StatusReport 2010-10-20

= Latest updates =


 * Jon Phillips is a moderator of the Sharism Conference in Shanghai which is taking place on Friday October 22,2010. He will be talking on Friday from 1:00pm to 1:30pm. StatusNet's Nate Prodromou will be attending the conference as well, and he will be giving a presentation on "Building the Federated Social Web with Status.Net, Diaspora, Google and You!" from 2:00pm to 2:30pm.


 * Jon and Francois Marier are organizing a miniconference called Freedom In the Cloud. This conference will be taking place in Brisbane, Australia on January 24th, 2011. The purpose of the conference is to cater to all cloud enthusiasts. It should be noted that the deadline for discussion proposals is approaching, and so get your proposals in before Friday October 22, 2010.


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= Recent Mentions of StatusNet =


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


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= Upcoming Events =


 * This weekend is the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit, and StatusNet's Zach Copley, Brion Vibber, and Craig Andrews are all attending. Zach will be discussing Federated Social Networks, Brion will be covering federated social networks, data autonomy, wikis, and Craig will be talking about Federated systems, IM networks, and "apps" (as in Facebook/OpenSocial).


 * StatusNet's James Walker will be attending DrupalCamp Montreal which is taking place on Saturday October 23rd and Sunday the 24th. On Saturday, James will be keynoting on Keeping Drupal connected to the open web.


 * James will also be presenting Federating the Social Web at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) on Friday October 29th.


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= Reminders =


 * Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. We will be coming out with some new screen casts very soon!