From “CUSEC 2008: making it fun!“:
CUSEC (the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference) is referred to by many as the gathering of the future of Software Engineering. Students who are passionate about Software Engineering, from across Canada and diverse concentrations, gather under one roof for three full days to learn from the worlds most famous and sought after software engineering speakers, researchers and professionals.
Via: Heri’s concise three-reasons-to-attend post.
As Stevey points out, Plank is looking for a creative and motivated LAMP developer to join the team. See below for the full cross-posted skinny, and pass the word if you know someone who might be interested.
Want to work in our growing Web agency with great people, great clients, and a great working environment? Of course you do!
Plank is actively looking to add to our Montreal-based team. Whether you’re completely self-taught or have multiple degrees in Computer Science, we’re only concerned that you have the skills needed to perform the job. We need someone who is interested in working on exciting Web projects, generally in the fields of entertainment, technology and social action.
Your tasks will include:
- Development of website back-ends and interesting Web applications;
- Building on and working with our existing code base.
Our Expectations
We’re looking for someone fun! But seriously, you should have the following:
- 2+ years of related experience;
- Strong background in PHP and MySQL;
- Experience in AJAX, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, will be an asset;
- Knowledge of open-source CMS’s such as Drupal and WordPress will be an asset;
- Knowledge of open-source PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter will be an asset;
- Willingness to work locally in our Montreal office.
We are a close-knit company that continues to grow, and we need your skills. We want you to be part of our team for a long time to come. We offer a competitive salary, normal business hours, a comprehensive health and dental plan, and a great work environment.
If you think you would like to be part of the Plank team, please email your CV and cover letter to warren@plankdesign.com. If you would like to learn more about us, please surf around http://www.plankdesign.com.
We hope you’ll join us.
Hours: Full-Time
This job is salaried.
You can also check out Warren’s video for a previously posted position if you’d like to get a feel for what Plank is all about.
Alain Désilets’ (National Research Council of Canada) presentation at the PHP Québec CodeFest2008 on the challenges of massive translation collaboration in the wiki environment, and proposal for a cross lingual wiki engine concept to tackle the problem.
The presentation was followed by an intensive brainstorming session on the said engine, which itself led to a coding session after.
The video/sound is unedited and the quality isn’t fantastic, but it’s getting the word out that counts, right? 🙂
See also: Heri’s report on Montreal Tech Watch.
From “User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded“:
Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a faster processor, as well as a consumer market focus, according to the company.
OpenMoko (com, org) had kind of fallen off the map after not meeting their October 2007 deadline for launching the consumer version. Gladly, they now seem to be back on track with their newly announced FreeRunner, a Samsung 500MHz SoC-based device.
I did win an iPhone in the meantime, but I still love OpenMoko. Even though Android and Nokia are now arguably also riding on the Open tagline.
Via Digg.
Update: Ouch… It’s supposedly priced at US$600… Hopefully, they’ll get enough volume to lower prices with the new consumer market focus.
From “Things public preview released“:
Things provides a unique and flexible way to handle tasks that can be refreshing for those who didn’t quite get the whole GTD thing the first time around. Of course, you can adhere to strict GTD principles with it, but you can also forge a system that works for you using its tagging system and flexible project management tools.
For those not familiar with the concept, what distinguishes GTD from other time- or action-management systems is the idea of grouping tasks by the context (defined as a place or set of available resources) in which they are to be performed.
Update: Marc-André pointed me to Thinking Rock as a FOSS and cross-platform alternative. It’s not looking half bad. Gotta try it out too.
From “Yet another Dialog Spoofing – Firefox Basic Authentication“:
Mozilla Firefox allows spoofing the information presented in the basic authentication dialog box. This can allow an attacker to conduct phishing attacks, by tricking the user to believe that the authentication dialog box is from a trusted website.
From “Welcome to Spread OpenID“:
Spread OpenID is a platform helping to spread the idea of OpenID and make it more known among users. It’s mainly focused on end users who have read or heard about it but don’t know where to start. It is not a competing site to OpenID.net or any other site. Spread OpenID works alongside the OpenID community wherever possible.
Amen brothers! Spread it. Spray it. Loud and clear!
From: “Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted“:
Several users have written to tell us that notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity.
Good: 11 down.
Unfortunate: still 3,245,098 to go.
Linking to Slashdot for their extra reference links.
From “PHP 4.4.8 Released“:
This release wraps up all the outstanding patches for the PHP 4.4 series, and is therefore the last normal PHP 4.4 release. If necessary, releases to address security issues could be made until 2008-08-08.
So long old friend. You’ve served us well, but it’s time for you to die, die, die!.
From “The Next Google Search Challenger: Blekko“:
Rich Skrenta, who created the first computer virus (Elk Cloner), co-founded the Open Directory Project, and co-founded online news site Topix, may have bitten off the biggest challenge of his career – taking on Google. In search.
Taking on Google is a statement that is now so cliché, but this is one guy (and team) who might actually have a shot at it.