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FOSDEM is a large Free and Open Source Developers' conference. This year it was at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and was attended by about 5,000 developers. One of the tracks was NoSQL which embraces all of the Non-SQL databases that have emerged in the last couple of years. It appears to have been one of the most popular topics at the conference with standing room only for many of the presentations. Rob Tweed and I both gave talks about some of the things we've been doing with GT.M. Rob talked about M/DB and M/DB:X while I talked about the XAPI service that GT.M provides for OpenStreetMap. Judging from the questions at the end of my talk, I was impressed that at least some people in the room actually understood the most technical part of my talk. Geospatial indexing and the benefit that key compression in globals gives in this context. Slides from both talks are available here: http://www.slideshare.net/george.james/mdb-mdbx And really good quality videos with synchonized slides are available here: |
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Here's selection of discussion lists that you might want to join. You may or may not already know about them, but they contain active discussion of topics close to the hearts of us Slipstream aficionadi:
And, for those that know what to do with them, some Twitter tags:
If you know of others that should be on this list please let me know and I'll update it. |
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Due to weak demand we have regrettably decided to cancel the Denbies 2009 Out of the Slipstream conference. All those who have registered will be notified in due course and will receive a full refund of their conference fee. The Slipstream Workshop will still be held but will now be on Thursday 2nd July rather than Friday 3rd July. The venue is unchanged, George James Software's offices in Shepperton. There is no charge for this event and anyone who signed up for the Slipstream conference may like to come to the Slipstream Workshop instead. |
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On Thursday 2nd July there will be a Slipstream Workshop at our offices in Shepperton. It will be an informal day where anyone involved in Slipstream projects, or interested in getting involved, can get together in one room to share ideas and plans. George James Software will be providing the room, the coffee and pizza. The rest is up to you. There will be no advanced agenda other than a start time of 10am. The plan for the day will be worked out by those who attend. Everyone involved in a Slipstream project, or interested in getting involved, is invited to attend. If you have some ideas that are not part of a project at the moment but you think would be relevant to the goals of Slipstream, then please do come along and share your ideas. Let me know if you think you'll attend just so we know how much coffee to brew. Regards Date: Friday 3rd July |
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