Tag Archives | interoperability
December 19

Make Web Not War Windows 8 app is out

By on December 19, 2012 in Featured, Geek Speak

Just out from the oven, the Windows 8 application for our Make Web Not War blog is now live on the Windows Store! Like I wrote in my blog post about MetroPress, the guys from IdeaNotion were working on a version for our site. They used the free Open Source template to create the application. There [...]

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August 28

Open Source & Microsoft, some resources

By on August 28, 2012 in Geek Speak

Are you serious? A blog post about Microsoft, and Open Source! Yes, we have been playing well with others for a couple of years now, and I think it would be nice to let you know about some resources for you. Open at Microsoft – http://www.microsoft.com/openness This is site is the main place about everything [...]

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April 3

Java also loves the Cloud

By on April 3, 2012 in Geek Speak

Fellow Java developers, I didn’t want to leave you alone yesterday with my blog post about PHP in the cloud. As a former Java developer, I created Java applications and Applets for around 5 years, I’m sure you also want to know if you can scale your application in the cloud. The answer is yes: [...]

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April 2

PHP in the cloud

By on April 2, 2012 in Geek Speak

You probably know that we have a cloud computing solution at Microsoft named Windows Azure. You may think that because it’s a Microsoft service it’s only about ASP.NET? The answer is no! You can use many technology in our cloud solution, like Java, Python, ASP.NET, Ruby, Node.js and PHP. When we talked about PHP on [...]

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October 11

Do you CARE?

By on October 11, 2011 in Featured, Uncategorized

Authored by Kowsheek Mahmood of Three Red Cubes Care is an application that started out as a competition entry for Code Your Art Out. We  partnered with Techsoup Canada and Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada to  build Care as a platform to connect patients with their healthcare professionals. The Idea Techsoup Canada drew up the initial [...]

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September 6

PHP application in the cloud at PHP Quebec

By on September 6, 2011 in Events, Featured, Uncategorized

What is the Cloud Computing? Is it good for PHP developers? If you are looking for the answers to these questions and you live in Montreal, come and join us this Thursday at PHP Quebec monthly meetup. The evening will happen at ETS venue (111 Notre-Dame West, Montreal) Microsoft Montreal (2000 McGill College, suite 450, [...]

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July 14

Open Source and Problem Solving: Interview with Paul Reinheimer

By on July 14, 2011 in Community Rock Stars

Meet Paul Renheimer (@preinheimer) founder of WonderProxy and author of Professional Web APIs with PHP. We recently asked Paul about his love affair with Open Source, and he told us how it’s based on its potential to not only solve problems, but solve them quickly.

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March 30

You said Interoperability – I’m here

By on March 30, 2011 in Featured

Hi everyone. My name is Frédéric Harper and I am the new blogger here at Web Central Station. I am a Developer Evangelist based in Montreal, Canada. The focus of my role as DE is the web. I am passionate about Open Source technologies, Open Standards, and Interoperability. I am excited to be given the [...]

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March 28

PHP Devs Jumping into SQL Server

By on March 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

Taking a look back at JumpIn! Camp through the blogs of attendees

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March 11

Top Applications Showcasing HTML5

By on March 11, 2011 in Featured

Ever since HTML5 burst on the scene there has been no end to controversy. Yet while the debate between Flash and HTML5 continues to rage on, there are people developing some very impressive apps that push the limits of the interactive web experience. Developers have created many innovative projects over the last 8-12 months. Here [...]

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