From noreply at nyphp.org Fri May 5 11:14:15 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 11:14:15 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] con@nyphp: Conference Program Complete Message-ID: <002001c67056$934e04e0$6501a8c0@MobileZ> Hello, I'm very excited to announce that the conference program, including tutorials and sessions, has been finalized. While there may be a couple of minor adjustments, we're not expecting any significant changes. Please see the schedule at: http://www.nyphpcon.com/conference_glance.php And sign-up online at: https://www.nyphpcon.com/register.php To all those that submitted a paper, we thank you. It was extremely difficult to create this schedule, and from the overwhelming amount of papers we received, we're already looking forward to a future conference. --- Hans Zaunere / President / New York PHP www.nyphp.org / www.nyphp.com From noreply at nyphp.org Wed May 17 14:17:24 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:17:24 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] special@nyphp: Enter to Win at the Mashup Contest at NYPHPCon 2006; IBM's Boloker on Mashups at May Meeting Message-ID: <018d01c679de$26001cc0$6800a8c0@MobileZ> Good day, I'm pleased to announce two significant events regarding the hot topic of mashups. Read more about mashups: http://tinyurl.com/9k63h First, we're pleased to have David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group, return to the NYPHP general monthly meeting to present on this topic this May. Full meeting details are below or at http://www.nyphp.org - don't forget to RSVP. Secondly, IBM is hosting a special Mashup contest at NYPHPCon 2006. Details are available at http://www.nyphpcon.com/mashup.php or below. Enter for a chance to win a video iPod, book certificates, t-shirts, and a chance for an IBM developerWorks Article interview. --- Hans Zaunere, President, New York PHP ------------------------------------------------------------ Special Event: IBM Encourages Enterprise Mashups using PHP at NYPHPCon 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------ Mashup Contest Details IBM is interested in enabling developers to create mashups using PHP. We are hosting a Mashup Contest to highlight the variety of mashups one can create with PHP and to better understand any inhibitors that may exist. We are also interested in gathering developer feedback on our mashup maker technology. All registered conference participants can enter and show-off their mashup. General Contest Logistics When: Thursday, June 15th, 2006 Time: 7:00-9:00pm during the Manhattan Cocktail Party Location: The New Yorker Hotel, Grand Ballroom Participation: Registration for the contest will be open from May 1st until 5pm EDT the night of the awards. Mashup Showcasing: Voting will take place on June 15th from 7pm EDT until 8:30pm EDT at the conference. All contestants must bring their own laptops to the award showcase venue to demonstrate their mash-up. Criteria: Contestants must create their own unique mashup using PHP. Awards: Conference attendees will evaluate contestant mashups and vote on two topic areas: 1. Overall best Mashup of Conference 2. Best QEDWiki based Mashup of Conference Voting: Attendees of the June 15th Manhattan Cocktail Party will cast their votes for each award category. Voting Process The contest will be judged by the audience. Each participate will commit to be present at the venue for a 90min session where they will show and describe their mashup. Conference attendees will be given two vote tokens (chips) upon entry of the cocktail party. Participants can then give their tokens to the mashup builder of choice upon review of the mashups. Between 8:30-9:00pm, IBM will oversee the counting of the collected tokens amongst contestants. Prizes Best Mashup of Show - 1st Prize - Video iPod and IBM T-shirt Runner-up - $100 Bookstore Certificate and IBM T-shirt All contestants and winners will be interviewed for an IBM developerWorks Article describing their Mashup Experience. All contestants must agree to be interviewed. May General Meeting: Beyond Mashups: Situational Application Runtimes using PHP ---------------------------------------------------------- When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! We're less than a month away from the New York PHP Conference. And what better time to explore enterprise mashups. We're pleased to have David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group, and his team back to discuss how PHP can be used to enable the building and running of situational applications. Do you buy into the hype around mashups? Given the maturation of SOA, could there be merit in the recent ramp up of a mashup ecosystem? Consider the predicted yearly growth rate of over 900 new mashups a year. The listing of hundreds of such Web 2.0 composite applications on The Programmable Web also factors into the viability of this emerging web technology. Assuming that the ad-hoc situational aspects of mashups are here to say, what will the new breed of mashup developers require from a web application runtime? Developing humongous applications that try to solve many possible situations of a given subject domain is no longer the prudent approach for web based solutions. Now it is more efficient to enable application users with the ability to establish flexible ad-hoc short-term applications that adapt to the needs of the moment quickly and easily. A Situation Application is a web application that meets the following criteria: * It is rapidly created to address an immediate need of an individual or community. * It is a Just-in-time solution that is typically but not necessarily short-lived. * It is informal thus lacking product quality look and feel. * It provides a "just good enough" solution as opposed to a generalized solution. A Mashup can be a form of a Situation Application that yields a new utility by seamlessly combining content from more than one sources into an integrated experience. Mashups are comprised of 2 or more disparate components that are bound together through content. Join us this month as we hear from David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group. David and his team will present IBM's PHP based Wiki platform for situational applications and provide a general update on IBM's PHP strategy, contributions, and upcoming products. The primary focus of this briefing will be IBM's introduction and demonstration of their application runtime for situational applications. Referred to by the codename, QEDWiki (more), this technology enabler seeks to improve the ways in which the knowledge worker interacts and integrates with the overwhelming amount of information they face in our fast past information driven world. QEDWiki represents a next generation Wiki which combines Do-It-Yourself IT (DIY-IT) with the flexibility of user-oriented information architecture to create an easy-to-use integration platform for rendering mashups. QEDWiki is an application runtime environment for collaborative and situational (ad hoc) dynamic content development. It enables quick and easy web programming and deployment of Wikis for non-programmers who are domain experts. Once the IT community sets up the basic Wiki, individual groups can quickly aggregate, deploy and collaborate based upon their requirements. As a result, minimal maintenance is required from IT. Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for plenty. As a service to our community, New York PHP meetings are always free and open to the public. Come prepared with a business card to enter giveaways. Thank you to Adobe for providing Dreamweaver 8. Bring your cards! When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! New York PHP Summer Training ---------------------------- Learn more and sign-up: http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php --- New York PHP Community http://www.nyphp.org From noreply at nyphp.org Thu May 18 09:57:20 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 09:57:20 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] conference@nyphp: Rasmus, Rod, Chris Keynote at NYPHPCon; Mashup Contest; Conference/Summer Training Message-ID: <008301c67a82$fc05bf10$430a0a0a@MobileZ> All, I'm pleased to announce our line-up of keynotes, tutorials, and speakers. We're excited to have many of the industry's finest business and technical minds participate in NYPHPCon 2006. I'm also grateful to all those who submitted papers - selection was not easy. Please see http://www.nyphpcon.com for our updated program. Register online today: https://www.nyphpcon.com/register.php Special Hotel Rates are also available if you register now. See: http://www.nyphpcon.com/hotel_information.php Get involved with New York PHP and see you at the conference. --- Hans Zaunere / President / New York PHP From noreply at nyphp.org Mon May 22 09:13:39 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 09:13:39 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] next@nyphp: IBM's Boloker on Mashups at May Meeting; Mashup Contest at NYPHPCon 2006 Message-ID: <004301c67da1$90b0a460$690aa8c0@MobileZ> Register Online for NYPHPCon 2006: https://www.nyphpcon.com/register.php Enter the Mashup Contest: http://www.nyphpcon.com/mashup.php May General Meeting: Beyond Mashups: Situational Application Runtimes using PHP ---------------------------------------------------------- When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! We're less than a month away from the New York PHP Conference. And what better time to explore enterprise mashups. We're pleased to have David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group, and his team back to discuss how PHP can be used to enable the building and running of situational applications. Do you buy into the hype around mashups? Given the maturation of SOA, could there be merit in the recent ramp up of a mashup ecosystem? Consider the predicted yearly growth rate of over 900 new mashups a year. The listing of hundreds of such Web 2.0 composite applications on The Programmable Web also factors into the viability of this emerging web technology. Assuming that the ad-hoc situational aspects of mashups are here to say, what will the new breed of mashup developers require from a web application runtime? Developing humongous applications that try to solve many possible situations of a given subject domain is no longer the prudent approach for web based solutions. Now it is more efficient to enable application users with the ability to establish flexible ad-hoc short-term applications that adapt to the needs of the moment quickly and easily. A Situation Application is a web application that meets the following criteria: * It is rapidly created to address an immediate need of an individual or community. * It is a Just-in-time solution that is typically but not necessarily short-lived. * It is informal thus lacking product quality look and feel. * It provides a "just good enough" solution as opposed to a generalized solution. A Mashup can be a form of a Situation Application that yields a new utility by seamlessly combining content from more than one sources into an integrated experience. Mashups are comprised of 2 or more disparate components that are bound together through content. Join us this month as we hear from David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group. David and his team will present IBM's PHP based Wiki platform for situational applications and provide a general update on IBM's PHP strategy, contributions, and upcoming products. The primary focus of this briefing will be IBM's introduction and demonstration of their application runtime for situational applications. Referred to by the codename, QEDWiki (more), this technology enabler seeks to improve the ways in which the knowledge worker interacts and integrates with the overwhelming amount of information they face in our fast past information driven world. QEDWiki represents a next generation Wiki which combines Do-It-Yourself IT (DIY-IT) with the flexibility of user-oriented information architecture to create an easy-to-use integration platform for rendering mashups. QEDWiki is an application runtime environment for collaborative and situational (ad hoc) dynamic content development. It enables quick and easy web programming and deployment of Wikis for non-programmers who are domain experts. Once the IT community sets up the basic Wiki, individual groups can quickly aggregate, deploy and collaborate based upon their requirements. As a result, minimal maintenance is required from IT. Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for plenty. As a service to our community, New York PHP meetings are always free and open to the public. Come prepared with a business card to enter giveaways. Thank you to Adobe for providing Dreamweaver 8. Bring your cards! When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! New York PHP Summer Training ---------------------------- Learn more and sign-up: http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php --- New York PHP Community http://www.nyphp.org