New Addition to My Blog Roll
April 26, 2008
Originally posted on: Postcards From My Life
Dear Reader, I’ve added a link in my blog roll but since a lot of you just pull the feed I thought I’d post so everyone can enjoy this. I added a link to daytonatwentyfour.com. He’s one of the genius’ behind the Too Old to Grow Up podcast. (Which I now subscribe to) If you are into comic books, comic book conventions, toys, games, movies, or just into refusing to grow up as you grow old, you want to subscribe to this cool podcast. Until Next Time, (l)(k)(bunny) =C= No tag for this post. Related... [Read the full story]
Vibe 56 on Google Streetview
April 26, 2008
Originally posted on: Vibe 56 Blog
View Larger MapAs most savvy Nashvillians(?) already know, Google's fleet of camera cars came through town last fall. The maps are now up and fully functional. Here's a view of the front of the studio from 17th, also known as Music Square West. Read More →
Dirk Riehle on the Total Growth of Open Source
April 25, 2008
Originally posted on: Conmergence
Hello everyone, we recently measured the growth of much of the active code base of open source as well as number of active projects and could best explain it using an exponential model. We have found these results, as straightforward as they may be, quite helpful when making our case for funding further open source research, and I thought, so might you. I have appended the reference to the paper. Authors: Amit Deshpande, Dirk Riehle Abstract: Software development is undergoing a major change away from a fully closed software... [Read the full story]
DELL Looks to the Clouds
April 25, 2008
Originally posted on: Conmergence
Via the Google Cloud Computing Group Todd Brannon sends a pointer to DELL's blog trumpetting its entry into the cloud computing space. Read More →
Digidesign Interviews at Vibe 56
April 25, 2008
Originally posted on: Vibe 56 Blog
Scott Velazco is pretty... ...good at what he does. Some folks from Digidesign dropped by the studio to interview us about our D-Command ICON console. Technically, the D-Command is a tactile work surface, but that sounds a bit pretentious.The studio's house engineer, Scott Velazco, and I were both interviewed separately. This was definitely the most professional interview I'd ever done. They applied lots of make-up on my bald head because you could see all the camera equipment reflected off of it.After I stumbled... [Read the full story]
Amsterdam Wrap-up: The Directors Cut
April 24, 2008
Originally posted on: Postcards From My Life
A good chunk of this blog post was posted over at DevZone. However, this one contains more personal observations and general nuttiness. I’ve just returned from my second trip to the Netherlands and, as with the first one, I had a wonderful time. This time, I was honored to speak at the PHP Business Seminar put on as a joint project by my good friends Ibuildings and my new friends Sogeti. Amsterdam Amsterdam is a beautiful city and I always love when I get to travel there. The weather was beautiful and I was lucky... [Read the full story]
Spring Break
April 24, 2008
IKnow Initiative: Freed-Hardeman Announces Partnership With Apple, Inc.
April 24, 2008
Originally posted on: Conmergence
I was encouraged to see that the new prez, Joe Wiley, at FHU, where I did my undergrade work, is a techie. ( Abilene Christian, where I did my grad, is also mentioned. ) This article was in the latest "Alumnogram". Freed-Hardeman President Joe Wiley has only been in office for a week, but he is already among the driving forces of Freed-Hardeman's biggest technology announcement in its history. Effective by the fall 2008 semester, Freed-Hardeman will give all students an opportunity to have an Apple MacBook and an iPhone... [Read the full story]
A podcast on working with IT
April 23, 2008
Originally posted on: Retrofitting the Education Space
Eclipse Open Source Software and OMG Open Specifications Symposium, Wednesday, June 25, 2008
April 22, 2008
Originally posted on: Conmergence
Hosted by: | Registration | Hotel Information | All Special Events | Back to TC Meeting Info | Eclipse and OMG have jointly organized a one-day symposium to promote and build on the partnership between Eclipse's open source software and OMG's open specifications. The symposium is organized as a series of presentation sessions and discussions on corresponding OMG specifications and Eclipse projects. In each case the purpose will be to discuss the alignment between current specification and implemented software, and identify... [Read the full story]





