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Author Rob Brooks-Bilson (Programming ColdFusion and Programming ColdFusion MX) presents two sessions on "Advanced ColdFusion Caching Strategies." How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bot
Web technologies often allow you to scale things that weren't scalable before. Unfortunately, that list of scalable things includes spam. From unsolicited phone calls to unwanted emails to unnecessary tweets, it can seem like we're getting progressively overloaded with information we don't necessarily want. One group blamed for the increase in online spam are Twitter bots - Twitter accounts created... Hot Spots for the Scientific at Heart - John Graham-Cumming Destinations for Geeks
Travels with a Geek — John Graham-Cumming, author of The Geek Atlas, offers his favorite geeky destinations in a new O'Reilly Insights column on Forbes.com. "Ever find yourself in between business meetings in some distant city with enough time to kill but no idea what to do," writes Graham-Cumming. "If you're an innovator (or just someone who's passionate about science or technology), business trips can offer the opportunity to visit some of science's most fascinating destinations and prove inspirational." Read more. Ignite Los Angeles on 7/21! Submit a Talk
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 let us take over their July dinner to host the first Ignite. Douglas Crockfored at Silicon Valley Code Camp - Oct 3-4 2009
Author Douglas Crockford (JavaScript: The Good Parts), will be presenting on "JavaScript: The Good Parts", to expose the goodness in JavaScript. He'll also lead a "JavaScript Town Meeting", to talk about JavaScript in all of its aspects, including news about The Fifth Edition. Steven Pritchard at OLFU - Sep 25 2009
Steven Pritchard (LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition) will teach a full day cram class for LPIC-1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1) at this year's Ohio LinuxFest as part of the OLFU program. Everyblock's Code is Open-Sourced
The code for Adrian Holovaty's Everyblock has been released. The open-sourcing of the site's system were apart of the Knight News Challenge Program. Everyblock is a very impressive site that aggregates and geocodes local data -- news, crime, fire, restaraunt inspections and reviews - and then lets users define their interests down to the block-level.
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