JA-SIG Unconf: Recap

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

So, the JA-SIG un-conference (even the working sessions) is over, giving me a chance to do some thinking and reflection about the event and its aftermath.

Overall, the attendance, interest, and excitement demonstrated by all of the participants was pretty overwhelming. We had both more individuals, institutions, and organizations represented than we ever would have [...]

A Hard Eye on What IT Buys: Re-thinking IT Service Organizations

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Fourth Annual NJEDge.Net Conference | A Hard Eye on What IT Buys: Re-thinking IT Service Organizations:

“ad-hoc-cracy” and a a mention that only 2 industries (IT and Illicit drugs) refer to their customers as users highlighted this presentation. Overall the presentation was good, though I think at the end of the day, the audience question was [...]

EDUCAUSE Community Source Reception

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

At the Community Source reception cosponsored by JA-SIG, Sakai, Kuali it was uplifting to see the number of people participating. CIOs, managers, developers, vendors were all present in abundance. It was also clear from conversation at the reception that open-source in the Higher Ed is breaking into new areas. While there’s no question infrastructure and [...]

Matt Raible JA-SIG Keynote

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

This post is me catching up with my podcasting from the JA-SIG Summer 2007 Conference in Denver. Matt Raible did a rendition of his Java Frameworks talk, discussing his experience with the various Java web frameworks. I’ve attached an (OK) audio transcript of the talk, which Matt also blogged about at: http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/jasigcomparingjavaweb where he also [...]

 
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NYC Sakai User Group

Monday, September 17th, 2007

A few of us have been working to get a NYC Sakai User Group off the ground, and Tue 9/25 is the day! Come join us for an afternoon of networking, sharing, and maybe some dinner, graciously hosted by NYU. Details are:

New York University 110 Fifth Ave (between 16th and 17th St) 5th Floor Small Conference Room

There will be [...]

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