Vancouver Open Ajax Hack Night – Every Monday 7pm – Whenever (9ish) – Join Us

Let’s start a weekly informal Vancouver Ajax Hack Night every Monday (unless we have a monthly meeting).

Interested? Let us know on the Vancouver Ajax/Web 2.0 (3.0) mailing list/forum and join us for the 1st Vancouver Ajax Hack Night with a TiddlyWiki Hack-a-Thon theme at Waves Coffee at the Hastings and Richards corner (offering free wireless) in downtown Vancouver one block from the Harbour Centre.

When: Monday, August 18th, 2008 – 7pm – Whenever (9ish)
Where: Waves Coffee, 492 West Hastings St.

Comments? Suggestions? Send them along to the Vancouver Ajax/Web 2.0 (3.0) mailing list/forum. Thanks!

What’s the Open Web? Why does the Open Web Matter? Contest – Win Three Open Web Vancouver 2008 Tickets

On April 14+15 the Open Web Vancouver 2008 conference will showcase open web technologies, communities and culture, and evangelize the Open Web to developers, designers, organizers and the community at large.

What’s the Open Web? Good question. Tell us “What’s the Open Web and Why It Matters” and win a free two-day Open Web Vancouver 2008 conference pass.

How the contest works: Write a posting answering the two questions:

• What’s the Open Web?
• Why does the Open Web matter? Why is the Open Web important?

That’s it. Publish your posting on your site, blog or elsewhere and than tell us about it to get short-listed for the free two-day Open Web Vancouver 2008 conferece pass. Choices include:

• Add a comment with a link to your “What’s the Open Web?” posting to this posting.
• Add a comment with a link to your “What’s the Open Web?” posting to the Open Web Vancovuer 2008 Upcoming event listing.
• Add a wall posting with a link to your “What’s the Open Web?” posting to the Open Web Vancouver 2008 Facebook event page.
• Send a tweet (@openweb2008) with a link to your “What’s the Open Web?” posting to the Open Web Vancouver 2008 Twitter.

Not interested in Open Web? As an alternative tell us “What’s Web 3.0 / Microformats / the Semantic Web / the Giant Global Graph and why it all matters”.

Questions? Comments? Send them along to the Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 (3.0) Developer Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!

Enterprise Ajax by Vancouverites Dave Johnson, Alexei White and Andre Charland (Nitobi)

At the last Nitobi Hack Day I got a free copy of “Enterprise Ajax: Strategies for Building High Performance Web Application” written by Vancouverites Dave Johnson, Alexei White and Andre Charland – all of Team Nitobi.

The book has been published by Prentice Hall (496 pages, ISBN: 0-13-224206-0) and is available in bookstores across the nation since July 2007 (and soon at the Vancouver Public Library – I will donate my copy).

The table of contents includes:

Q & A with CSS Zen Master Dave Shea on Microformats, Silverlight, Web Directions North 2008, and More (Part II)

Welcome back to episode two of the Q&A with CSS Zen Master and Web Directions North 2008 organizer Dave Shea.

vanajax.com – Domain Mania – Easy Access to Ajax & Web 2.0 Forum, Blog, Job Board & More

For easy access you can now use the following shortcuts:

• vanajax.com redirects to the Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group site.
• forum.vanajax.com redirects to the Google discussion group.
• jobs.vanajax.com redirects to the Joint Job Board.
• fb.vanajax.com redirects to the Ajax & Web 2.0 Facebook group.

Enjoy.

Connect with Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers on Facebook – New Facebook Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Group

Connect with fellow Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 developers on Facebook by joining the new Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers group.

Why Facebook? Why another Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 group?

Facebook is the #1 and most popular web site in Canada beating out Google, Yahoo, and everyone else and the Vancouver Facebook network lists 359,833 members. Thus, it’s kind of natural to tap into Facebook to spread the word about Ajax & Web 2.0 in Vancouver and let Vancouverites connect to discuss, share and extend their knowledge on all things Ajax, Atom, Rest, Widgets, Canvas, UserScripts, Microformats, OpenID, Gears and more.

Again if you’re on Facebook and interested in Ajax & Web 2.0 topics why not connect with fellow Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 developers.

Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Job Board Now Live

Looking for Ajax & Web 2.0 talent in & around Vancouver? Looking for Ajax & Web 2.0 jobs or gigs?

The Joint Vancouver Job Board now welcomes Ajax & Web 2.0 job postings and welcomes the Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group to its family.

The service is free but please follow our posting guidelines. In a nutshell: Please post job openings for the Greater Vancouver Region only, tell us about your company and write specific subject lines (such as Web Producer @ Bauhaus Studio).

Free Vancouver Ruby & Rails Meetup – Aug/7 @ The Network Hub

Interested in learning more about Ruby & Rails and meeting up with local Rubyists?

Peter Armstrong – of Flexible Rails fame – will organize a new series of Ruby & Rails meetups in Vancouver starting this August.

Sign-up at the new Ruby & Rails Meetup Group and stay tuned for updates.

Interested in more Ruby & Rails news, events & jobs in and around Vancouver? Stop at the new Vancouver Ruby & Rails Central blog.

Free Adobe AIR Event – Jul/11 @ Ceili’s Irish Pub (Reg. Required)

If you’re interested in designing and developing rich internet apps for the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) sign-up for the upcoming free (registration required) one night conference with technical sessions, showcases and discussion organized by Adobe on July 11 in downtown Vancouver.

For full details see the Vancouver on AIR Bus Tour Event page. To learn more about AIR get the free O’Reilly Pocket Reference ebook.

Welcome to the Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group

Welcome to the Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group. The first in the Americas and in the world! The Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group offers a forum to discuss, share and extend your knowledge on all things Ajax, Atom, Rest, Widgets, Canvas, UserScripts, Microformats, OpenID, Gears and more.

We also organize and promote meetings on a variety of Web 2.0 topics in Vancouver. Stay tuned and join the discussion.