I didn’t find the quality as good today. The keynote was bad and I picked a couple sessions that didn’t hit the spot. Note to O’Reilly: if we are going to come in at 8:30 AM, we need to hear things we haven’t already heard and they need to be from people we [...]
The first day of sessions is over. The keynote was a mixed bag. Tim O’Reilly sometimes seems a little out of his depth but he is good at putting a label on things. His theme this year is evolving the definition of open source beyond the software distributed on to your machine [...]
After work tonight, I took the train down to Portland to go to OSCON starting tomorrow. Although the train is kind of slow, it’s really a nice way to travel. Spent the time diving into Eclipse thanks to David Carlson’s Eclipse Distilled. What a difference a good guide makes. I’m beginning [...]
Brad Silverberg has a nice editorial on intellectual property and open source. It’s a good one page sketch of how the economics of software are changing. I agree with most of his points. I think he nails it right on the head – open source forces innovation up the stack to where [...]
The Seattle Supersonics were sold today to an Oklahoma City investment group. Surely this signals the departure of the Sonics. The sports stations and the Sonics themselves will lay all the blame on the city of Seattle. But take a look at the deals the Sonics turned down. Are you kidding [...]
Peter Molyneux calls out Apple to do a better job of supporting game developers. I have mixed feelings on this. I’m a gamer. I certainly would love to see more AAA titles on OS X. That said, I spend the majority of my gaming time on consoles (Xbox/Xbox 360/PSP). A [...]
I’ve been at Jobster for a whole week now and we already shipped! In fact, we shipped a pretty major service upgrade. It went very well. I shouldn’t even say we – I had next to nothing to do with it. But it was good to see it all in action.
It’s [...]
The rumors are heating up: Mac Pro is a possibility for WWDC. I’m tempted to put my G5’s on eBay right now. If these are real, they look like some serious hardware. As long as they feature a first-class video card, I want one. I’ve already decided to wait on the [...]
Well, I didn’t see that coming. I’m not surprised that the game ended in PK’s but I am surprised how it got there. In no particular order:
Zidane went from ending his career the way the great ones should to complete humilation. No one will ever look at him the same again.
How can [...]
My time off is now over. I just finished my first week going back to work (well, half week). I am now working at a Seattle startup Jobster. It’s been much harder than I thought to get back into the swing of working. I had a really nice break (3 months) [...]
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