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Hacking public data with YQL in the hacker lounge

Not only is Yahoo! Developer Network the sponsor of the hacker lounge, they also have some stuff for us to hack on. And what could be better than public data? Dig in. Yahoo! has announced that US government data is now available through YQL. Not sure what to do? Well, they have some examples using [...]

Thanks to our sponsors for helping make Open Source Bridge a reality

With less than 24-hours to go until we open the doors to Open Source Bridge, we’re in the eye of the storm. A brief moment of calm to reflect and give credit where credit is due. We realize how lucky we are. We’ve been able to attract a wealth of phenomenal open source speakers. We’ve [...]

Book a Room, Get the Early Bird Rate Part 2

So, we ran a promotion a little while ago to help motivate people to book rooms at the Hilton. To recap, if you booked your stay at the Hilton, we would send you a code to use to register for the conference at the Early Bird rate of $175. The promotion ran from May 28 [...]

Book a Room Now, Get the Early Bird Rate

We hope you’re getting excited for the conference. With less than a month to go, we’re in the middle of our final preparations, and it’s shaping up to be awesome. It’s very rewarding to see the near culmination of the brainchild Selena and Audrey birthed back in October. We didn’t really get off the ground [...]

Free, as in Speech

You’re probably tired of hearing it by now, but Open Source Bridge is 100% run by volunteers. Each and every one of us working to produce this conference is doing it without any compensation, following a very open source approach, free as in speech, or beer, depending on the situation. Why? We <3 open source. [...]