Two day late. I know. I’m a terrible slacker. I actually had some stuff pegged Monday but I just didn’t manage to post it until now. These are pulled from some recent reading, Open Sources 2.0. “In a commodity world, technologists need to think about innovating in their business models as much as (if not [...]
So excited right now. So many awesome things happening. I can hardly wait to write the news on the next monday update. Hell with it, I’ll post some things I’ve looked at read or thought about in the last 48 hours. A couple of things. Kristian Hoegsberg is amazing. I’m starting to think that given [...]
Inspired by: http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/07/25/moglen-oscon/ http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/07/24/moglen-oreilly/ http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/07/24/freedom-in-a-new-context/ http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/07/22/evaluating-a-freeopen-service-definition-rough-draft/ Moglen and O’Reilly at OSCON are coming from very different positions. Certainly Moglen is focused on his efforts on the GPLv3 granting Open Source another 10 years of safety with which they can acquire more permanent safety through public policy and patent reform. Moglen’s accusations of Tim O’Reilly and [...]
Of late there has been a growing awareness and concern over the migration of applications from our desktops onto the Internet and the emergence and rise of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) along with a consequent deluge of predictions about the death (or irrelevance) of the desktop. While these discussions are not without merit I feel they share [...]
This is a list of ten types of software in particular that I’m fired up about in no particular order. Software is kind of tough. I’m probably more interested in trends than software (and it feels kind of horrible typing that). Maybe a better way of saying that is if this were a top 10 [...]
the success of open source by steven weber code by lawrence lessig the hacker ethic by pekka himanen the cathedral and the bazaar by eric raymond the future of ideas by lawrence lessig free culture by lawrence lessig the wealth of networks by yochai benkler coase’s penguin by yochai benkler infotopia by cass sunstein wikinomics [...]
Two very quick thoughts regarding two things, the first being the distro wars and a claim that Ubuntu is for neophytes (google: 10 reasons ubuntu neophyte) the second being Linus’ recent outburst on gnome (google: linus damn limiting gnome). A) Re: Ubuntuphyte, One must keep in mind what Ubuntu (hopefully) is trying to do. Ubuntu [...]
What is it? Private, Public <– ways to own. alt: exclusion-based, distribution-based Physical, Intellectual, Abstract <– types to own We will be addressing Open Source [production process\model](public, intellectual). What makes it (open source [production process]) work? Efficiency in Production Efficiency in Distribution Voluntary Governance Structures What are examples? <– good place to introduce patent problems [...]
I’m starting to love watching Apple. I mean they are fun to watch. It’s almost like they’re accidentally pimping Open Source. First they’ve got spaces, which undeniably takes cues from Linux by basically acting like Compiz with 4 virtual desktops\workspaces. Then you’ve got the improvements to XCode…especially the implementation of the open source tool DTrace! [...]
This night has had two revelations I suppose. One, I was an asshole in Herschler’s core class. How do I always miss this? I think maybe I didn’t. I might’ve been an ass anyways. So, No more assiness next semester. But I’m still kind of perturbed about this. I’d like to be a better person [...]