Ok, sensative subject I know. It can be tough to mention Microsoft and Open Source in a positive sentence that doesn’t talk about one hammer on the other. However that is where we find ourselves today. In a blog post on MSDN blogs, Sara Ford the Program Manager for CodePlex which is Microsoft’s open source [...]
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Caution Implementing Open Source
During this time of financial “belt tightening” we are all feeling the pinch and probably no one more than the IT organization budgets across the corporate map. IT is typically the first to get hit, and hit hard, by cut backs. It’s during this time that CIOs and VP’s who wouldn’t have given Open Source [...]
Dropbox Client for Linux
Recently I got my invite to try out the new Dropbox service. I am a long time Folder Share user and had heard some good things about Dropbox. I have to say, I am very happy with the performance of Dropbox and was even more pleased when I found out there was a Open Source [...]
Running Adobe Air On Linux
I had made mention last week to a couple of friends how I got a few Adobe Air applications up and running on my Ubuntu install. I walked one person through how I did it and decided to also make a quick video tutorial on the process. A couple disclaimers, first one is that I [...]
The Condition We Do Not Speak Of
It’s funny how some people react when they learn I had (ok technically have) cancer. You have people who in general don’t mutter the word beyond a quiet whisper. Some people feel they are being insensitive if they discuss it; you’re not by the way. Then there are the ones that want to tell you [...]
Public Speaking
I was asked to speak at a small event here is San Diego about a week ago. I quickly came to the realization that I am not much of a public speak, sober anyways. It’s not that I was nervous or anything, I just suck at speaking to large crowds. Now, it’s typical for me [...]
Getting Things Done – The Quicksilver Way
Typically you have those applications you like and those applications you love to use but every now and then an application comes around that completely changes the way you work and those become the applications you can’t live without. For me, that application is Quicksilver from Blacktree on my OSX machine. Not sure exactly how [...]
Fun with SAY
Sometimes it’s the simple things that amaze people and leave them thinking you are some type of computer genius. My daughters have grown up with computers, and I mean hardcore. Their first computer was a SUSE Linux machine; they’ve worked on Windows and OS X boxes and they know their way around them all. At [...]
ICE ICE Baby…
My wife has been preaching to me for awhile to establish an ‘ICE‘ number on my cell phone. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. This is a standard that emergency response units like police, paramedics, and fire have been working on promoting. The idea is, if you are ever in a situation where you [...]
APIs or Open Source
I posted my first question on Linkedin Q&A service and I have to say the speed and quality of the replies are wonderful. So the question went like this; Is a closed source solution with good APIs a better approach than an Open Source solution? I went on to explain; Would you rank a “closed [...]
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