Paul McCarthy – Which open source tools are fuelling today’s leading sites?
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
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Session description
Many of the today’s leading and most innovative websites are now running or developed using open source software and tools. This talk aims to provide an insiders look at the growing array of open source software driving today’s leading websites.
What is open source software and how can I use it to improve our website design, development and management effort? What open source tools are today’s leading website designers and publishers already using? What’s popular now? What’s emerging? This talk takes you under the hood of some the world’s leading websites to see what makes them tick. And what open source software, tools and platforms they’re using to deliver better online services.
About Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy is interested in innovation and the rapidly emerging global digital services economy. He is Manager, Strategic Projects with the NSW Department of Commerce, Government Chief Information Office and adviser to Australia’s peak interactive media industry group: AIMIA. Formerly, McCarthy was co-founder of The Digital Media Group Ltd, a financial software company and IBM’s Asia Pacific Multimedia Centre based in Sydney.
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