Presence and IntComm WG

["Callahan, Tim" <>]

All,

We will hold our bi-weekly conference call today from 3-4 Eastern.  This will be our first call after the Spring MM, so we hope to have some interesting follow up discussions, including:

-Implementing the trusted server-server network

-Stanford (welcome to the group!) has requirements for secure end-end IM communications; Share our configuration recommendations (which will included in the cookbook.)

-Other items that don’t remember right now that will come back to me during the call…

 

-U-Arkansas is interested in joining the project, especially for the server-server network

-Discuss other work areas for the PIC@edu project from now to the fall MM.

 

If you didn’t read the announcement about the fall MM…

The overarching theme for this fall's meeting is: “Collaborations and Resource Sharing in Research and Education: How the economic crisis is fueling the expansion of networking technology, fostering global communities, and driving social change.” Presentations that focus on the elements of network-based collaboration, including--but not limited to--virtual organizations, social networking, and software collaboration tools are encouraged.

 

… it looks like the Fall MM is right up our alley.  It looks like a good time for the project to make a splash.

 

In other news since the spring MM-

We know Peter wrote the book on XMPP.  He’s also *actually* written the book on XMPP, published this April.  Since I don’t recall seeing a shameless plug from Peter, I’ll do it for him –

 

XMPP: The Definitive Guide

 

Building Real-Time Applications with Jabber Technologies

By Peter Saint-Andre, Kevin Smith, Remko Tronçon

April 2009

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521264/

 

I’ve started skimming it via my Safari/O’Rielly online subscription (but I’ll but a print copy too.) In addition to the technical material, it has some good summaries and descriptions of the technology and uses.  (Peter, we may ask to quote some of this for the PIC@edu project.)

 

See you this afternoon!

-Tim

 

** In addition to the audio call, there is a chatroom.

To join the jabber chatroom for PIC during the call, point your jabber client to  

 

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