StatusReport: StatusNet 0.9.4 release, interview with Evan Prodromou, GSoC deadline!

This past week at StatusNet has been spent hacking, working hard, and exploring the globe!

On behalf of the StatusNet team, I would like to take this chance to welcome two new StatusNet team members, Jordan (Support at StatusNet) and Martial (System Admin at StatusNet)! Welcome aboard!

Latest updates

Just a couple of days ago StatusNet announced the release of StatusNet 0.9.4. According to Brion Vibber (Senior Software Architect at StatusNet), "since the release, everything has been going great!"

StatusNet's Jon Phillips (Community Director at StatusNet) has been working in China recently. He will be spending the next couple of weeks participating in meetings, presentations and working towards StatusNet harmonization.

OStatus released another interview this week, this time with Tyler Gillies, the resident hacker at ReadWriteWeb. In the interview, Tyler talks about his first implementation of OStatus, robin.

Recent Mentions of StatusNet

Last Thursday August 12, Linux User and Developer posted an interview with Evan Prodromou (CEO and founder of StatusNet). In the interview, Evan opens up about Facebook and Twitter, and how he uses the two social networking services, but he still can't see any "reason that Facebook and Twitter can’t participate in that future federation."

In an article entitled "What social networks can learn from email - It's all about interoperability", Mayank Sharma talks about StatusNet and identi.ca, and how "running a social network behind corporate borders for employees to connect with each other is the standard way to network for many global businesses."

In an article written by Joab Jackson from Computer World UK, Jackson talks about open source social media, how StatusNet is an example of that, and how "such offerings could free users -- and their data -- from the locks of any one social-networking service."

For more of the latest press mentions for StatusNet, you can visit our press section on our website.

Upcoming Events

On August 20, 2010, at 7:00pm UTC, it is the GSoC final evaluation deadline.

James Walker (Senior Services Architect at StatusNet) will be attending the 2010 Drupal Conference in Copenhagen which takes place from August 23rd until the 27th. According to the DrupalCon website, "DrupalCon is the twice-yearly gathering of Drupalistas to learn about, discuss, and contribute to Drupal, networking with other Drupal community members in the process. You will have the opportunity to meet Drupal community leaders, top developers, your favorite module maintainers, dojo trainers, members of the Drupal Association, potential business partners, and future employees!"

Coming up in September, Brion Vibber (Senior Software Architect at StatusNet) will be attending the 2010 WebExpo in Prague from the 23rd until the 25th. Stay tuned for more details!

This is Derek reporting to you from StatusNet in Montreal. Don't forget to subscribe to Status on Status.net, download the StatusNet Desktop Client, and upgrade to the latest version StatusNet 0.9.4! Also, you can add community news for next week's post on our public wiki.

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