The [http://tel.foss.org.il/ Tel Aviv Open Source Club] will host [http://wiki.osdc.org.il/index.php/Tel_Aviv_Meeting_on_12_August_2010 a presentation about Kaltura, the Open Source Video Platform] by Zohar Babin on Thursday, 12-August-2010, at 19:00 at [http://www.shenkar.ac.il/ Shenkar College in Ramat Gan (12 Ann Frank St.)] room 300 ('''note''' the change of time and place from the previous meetings - we are now meeting at Shenkar college, on a Thursday and on 19:00). There's [http://www.shenkar.ac.il/template/default.aspx?maincat=5&catid=32 a map with directions on the Shenkar college's site]. Further details, maps for arrival, etc. can be found [http://wiki.osdc.org.il/index.php/Tel_Aviv_Meeting_on_22_July_2010 on the Wiki].
Attendance is free, it is not necessary to RSVP and everyone are welcome. With any other problems, feel free to [http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact- me/ contact the organiser]. == Abstract == [http://corp.kaltura.com Kaltura] (also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaltura its Wikipedia entry]) allows publishers of all sizes to easily, quickly, and cost effectively enhance their web site with video and interactive rich-media functionalities, including video management, searching, uploading, importing, editing, annotating, remixing, sharing, and advertising. Unlike the alternative proprietary solutions, Kaltura’s platform is completely flexible, extensible and free! Web publishers, value-added-resellers, and integrators use our software development kit to customise a unique rich media experience that fits their specific purposes, and seamlessly integrates with many popular content management systems. Moreover, Kaltura’s reference implementations and growing library of applications, extensions and plug-ins allow publishers to select off the shelf solutions for rapid self-serve deployments that can be fully enabled within minutes. Visit [http://www.kaltura.org Kaltura.org] for the community site, forums and all the open source projects that are part of the Kaltura Platform. === In the lecture === * We will cover all major aspects of online video and why a platform to handle the various tasks is required. * We will learn about ways to install the [http://www.kaltura.org/project/community_edition_video_platform Kaltura CE v2.x], and use it to deploy your own video website/RIA. * There will be an open discussion about using and extending Kaltura for personal use, academic use and enterprise solutions for rich-media knowledge management. This lecture is an open invitation to learn more, try out and become a part of this fast growing exciting open source solution. == About the Lecturer == Passionate about people, ideas, technology and video; Always ready to chat about innovative ideas or creative solutions, Zohar is a community technology activist and programmer. Among his interests are the study of communities, collaboration, open source, digital art, Video and 3D. Zohar works at Kaltura where he heads Developer Relations & Community. He is a fellow manager of flashoo.co.il, the Israeli Flash Platform developer community, founder of WebiTalks the Israeli web developer community and frequently speaks at web events worldwide. Twitter: [http://twitter.com/zohar @zohar] and his [http://www.zoharbabin.com/ fresh new Blog]. A video artist by heart, developer by night. :) ---- We are always looking for people who will volunteer to give presentations on various topics that are related to open source code and to computers. In case you are interested to give a talk, or that you have a suggestion for a talk that interests you, we'll be happy to hear from you. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Interview with Ben Collins-Sussman - http://shlom.in/sussman God considered inflicting XSLT as the tenth plague of Egypt, but then decided against it because he thought it would be too evil. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
