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Open Source has played a critical role in shaping the media landscape in the world around us for the last decade by democratizing the world of publishing. This session will introduce attendees to the fundamentals of open source, but more specifically to open source publishing, syndication and distribution. It will introduce you to the software that powers the web sites of the world's leading media brands, and show how you easily can harness their power as well. This session will also look ahead to the future of open source and open source blogging, seek to better understand the social and technical obstacles that face the world of new media, and characterize the leaders and companies that will keynoting at BlowWorld two to three years from now.
This session will serve as an introduction to the world of open source and open source blogging.
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Byrne Reese is a long time technology blogger and entrepreneur. It was his experience in blogging that led him to join Six Apart, the company that pioneered the blogging industry, as a Product Manager. In the four years that he has been there he has product managed TypePad, the Platform Technology group, Advertising and Movable Type. Byrne played a key role in the launch of Movable Type 4 and of the Movable Type Open Source Project. He has a long history of supporting and contributing to open source projects as well and advocated heavily for open web standards like OpenID and the Atom Publishing Protocol.
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