Pictures of Istanbul

April 4th, 2006

In the realm of the 3rd steering committee meeting of the tOSSad EU project, I had the chance to visit Istanbul. While being there, I also attended and presented at the FOSS Days 2006, the bigest FOSS event in Turkey.

Let me share some pictures with you:

The hotel I stayed at is located in the Istiklal Avenue of Istanbul, the place with the most nice restaurants and pubs around. Oh yes, food is really good in Istanbul :)

Istanbul and the Bosporus at night.

The interior of the Sultan’s harem.

Always enter the Suleiman Mosque at the right side, because that’s the good side…

Interior of the Suleiman Mosque.

Hagia Sophia

The famous madonna of Hagia Sophia.

Presenting at FOSS Days Istanbul

February 13th, 2006

I am going to present a talk and a workshop at the Free Software & Open Source Days 2006 in Istanbul/Turkey. Currently, the program is only available in Turkish, so I’ll tell you a bit more about my presentations here in English. BTW: They will also be presented in English, because I speak no Turkish:

Talk: eZ publish, the Open Source Enterprise CMS

Feb 25, Saturday, 14:00-15:00

eZ publish is an Open Source Enterprise Content Management System based on PHP. It is being used by thousands of customers around the world, installed over 150.000 and with 1,5 million downloads. This talk provides an overview of the eZ publish functionality. You will also get first-hand information on new features and the roadmap ahead.

Workshop: Technical Introduction to eZ publish

Feb 25, Saturday, 15:00-19:00

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the Open Source Enterprise Content Management System eZ publish to set-up a typical small business site where you need to customize the CMS system for the customer. This site will include e-commerce functionality, PDF exports, a customized content structure, RSS feeds to publish news and a WebDAV interface for simpler document management.