Openfire. Reloaded.

People sometimes ask what the real benefit in open source is. It’s clearly not simply having the source code; if that were the reason, you’d write everything in-house – and while that would certainly keep me employed, it’s not the reason. Back in 2002, a new version of Windows had recently graced the scene. Called “XP”, … Continued

Decentralize Camp – Dusseldorf

Last week I headed off to Dusseldorf to attend Decentalize Camp, a first time event aiming to kickstart the movement to return the internet to its roots in the early 90s of decentralized and indie(pendent) sites. The day consisted of a single-tracked morning session focussing less on the technical and more of the ‘why’ of … Continued

XMPP Summit Day 1

Today I am attending my first XMPP Summit. As many of you know, I am no coder. So, what am I doing here? Late last year I was elected onto the XSF (XMPP Standards Foundation) Board – and no, this was not or my technical input. I am here to do what I do best; … Continued

“The future of XMPP on the web” at Realtime conf 2013

Lance Stout and Lloyd Watkin speaking at the 2013 Realtime Conf. Lloyd Watkin from Surevine recently co-presented a talk on “the future of XMPP on the web” at Realtime Conference 2013 in Portland, OR. Talking about the recent moves to make XMPP more browser/web developer friendly and introducing his project XMPP-FTW along with Lance Stout, … Continued

Surevine sponsors first UK-based regular XMPP/Realtime meetup

With the rise of XMPP and realtime technologies on the web, and the highly successful Realtime Conf, several of the staff at Surevine felt it was time for a regular meetup in the UK’s capital, London. From this the XMPPUK meetup was born, sponsored naturally by Surevine who supplied the pizza and beer at the … Continued