Peninsula Linux Users' Group this week - AJAX and Web 2.0

Tue Sep 26 22:57:57 PDT 2006

PenLUG (Peninsula Linux Users' Group) is having a meeting the day
after tomorrow!  You are invited.  RSVP is not required, but so we can
get an idea of how many people to expect please send mail to
rsvp at penlug.org to let us know if you are planning to attend.  For
full details about the group, as well as directions to the meeting,
visit www.penlug.org.

Free pizza, hors d'ouvres and soft drinks, courtesy of Open Country,
will be provided.  Free review copies of books from O'Reilly,
Prentice-Hall, and other publishers, will be given out as door prizes.
 Be on time for the eary bird drawing.

Date: Thursday, August 28th, 2006
Time: meeting 7:00 - 9:00 PM, social/networking until 10 PM
Location: Twin Pines Park, 1225 Ralston Ave, Belmont, CA 94002
Speaker: Kevin Henrikson
Topic: AJAX and Web 2.0

The state of AJAX has change a good bit since its debut or re-birth in
2005. We'll talk about what has changed and what it still the same in
modern web development. AJAX optimization is extremely important for
end-user usability and service scalability. Whether a new web 2.0 site
or a large enterprise application, there are many techniques for
optimization. This talk will touch on some Ajax application
optimization techniques and some free tools that can help you identify
and solve problems. Finally we'll cover webservices and show examples
how some simple integrations can make today's web applications much
more production than their desktop counterpart.

Kevin Henrikson is a Director of Engineering at Zimbra. He splits time
hacking on Zimbra's AJAX collaboration suite and managing developer
relations with Zimbra's open source community. Previous to Zimbra
Henrikson was at Openwave, an ISP and mobile carrier software
provider. He is a frequent speaker on AJAX optimization, open source
messaging, and related topics. Some recent talks include:

    * Leveraging AJAX for Enterprise Application Development (2006 LinuxWorld)
    * Leveraging Java™ Technology to Integrate Messaging With Web 2.0
Power (2006 JavaOne)
    * Ajax Optimization Techniques: Working with Large Ajax
Applications (2006 OSCON)