Sunday, September 26, 2010

CITCON ANZ 2010 - Install is Hard

The topic of build and deployment is an area that more and more developers need knowledge in, it's a strange and sometimes painful process in getting the perfect build system running.

Join us for this discussion from CITCON ANZ 2010 on why install is hard.

Theme music is "Fireworks" by Knoxville - used under Creative Commons.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

CITCON ANZ 2010 - Doing it in the Cloud

Have you considered throwing out your servers, or your sys-admins and just doing it in the cloud (mp3)?

Listen to this session from CITCON ANZ 2010, recorded earlier this year in Wellington and find out if you're ready to free yourself from your earthly bonds.

Theme music is "Fireworks" by Knoxville - used under Creative Commons.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

CITCON ANZ 2010 - Continuous Deployment

The practise of continuous deployment (mp3) is a often thought of as a madmans, or a fools game - but is it any more risky that that hotfix you made on a Friday after a few beers?

Listen to this session from CITCON ANZ 2010, recorded earlier this year in Wellington and decide for yourself.

Theme music is "Fireworks" by Knoxville - used under Creative Commons.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

NZ Google Barcamp 2010 - Net Neutrality

A spirited discussion around Net Neutrality was had first up at the Google Barcamp.

Auckland Barcamp 2010 - RIAK

This face-forward talk is from Auckland Barcamp and discusses Riak, the key/value store database engine.

NZ Google Barcamp 2010 - Your GAE Experience

Lots of people turned up for this discussion - the room was crammed with people. One person had really used GAE in anger, a few people had experience putting applications on it.

Note Mark is responsible for the title for this one.

NZ Google Barcamp 2010 - Graph Databases

Graph databases, and no-sql databases in general are garnering quite a bit of attention. Neither of us attended this one and have yet to listen to it ourselves - thanks to the attendees for recording it!