NYCPHP Meetup

[New York PHP]

Good day,

I'm pleased to announce two significant events regarding the hot topic of
mashups.  Read more about mashups:  http://tinyurl.com/9k63h

First, we're pleased to have David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in
the IBM Software Group, return to the NYPHP general monthly meeting to
present on this topic this May.  Full meeting details are below or at
http://www.nyphp.org - don't forget to RSVP.

Secondly, IBM is hosting a special Mashup contest at NYPHPCon 2006.  Details
are available at http://www.nyphpcon.com/mashup.php or below.  Enter for a
chance to win a video iPod, book certificates, t-shirts, and a chance for an
IBM developerWorks Article interview.

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Hans Zaunere, President, New York PHP



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Special Event:
IBM Encourages Enterprise Mashups using PHP at NYPHPCon 2006
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Mashup Contest Details 

IBM is interested in enabling developers to create mashups using PHP. We are
hosting a Mashup Contest to highlight the variety of mashups one can create
with PHP and to better understand any inhibitors that may exist. We are also
interested in gathering developer feedback on our mashup maker technology.
All registered conference participants can enter and show-off their mashup.

General Contest Logistics 

         When:   Thursday, June 15th, 2006
         Time:   7:00-9:00pm during the Manhattan Cocktail Party
     Location:   The New Yorker Hotel, Grand Ballroom 

Participation:
Registration for the contest will be open from May 1st until 5pm EDT the
night of the awards.

Mashup Showcasing:
Voting will take place on June 15th from 7pm EDT until 8:30pm EDT at the
conference. All contestants must bring their own laptops to the award
showcase venue to demonstrate their mash-up.

Criteria:
Contestants must create their own unique mashup using PHP.

Awards:
Conference attendees will evaluate contestant mashups and vote on two topic
areas:
  1. Overall best Mashup of Conference
  2. Best QEDWiki based Mashup of Conference 

Voting:
Attendees of the June 15th Manhattan Cocktail Party will cast their votes
for each award category. 


Voting Process

The contest will be judged by the audience. Each participate will commit to
be present at the venue for a 90min session where they will show and
describe their mashup. Conference attendees will be given two vote tokens
(chips) upon entry of the cocktail party. Participants can then give their
tokens to the mashup builder of choice upon review of the mashups. Between
8:30-9:00pm, IBM will oversee the counting of the collected tokens amongst
contestants.


Prizes

Best Mashup of Show  -  1st Prize  -  Video iPod and IBM T-shirt

Runner-up  -  $100 Bookstore Certificate and IBM T-shirt

All contestants and winners will be interviewed for an IBM developerWorks
Article describing their Mashup Experience. All contestants must agree to be
interviewed. 



May General Meeting:
Beyond Mashups: Situational Application Runtimes using PHP
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 When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
 RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend!

We're less than a month away from the New York PHP Conference. And what
better time to explore enterprise mashups. We're pleased to have David
Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology in the IBM Software Group, and his team
back to discuss how PHP can be used to enable the building and running of
situational applications.

Do you buy into the hype around mashups? Given the maturation of SOA, could
there be merit in the recent ramp up of a mashup ecosystem? Consider the
predicted yearly growth rate of over 900 new mashups a year. The listing of
hundreds of such Web 2.0 composite applications on The Programmable Web also
factors into the viability of this emerging web technology. Assuming that
the ad-hoc situational aspects of mashups are here to say, what will the new
breed of mashup developers require from a web application runtime?

Developing humongous applications that try to solve many possible situations
of a given subject domain is no longer the prudent approach for web based
solutions. Now it is more efficient to enable application users with the
ability to establish flexible ad-hoc short-term applications that adapt to
the needs of the moment quickly and easily.

A Situation Application is a web application that meets the following
criteria:

 * It is rapidly created to address an immediate need of an individual or
community.
 * It is a Just-in-time solution that is typically but not necessarily
short-lived.
 * It is informal thus lacking product quality look and feel.
 * It provides a "just good enough" solution as opposed to a generalized
solution.

A Mashup can be a form of a Situation Application that yields a new utility
by seamlessly combining content from more than one sources into an
integrated experience. Mashups are comprised of 2 or more disparate
components that are bound together through content.

Join us this month as we hear from David Boloker, CTO of Emerging Technology
in the IBM Software Group. David and his team will present IBM's PHP based
Wiki platform for situational applications and provide a general update on
IBM's PHP strategy, contributions, and upcoming products.

The primary focus of this briefing will be IBM's introduction and
demonstration of their application runtime for situational applications.
Referred to by the codename, QEDWiki (more), this technology enabler seeks
to improve the ways in which the knowledge worker interacts and integrates
with the overwhelming amount of information they face in our fast past
information driven world. QEDWiki represents a next generation Wiki which
combines Do-It-Yourself IT (DIY-IT) with the flexibility of user-oriented
information architecture to create an easy-to-use integration platform for
rendering mashups.

QEDWiki is an application runtime environment for collaborative and
situational (ad hoc) dynamic content development. It enables quick and easy
web programming and deployment of Wikis for non-programmers who are domain
experts. Once the IT community sets up the basic Wiki, individual groups can
quickly aggregate, deploy and collaborate based upon their requirements. As
a result, minimal maintenance is required from IT.


Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for
plenty.

As a service to our community, New York PHP meetings are always free and
open to the public.

Come prepared with a business card to enter giveaways.

Thank you to Adobe for providing Dreamweaver 8.  Bring your cards!

 When: Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
 RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend!


New York PHP Summer Training
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Learn more and sign-up:

http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php



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