Speaking of coworking spaces in Atlanta, Ignition Alley is moving to a new location just across Ponce De Leon from the old space. Looks like the space may be under new ownership as well, according to the announcement about their grand opening event September 10th.
At this point it isn't breaking news, but Web Directions North will be happening in Atlanta Sept 21st - 25th. This marks the first time this conference will be held in the United States and it's happening right here in our backyard! Several weeks ago I was fortunate enough to run into one of the organizers, John Allsopp, while he was in town scouting out the location and making arrangements for the conference. Sounds like a alot of great stuff is planned and it's definitely worth consideration if you are in the Atlanta area!
Amy Hover has started up a new Coworking meetup group, Intown Coworking. Looks like Amy's conencted to the Midtown West coworking space, StrongboxWest. Good to see coworking gaining a little steam again. Sadly, the Jelly in Atlanta coworking group seems to have fizzled after it's primary organizers moved away.
If you're looking for coworking space, Ignition Alley in Poncy Highlands is also worth a look.
Last weekend I got a letter in the mail from my credit card company. It stated the following:
"A merchant accepting the American Express Card for payment detected unauthorized access to its data files. At this time we beleive the affected data included your American Express Card account information and personal contact information"
The letter went on to say additional fraud alerts have been added to my account and suggested that I montitor my credit closely for the next few months. The thing it didn't tell me was WHO. Which merchant had the security breach? So I called and asked... I wasn't really expecting AMEX to tell me who it was, but suprisingly they did.
Turns out that the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Los Angeles, one of the official Adobe MAX 2009 hotels, was the culprit. After plugging a quick search into Google I found a plethora of articles about the security breach. According to one article from esecurityplanet.com:
"The hotel's point-of-sale system (POS) for processing debit and credit card transactions "may have been illegally accessed by an outside hacker," hotel officials said in a statement, adding that they are working with law enforcement agencies and major credit card companies to investigate the likely breach.
So far, Westin Bonaventure officials have isolated the source of the security breach to four bars and eateries on the property, as well as the valet parking station. The venues in question include the Lake View Bistro, the Lobby Court Bar, the Bonavista Lounge, and LA Prime.
The data possibly compromised by hackers includes customers' names, credit and debit card numbers, as well as card expiration dates."
The Westin Bonaventure has also issued a statement about it.
This is just another reminder that PCI DSS is nothing to sneeze at, and that physical security is important too.
As of this post, this blog is now migrated from BlogCFC to Mango Blog. The proicess was fairly painless, though my modifications to the BlogCFC engine did trip me up on a couple of things. I think everything's mostly working now. If anyone stumbles in and finds something wrong, please let me know!
Just got word that Flash Camp Atlanta registration is now open. It will be held August 28th 2009 at the World Congress Center. Early bird prices are only $41 through July 30th - get your tickets now! Details for those too lazy to click the link:
"Flash Camp Atlanta is a full-day event focusing on the Adobe Flash Platform. Enhance your skills in ActionScript and Flex while learning from local and national industry experts. Flash Camp will provide an introduction to the Flash Platform as well as covering advanced topics for existing Flex and ActionScript developers. In addition to great training, there will also be many giveaways as well as a chance to network with other developers in the community. In addition to a great Main Session (9am-5pm) there will also be a special Introductory Session (8-9am) for developers who are new to the Adobe Flash Platform. This special session only costs an additional $15 (until July 30th and $25 thereafter). This session will get these developers up to speed aspects of the Flash Platform like Adobe Flex, AIR, and Flash Builder."
Found via Slashdot, a robot that plays foosball. I want. We have a foosball table here in the office. The first time anyone beats me at Foosball, I buy them lunch. Think you have the skills? Stop in for a visit.
Local Atlanta interactive agency Maybe.For.You is looking to fill two positions. A Front End Developer and an Interactive Designer.
Maybe.For.You and Sumo Consulting share a common office in Atlanta's Midtown West area. You can get a taste for the work environment in last years blog post about Sumo Consulting's New Office.
Please follow the instructions in the individual job postings, do not contact me about these gigs.
If you're going to be at CFObjective in Minneapolis in Mid May, I'll be doing a talk called Subversion For Smarties: Do More With Subversion. It's part of the conference's Process & Methodology Track.
Is this talk for you? Been using Subversion for awhile? Beyond Trunk/Tags/Branches and interested in learning what more Subversion can do for you? Yes, this talk is for youY
Don't worry, we'll be going beyond the basic concepts discussed in previous Subversion blog posts on this blog.
The talk is already well under construction, but if you have something special you'd like to see covered, post a comment! Maybe I'd drop it in there...
