turner of O'Reilly News at OSCON 2008 in Portland. He shares some of the trends and technologies that he thinks will play a big role in the near future, including open source biology and the rise of mobile computing.

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Lefkowitz: Open Development Lifecycle, Quintillian Rhetoric, Juggling

By Timothy M. O'Brien
July 23, 2008 | Comments: 0
Lefkowitz: Open Development Lifecycle, Quintillian Rhetoric, Juggling
Who needs Agile or RUP? r0ml builds upon Quintillian's Insitutes of Oratory (from 80 AD) and the Compendium of Juggling to create a working model of Open Source Software Development. Robert Lefkowitz (r0ml) discussed software development methodologies at Tuesday night's OSCON session...

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At OSCON with the Mad Scientist of Perl ...In Negative Time

By chromatic
July 23, 2008 | Comments: 10
Damian Conway has a well-deserved reputation as the mad scientist of Perl. His opening night keynote at OSCON 2008 combined Perl programming, the difference engine, quantum mechanics, and general relativity to produce variables which travel backwards in time.

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Tim O'Reilly Reflects on 10 Years of OSCON

By James Turner
July 22, 2008 | Comments: 0
Tim O'Reilly Reflects on 10 Years of OSCON
It's been 10 years since O'Reilly held the first OSCON. At the latest edition of O'Reilly's open source convention, Tim O'Reilly sat down with O'Reilly News to talk about the anniversary. He also reflected on how open source has changed in that period, whether Web 2.0 (a term he helped coin) has met his expectations, and how the nature of technical book publishing has changed.

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Larry Wall at OSCON: Open Source as a Parenting Experience

By James Turner
July 22, 2008 | Comments: 3
Larry Wall at OSCON: Open Source as a Parenting Experience
Larry Wall, father of perl, likens the history of perl to raising a child. In this live interview at OSCON 2008, Larry talks about perl's rebellious teen years, the role of the benevolent dictator, and dual licensing as a quantum physics phenomenon.

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Anthony Baxter at OSCON: Google Apps Engine and You

By James Turner
July 22, 2008 | Comments: 0
Anthony Baxter at OSCON: Google Apps Engine and You
Anthony Baxter, one of the lead engineers working on Google's new App Engine, spent some time at O'Reilly's source convention, OSCON, talking about the features that App Engine can offer to developers. James Turner interviews Baxter for O'Reilly News at OSCON in Portland.

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Jim Zemlin at OSCON: The Mysterious Work of the Linux Foundation

By James Turner
July 22, 2008 | Comments: 1
Jim Zemlin at OSCON: The Mysterious Work of the Linux Foundation
Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, talked with O'Reilly News at OSCON, the O'Reilly open source convention. He demystifies the role that the Linux Foundation plays in helping to promote Linux use, provide legal defense, and broker cooperative work between Linux related projects.

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Tuesday's OSCON Event Schedule

By chromatic
July 22, 2008 | Comments: 0
Tuesday's OSCON Event Schedule
OSCON is happening right now at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, bringing together thousands of experts, visionaries, and hackers in the trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. Today's afternoon sessions include: ...and more! For more information about OSCON and to view the complete event schedule visit our OSCON 2008 site.

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What to See at OSCON 2008

By chromatic
July 21, 2008 | Comments: 0
What to See at OSCON 2008
OSCON 2008 -- O'Reilly's annual open source conference -- is going on now. O'Reilly News interviews Allison Randal, co-chair of OSCON, for a quick survey of what's new and interesting in the world of open source. Here's what to see and do and what to watch for in the world of free software for the next year.

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Get ready for OSCON 2008!

By O'Reilly Media
July 15, 2008 | Comments: 0
Get ready for OSCON 2008!
This year at OSCON, we're celebrating two anniversaries: 10 years of OSCON and 30 years of O'Reilly. Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#313 in the Expo Hall) to join the festivities -- and take a shot at winning some...

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Gordon Mohr Takes Us Inside the Internet Archives

By James Turner
June 18, 2008 | Comments: 8
Gordon Mohr Takes Us Inside the Internet Archives
Gordon Mohr is the Chief Technologist for Web Projects at the Internet Archive. In this interview, he gives us a peek behind the scenes at what's involved in recording the continually updating web, as well as the legal implications and how Web 2.0 is making their job both easier and harder.

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Benjamin Mako-Hill on Open Source vs. Free, GPL and Prepping for OSCON

By James Turner
June 10, 2008 | Comments: 0
Benjamin Mako-Hill on Open Source vs. Free, GPL and Prepping for OSCON
We're talking today with Benjamin Mako-Hill; he has his fingers in so many pies I'm just going to read his bio off the OSCON Website.

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Brian Aker's Vision for a Livable Design, Looking at MySQL as OSCON Approaches

By James Turner
June 2, 2008 | Comments: 4
Brian Aker's Vision for a Livable Design, Looking at MySQL as OSCON Approaches
With me today is Brian Aker, Director of Technology for MySQL. Brian is the author of Running Weblogs w/ Slash. He's also leading a tutorial at O'Reilly's Open Source Convention, July 21-25, in Portland, Oregon...

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Celebrating Ten Years of OSCON

By O'Reilly Media
June 2, 2008 | Comments: 0
Celebrating Ten Years of OSCON
We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of OSCON in a big, big way. Fourteen tracks, two days of in-depth tutorials, hundreds of sessions, and thought-provoking keynotes will make it hard to decide how best to use your time. Come and join us July 21-25 in Portland, Oregon. Register now and SAVE $250!

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