BarCamp Malaysia 2008 is officially open for registrations. There are 150 seats available for now so make sure to secure a place for yourself. Register here.

I’ve secured my seat. I seem to be quite excited as this will be my first BarCamp. The whole idea of users coming together to share and exchange information amazes me.

Long gone are those days when users used to think that sharing was bad and went on developing standalone apps which eventually fell out the scene. OpenSource and Web 2.0 is the future and we see it in motion everyday now.

Browse the event schedule.

If you have a blog or something then maybe you could share some love by putting up badge for BarCamp. Get them here.

Source: BarCamp Malaysia

Something many have been waiting for.

Dropbox is an online storage solution that fits seamlessly into your OS. It’s currently in Beta and accounts are by invite only. I received my invite from Thaweesak.

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Do you develop using web application frameworks?

I like the idea of using frameworks to develop. I’ve played around with Ruby On Rails, Symphony, Django and a few others. They generally help simplify code.

For example, I don’t waste time on my db connection , presentation layer, form validation codes anymore and I get to spend more time on the functionality of my applications instead.

Frameworks also help cut down your development time. Handy when slapped with ridiculas project time lines. Go through the Ruby On Rails demos and you’ll see.

Here’s a list of web application frameworks widely used today and their features comparison.

Know someone who’s never heard of twitter? I don’t.

There are loads of twitter desktop clients out there for Windows. I’m a Linux person so twittering from my command line is just one of the many was I twitter.

Linux and OpenSource Blog has published a list for desktop clients for Linux. Might come in handy for you.

• ktwitter - A simple Twitter script for KDE.
• twitter.el - Twitter from Emacs!
• twit.el - Another Emacs client.
• Vim Twitter - Twitter from Vim!
• gTwitter - a Twitter client for Linux.
• GtkTwitter - a Twitter client for Linux and Windows which using GTK.
• Twitbar - a Twitter client for Gnome users to post from the Deskbar
• Twit and Wayd - Two addons for Gnome Deskbar that allow posting updates to Twitter
• BLT - twitter meets the Bourne shell, with a hint of biff.
• Twitux - a Twitter client for the Gnome desktop. Features includes: gui-notifications, url tinyzer, and more..
• ZenTwitter - bash script which uses zenity and curl (could be launched from custom desktop/menu/panel icons)
• mitter - A very simple Python and pygtk client.
• prism-twitter - prism based

My Facebook page has become one giant ball of information. Cluttered and confusing with the increasing amount for new applications being shared and circulated. I’m quite sure I’m not alone on this.

Facebook has announced a makeover which is panned for roll out next month. The roll out will happen in stages. The goal is to un-clutter, simplify and organize the mountains for data being moved around over Facebook everyday amongst users.

Get a glimpse of what to expect and if you wish to receive regular updates become a fan of the Facebook previews product page.

Facebook has also made available an integration guide for developers over at it’s wiki.