Canpages has launched an API contest today that gives students a chance to show what they can do with 1.3 million Canadian business listings, photos, videos, recommendations, and lat/longs. This video and this press release explain what it’s all about, and you can check out the API itself at their developer portal.
The second annual HFOSS is taking place March 10 in Milwaukee (along with SIGCSE 2010). F&OS communities helped save a lot of lives after the Haiti disaster, and many of the social and technical tools developed for it (and earlier, Katrina) are being used right now to help Chile; hope to see a strong turnout.
Google Summer of Code 2010 is now up and running. Mentoring organizations can apply March 8-12, and students can apply March 29-April 9 (but should start working on their applications as soon as the list of organizations is announced). The University of Toronto has always been a strong presence in GSoC—here’s hoping 2010 is the best year yet. I’m particularly hoping that some UCOSP students will shoot for spots.
We are pleased to announce the release of Version 0.6 of Basie, a lightweight software project portal built on Django and jQuery. Basie is designed to replace Trac and DrProject; its main features are:
Thanks to the whole team for all their hard work.
Google Summer of Code 2010 is on for 2010! They will begin accepting applications from would-be mentoring organizations on March 8th, with applications closing on March 12th. Students can apply between March 29th and April 9th.
The Humanitarian Free Open Source Software initiative is holding its next symposium on March 10 in Milwaukee to coincide with SIGCSE 2010. If I can find a way to get there that doesn’t violate my “no fly” pledge, I’d really like to attend; if you’re going to be in the area, you should check it out too.
13th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival
Call for Submissions
Deadline January 9, 2010
Festival Dates: June 3 — 6, 2010
This year’s Subtle Technologies Festival will explore sustainability
through a critical multidisciplinary lens. We invite investigations of
the role that decentralization, diversity and societal power dynamics
play in our attempts at maintaining a sustainable future. We look forward
to exploring multiple meanings of sustainability. We will be discussing
the science and technology behind sustainable practices and design, the
science behind the events and circumstances that have driven us to seek
sustainable solutions, and the role the artist plays in deepening our
understanding of these topics.
For 12 years, Subtle Technologies has been an extremely
multi-disciplinary festival: a place where artists, scientists, and other
innovators inspire, inform and generate new concepts and tools. We
encourage submissions from any discipline relevant to sustainability.
Specifically, this year we are looking for proposals for:
Some example areas of exploration in sustainability include:
Please make a submission on our website by January 9, 2010.
Questions or comments: Jen Dodd (+1 (519) 572 2275, jen@subtletechnologies.com)
A special issue of Computing in Science & Engineering that Andy Lumsdaine and I edited, devoted to software engineering in computational science, is now available. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed:
StreetKnit has started its 2009 winter drive, and you can help: drop off any handmade knitted socks, sweaters, toques, or what-not at one of their collection points, and they’ll get it to someone in need. Please help them make someone’s winter a little warmer this year.
I’ve been invited to talk at Stack Overflow DevDays at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto on Friday, October 23. I’m flattered to have been asked; now, what do you think I should talk about?
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