New Coworker
We added a new member to the team at work:
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Search SIG
The first meeting of the Search SIG from SDForum was last night. The new forum is run by Dave McClure and Jeff Clavier. They did a great job on this first event, and I’m really looking forward to our combined Search SIG and Mobile Monday event happening next month. I... [Read More] -
Power Outage
I was going to post earlier, but apparently a lot of Los Angeles was without power today and my hosting provider was in an affected area. I realized my mail client was complaining about dropped connections, so I checked and my site was down, so then I went to file... [Read More] -
Mobile Monday New York
It’s really exciting to see the idea of Mobile Monday picked up and expanded. A team out in New York: [Read More] -
Sound with Linux 2.6.13 on Thinkpad X32
I had a problem with the X32 running Linux 2.6.13 where the audio device was there, but I couldn’t always hear the output. I found this post mentioning that the headphone sensor and line jack sensor both need to be muted, which worked for me. Here’s the card info from... [Read More] -
Innovation Disconnect
I see stories like this one about 4G cell phone services being worked on with gigabit data rates and this one with doubts about consumers really wanting digital homes and overall I’m left wondering about the ability of the market to deliver innovation. Would I like gigabit data rates to... [Read More] -
SoloSub
I just saw a post over at Techcrunch about SoloSub, a service to allow subscription via multiple mechanisms but using a single button and link. I posted an example of something that was much the same at the beginning of the year. Feedback was a pretty mixed bag, with people... [Read More] -
Open Source Flash Runtime?
I keep hearing people talking about Flash as an open platform, but every time I’m faced with Flash on a website even Firefox takes me to a download for a binary component from Macromedia with no source available. Definitely there are tons of interesting open source tools out there, like... [Read More] -
How Not to Keep Customers
Unfortunately sometimes I have to access sites using a Cisco VPN. Today I’m at the tail end of setting up my new laptop, so I figured I would go see if there’s updates to the VPN software for Linux. I find I need to register in order to download the... [Read More] -
Wiki Wednesdays
The Socialtext folks have kicked off an event called Wiki Wednesdays. I haven’t made it over to one yet, but the next one in my area is Sept 7th at Socialtext, which is right around the corner from my office. I’ll have to drop by, I didn’t really get a... [Read More]