[The beginnings of a keynote. Feedback and input welcome.] Open source is changing the way work gets done. Yeah, yeah, what's new? We all know that. But really, free and open source software has changed the software industry in the past but it's really changing things now. Especially when you look at industries that are […]
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A couple of people have asked what I do. I blogged about it a while back, What do I do as Executive Director of GNOME, but I get the sense that people are looking for regular updates. You can find those on the Foundation blog, I post a weekly update there. (And I think a
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Last Saturday Mario had a tamale making party at his house. (And I've been told that officially it should be tamal singular and tamales plural but I think in English it's now officially or unofficially tamale in singular.) About 20 people showed up to help make tamales. Most of us novice cooks but expert tamale
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I finished listening to the The Wal-Mart Effect this weekend. The author's main point is that Walmart has gotten too large – or at least larger than we ever planned for when we planned how companies should be regulated. He argues that Walmart with $375 billion worth of sales is beyond market capitalization and beyond
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One of the best ways you can help a cause you care about is by telling your friends about it. Recommendations from family and friends are the number one reason people buy products, support causes or try out services. I don’t know if it’s because they trust their friends’ opinions or because they can see
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OpenSUSE is holding a community week this week, with a GNOME track. Curious as to what that really means, I asked Vincent Untz and Zonker (Joe Brockmeier) some questions. I really like that open source projects often find really new and effective ways to get things done. There's a openSUSE community week going on right
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This is my old chair. (Or rather Frank's old chair which he has resisted replacing. I'm not too sad it's gone. And if you have ideas on fixing it, "sshhh!") This is my temporary chair. I have discovered that while sitting in it I'm much more likely to get up and do something else, so
I really enjoyed the first part of The Marketing Playbook by John Zagula & Richard Tong but it took me forever to get through the last two parts. In the first part of the book, the authors (old Microsoft Windows and Office marketing guys) explain the five basic marketing strategies they see. The Drag Race.
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People think winning is fun. But they're wrong, it's the challenge that's fun. Don't get me wrong, losing isn't fun, but winning without a challenge isn't fun either. Knowing you stepped up to a challenge and overcame it – now that is satisfying. (And challenges are also what keeps life interesting – it's what we
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Many of you saw J5’s call to support the GNOME Foundation. The initial response has been great! I wanted to follow up with a general call to support open source software projects financially. The GNOME Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. By definition it must serve the general public and by definition it must be supported
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