StatusReport 2010-08-11

= Latest updates =


 * StatusNet has been hacking away this past week, working hard to provide StatusNet users with the ultimate microblogging experience. Stay tuned, because we have a lot in store for you.
 * The latest StatusNet 0.9.4 is being released and installed on the status.net cloud sites this week.
 * A brief glitch with 0.9.4beta1 caused some messages from 2008 to be re-posted to identi.ca on Tuesday, and so the initial beta release was delayed; this has been resolved, and on Wednesday we upgraded the StatusNet cloud to 0.9.4beta2.
 * The upcoming SXSWeek 2011, that will take place from March 11th until the 20th, has an online [panelpicker.sxsw.com/ Panel Picker] that allows you to "have a significant voice in programming Interactive, Film, and Music conference activities for SXSWeek 2011". Evan Prodromou (CEO and founder of StatusNet) has proposed something for the SXSWeek 2011. You can [panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5513 vote for the federated social web panel at south by southwest 2011 proposed by evan] today! Blaine Cook, the former lead developer at Twitter, has also proposed something for the SXSWeek 2011. You can also [panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7596 vote for the why & how of decentralized web identity proposed by Blaine] today!

= Recent Mentions of StatusNet =


 * There have been a number of press mentions of the latest StatusNet funding that was led by FirstMark Capital, and joined by BOLDstart Ventures, iNovia Capital and Montreal Start Up, totaling $2.3 Million. These include Funding roundup - week ending 08/06/10 Exelate, PlacePop, Rapportive, Recurly, Redbeacon, StatSheet, StatusNet, YouSendIt, and Zulily, StatusNet Raises $2.3 Million for Enterprise Microblogging, Twitter rival StatusNet raises USD1.4m, StatusNet gets $1.27m additional funding, $2.3m raised to date, and Open-Source, Enterprise Twittering's StatusNet Funded.


 * In a recent post from [go4webapps.com Go4webapps] entitled StatusNet – Bring the Conversations to Your Domain, the release of the StatusNet Desktop client is discussed and it mentions how "users get a more personalized and customized offering which in turn gives the business more control over the different operations and aspects of their Status.Net account."


 * In another post entitled Google Wave WILL LiveOn!, the author talks about how "StatusNet is a great example of how federated systems could work for a service like Twitter."


 * And lastly, in another post where StatusNet was mentioned entitled Status: Open Source Twitter, StatusNet is quoted as being "the wordpress of the microblogging world".


 * For more of the latest Press mentions for StatusNet, you can visit our Press Section.


 * Please summarize posts since last week.

= Upcoming Events =


 * Next week students, mentors, and organization members for the [socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2010/timeline Google Summer of Code (GSOC)] will start submitting their final evaluations to Google.

= Important Information =


 * Please summarize posts since last week.