Posts Tagged ‘people’

An Open Source Home Energy Developer Kit, From People Power

There is a growing number of options available for aspiring home energy app makers .

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An Open Source Home Energy Developer Kit, From People Power

Why Canonical Should Imitate Apple’s Early Playbook

One of the most indelible images in the history of personal computing came in 1984, when Apple Computer delivered its famous television ad depicting a running heroine throwing a hammer (read, a Mac) at a looming Big Brother-like spectre representing IBM. The ad was directed by Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, and is a classic example of how Apple has always sought to reach those interested in alternative technology solutions that may not be market share leaders. On the open source front today, Canonical could do big things with Ubuntu by imitating Apple’s early playbook.

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Why Canonical Should Imitate Apple’s Early Playbook

Google I/O 2008 – Open Source Projects and Poisonous People


How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman (Google) Every project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before they derail your project. Told through a series of (often amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences.

How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (and…

Google Tech Talks
January 25, 2007

ABSTRACT

Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happ…

An Early Look at Firefox 3.7

Want to take a very early peek at themes for Mozilla’s Firefox 3.7 browser? Initial Windows theme mockups for it are now available for viewing via Mozilla Wiki.

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An Early Look at Firefox 3.7