f! Archive novembre 2008

Loads of work and loads of progress on the major update of ffindr. The core functionalities had to be redone in order to be in sync with the new version 1.1 (and 1.2) of the underlying symfony framework, and this turned out to be quite some work. Two time-frames have been set to ensure that the new version goes live quickly: a public beta at beta.ffindr.com before November, 24 the final release of the new version before...

In September I started the featured tournament series with a post about the 10th Monkey Foo. There have been special posts about the EUCS and the UPA Club Championships, but now I'd like to get back to initial idea of this series of articles: presenting a truly special Frisbee tournament by interviewing one of the organisation's core members. Today we talk about the CFC -- or Coman Fruta Cabrónes (eat fruits, bastards). This weekend features the...

I'm happy to announce that the new ffindr is finally out, as a public beta available at beta.ffindr.com. Feel free to play around with the site, and don't be afraid of breaking something. All data is backed-up, so go ahead and create accounts, events, links, etc. just to see how it feels. What's new? Full redesign World map of upcoming Frisbee events Global search for events/tournaments and links Ultilinks functionality Partnership with FFDF (just like with BULA and FrisbeEco) Improved interface...

Worlds this year showed that Ultimate Frisbee is on the rise in South America, especially in Colombia. After ten years without participation, Colombia sent teams to five of six divisions (only Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and the United States had more teams). Both their Open and Women teams made it to the quarter finals, and also their Juniors achieved impressive results with a fourth place for the girls and a fifth for the boys. This...

It has been very cold and rainy in Paris this weekend, ideal conditions for getting some programming done. As a result, the beta progressed hugely and will be ready for launch in about two weeks time. The next generation of ffindr brings a bunch of changes with it, most notably: A new link section in the ultilinks style, thanks to Peldi for the inspirations and its name. The links listed there replace the recurring events; all events...