If you’ve missed it, this year’s hack{cyprus} hackathon tickets are up for grabs. And yes, they are exactly 0 (zero!) EUR. Free for both participants and visitors, thanks to sponsors. So go get yours and don’t forget to attend either!
Are you ready for the @hackcyprus #hackathon? This is the year we go big! Tickets are NOW available! http://t.co/kbZmKPU7M4 @CyEntLink
— Hack Cyprus (@hackcyprus) June 2, 2015
Disclaimer: I’ve written this post a few days after I came back from CakeFest 2014. Unfortunately, it is unfinished, and by now I have completely lost hope of ever finishing it. My main excuse is that the first day after CakeFest was my first working day at my new job, which completely and totally consumed me for a few months. And now, it seems like CakeFest 2014 was a few decades ago. Mostly I wanted to do two things here: list all the talks with videos and slides, which has probably been done by other people by now, and tell everyone that this was one of the best events I’ve ever attended. For those who haven’t been to one, I strongly recommend getting a ticket to CakeFest 2015, which will take place end of May in New York, USA. End of Disclaimer.
It’s been a week since I came from Madrid, where I’ve attended CakeFest 2014, a conference dedicated to CakePHP framework. Now that I’ve caught up on sleep, calmed down, and cleared out my mailbox, I have a few minutes to look back at the event and share my thoughts and impressions.
For those of you who are too busy to read the whole thing, here’s the executive summary. I had very high expectations of the conference way before I went. I knew there will be one or two core developers. I knew that there were previous events before. And I do usually expect high quality stuff from the CakePHP community. But as I high as my expectations were, the event went through the roof! It was an absolutely amazing couple of days, where I met a lot of cool people, learned a lot, and had plenty of fun! If you missed this year’s conference and you are involved in any shape or form with CakePHP, make sure you attend the next year one. Start making your arrangements now. You can thank me later.
Now for the long story…
Continue reading CakeFest 2014 : a look back
Spreading the word from the Ubuntu CY – Cyprus Linux forums:
HotForex and the Cyprus FOSS community would like to invite you to “Open-Source Software an Enterprise Solution: An insight into how HotForex utilizes FOSS to excel in the Foreign Exchange Industry”.
The event will case study HotForex and how the business has transitioned from a fledgling company using traditional business solutions, into an organization with over 100 employee’s across countries and fully utilizing FOSS.
After the main presentation there will be 2 short presentations by the Cyprus FOSS community.
Place: Hustle Lounge Bar, 3 Griva Digheni Avenue, Nicosia 1081
Date: 18th of November, 2014 (19:00 – 23:00)Agenda:
6:45 – 7:00 pm: Pre-presentation drinks
7:00 – 7:40 pm: ‘Open-Source Software in the Enterprise’ by HotForex
7:40 – 8:00 pm: ‘Skills for the near-future sysadmin’ by Cyprus FOSS Community
8:00 – 8:30 pm: ‘ETL Processes with Talend* for Big Data Management’ by Cyprus FOSS CommunityThe presentations will be in English. The event is open to anyone wishing to attend.
A finger food buffet and drinks will follow after the presentations.
For more information:
I am seriously considering going to CakeFest this year. Madrid is not too far away to fly to. The event takes place over the weekend, so work stuff can be easily arranged. And it doesn’t cost too much – a 2-day conference with the 4-star hotel is only $480 USD (early bird prices until July 15th). That alone is a good deal.
But looking at the schedule, it’s even more tempting. The upcoming CakePHP v3 coverage, advances queries, testing, debugging, profiling and optimization, using CakePHP with Composer, Twitter Bootstrap, Travis CI, Selenium, AngularJS and more – these are just some of the subjects that will be covered. And the speakers are on par including core developers, community leaders, and otherwise interesting people.
hack {cyprus} hackathon returns for the third year! The event will be held on June 28-29th in Limassol, at Cyprus University of Technology. I missed the last year’s event, but I’ve been to the presentation of the projects in 2012. Hopefully there will be more participants this year, with even better ideas for mobile, web, and hardware projects.