StatusReport: FSOSS, StatusNet 0.9.6 release candidate, ad server changes on Identi.ca.

A familiar face that seems to be popping up everywhere lately is that of James Walker, Senior Services Architect for StatusNet. Not only did he present at last week's DrupalCamp Montreal, but he is also presenting today at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium.

Latest updates

James Walker will also be presenting Federating the Social Web at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) today. It will be held at the Seneca@York Campus, and James will be presenting at 2:00pm.

In Brion Vibber's recent blog post, StatusNet 0.9.6 release candidate: OAuth API changes, he talks about how OAuth authentication for the Twitter-compatible API has been updated significantly and he also points out the changes that have been made. Visit Brion's blog for more details about the recent changes.

In a blog post by Evan Prodromou, Evan explains about what is going on with the ad server changes on Identi.ca in his latest blog post.

And finally, last weekend's DrupalCamp Montreal went really well. As we had mentioned previously, James Walker gave a presentation on "Keeping Drupal Connected". You can go over his presentation here if you happened to miss it.

Recent Mentions of StatusNet

In a recent blog post from Luke Fitzgerald, one of the StatusNet Google Summer of Code students, Luke talks about how he worked on IRC and MSN (WLM) interface plugins for StatusNet.

There is another OStatus interview available on ostatus.org, this time it is with Markus Sabadello. Markus enlightens us about his software, Project Danube, and its core component, the Personal Data Store.

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

Upcoming Events

Next week, http://mozilla.status.net and Jon from StatusNet will be participating at Mozilla Drumbeat. The purpose of Drumbeat "is to gather smart, creative people... to improve the open web". The festival will be held in Barcelona from November 3rd until the 5th.

Jon will be speaking at the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) on November the 7th. The conference will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from November the 5th to the 7th. While in Sweden, Jon will also be making a presentation at the University of Sweden.

Later on in November, Jon will be speaking at FOSSASIA which will be taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from November 12th until the 14th.

Reminders

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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 version 0.9.1, and upgrade to the latest version StatusNet 0.9.5!