Steve Benen takes a sledgehammer to the Right's "Bush kept us safe" arguments: A TWIST OF THE 'KEPT US SAFE' ARGUMENT.... As the Bush/Cheney administration was poised to end, and there were an abundance of pieces reflecting on the Bush era, the most common defense tended to be that Bush "kept us safe." I've never … Continue reading The Bush Administration “Kept us Safe”
World Plone Day, Open Source Bridge, Friends, Bittersweet Chocolate
Yesterday's World Plone Day in Seattle was interesting, and helped me think about a few matters. Fifteen – 20 people were physically present, with another 10 watching via Brian Gershon's ustream.tv wizardry. (It was lower quality than a separate camcorder recording, due to a ustream.tv bug.) After Jon Stahl's introduction, Andrew Burkhalter, David Glick, and … Continue reading World Plone Day, Open Source Bridge, Friends, Bittersweet Chocolate
Open Source Bridge talks
The Open Source Bridge conference has announced the accepted conference speakers. Twelve talks from my list of superficially interesting talk proposals made the cut. The "cooking" track is noticeably larger than the others, but some speakers are not yet confirmed. If you haven't registered yet, get going!
Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh: Stay away
EMC has released one update to Retrospect 8.0 since my review. They fixed a slew of bugs, but it's still not yet ready for prime time. Don't buy this product. I haven't kept records of the bad software releases of my life, but I think this has been the worst software release I've ever experienced. … Continue reading Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh: Stay away
Clever stealth start-up landing page: Grapevyn
I'm not trying to find clever landing pages of stealth-mode start-ups, but Grapevyn's got a good one.
Interesting Open Source Bridge talk proposals
Open Source Bridge's proposal deadline is 12:00 midnight tonight. While I'm not personally interested in all of the proposed talks, they clearly have all had good thought put into them. Here are the ones that have piqued my curiosity: The Scylla and Charybdis of Open Source Legalese Using Open Source Principals to Save the Economy … Continue reading Interesting Open Source Bridge talk proposals
Some Open Source Bridge talks
I continue to be impressed and excited by the Open Source Bridge conference. It's easy, because the conference organizers have been a poster child for how to create a first-class grass-roots conference. I'm doing my small bit to publicize the conference here in Seattle, and did some outreach at PyCon 2009. I'm hoping that John … Continue reading Some Open Source Bridge talks
Idealware’s CMS comparison report
Idealware has published a report comparing four open-source CMSs. Its title: Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone. (Is that a straightforward title, or what? Heh.) I read about it in a few blogs I follow. If you're interested in CMSs, I recommend this report. Here are some quotes to whet … Continue reading Idealware’s CMS comparison report
PyCon 2009 reflections
I was planning to write each day about PyCon, but as you see, I didn't. Too busy, too tired, too distracted, or just too forgetful. So here are my summary PyCon 2009 reflections. I'm penning this mid-morning, two hours before the conference's formal talks end. This is my second PyCon. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency. … Continue reading PyCon 2009 reflections
PyCon 2009: Tutorials, Day 2
Technology shift noted: At last year's PyCon, a conference IRC channel was used for informal backchannel communications. This year, Twitter and IRC are both in use. The split is about 30/70 Twitter/IRC. This might change once the conference proper starts. In the morning, Python 401: Some Advanced Topics. Yeow, a fire hose talk, more information … Continue reading PyCon 2009: Tutorials, Day 2
Seek Nuance 