• Open Source Expo

    Posted on December 11, 2003

    I’m over at the Open Source Expo, sitting in the business track. Cause the business side is definitely where I’m weak. An interesting point came up during the investment panel related to the factors that realy stick out in the investor’s mind when looking at a company. Of course they... [Read More]

  • Vagablog 1.5 Release

    Posted on December 11, 2003

    I have the 1.5 release of Vagablog up on the Vagablog page. The updates are relatively minor, but it explicitly says that WordPress and Movable Type are supported. And when Movable Type is being used, it hides the extra fields on the main screen. Maybe this will cut down on... [Read More]

  • New Value Sets for Blogging

    Posted on December 10, 2003

    There’s a post over at Jeremy Zawodny’s blog titled TrackBack and Corporate Secrets. It gives one example where traditionally convenient blogging features can be a pain for businesses. Blogs are moving into areas where the culture is significantly different than where they came from. Requirements of a business user can... [Read More]

  • PalmHTTP 2.0

    Posted on December 9, 2003

    I’ve posted the 2.0 version of PalmHTTP on the Bitsplitter site, and reformated that page while I was at it. The interface to the library itself is now quite different, with covers for dealing with the URL struct, a POST struct and covers to deal with it, settings for the... [Read More]

  • Interview with Marc Andreessen

    Posted on December 8, 2003

    There’s an interview with Marc Andreessen over at SFGate.com, and it touches on lots of issues I figured would be near and dear to those still in the Bay Area. I share Marc’s sentiments on just about every issue. In particular the bursting of the bubble and the effect it’s... [Read More]

  • Palm Development Platforms

    Posted on December 8, 2003

    During a conversation on the OnBoardC list, someone posted a link to a page full of Palm Pilot development platforms. It seems like a great list, although some of the info is a bit dated. I’ve been working with OnBoardC some, but have started to try to get more familiar... [Read More]

  • Discussion of Open Source Communities

    Posted on December 7, 2003

    There’s an older post in Tim O’Reilly’s weblog regarding open source and the forming of community. The discussion is great, and I think very informative. I would make the further point that the openness of the projects doesn’t only encourage participation in the form of feeding back fixes and features... [Read More]

  • Articles by Michael Schrage

    Posted on December 7, 2003

    I’ve been reading Serious Play by Michael Schrage, and have found it extremely stimulating thus far. The book explores the basic “what role does the prototype play in innovation” type questions and the harder questions of how to manage a prototyping portfolio and how the various tradeoffs in prototyping can... [Read More]

  • Open Source Expo

    Posted on December 7, 2003

    For those of you in the Bay Area, there’s an Open Source Expo at the San Francisco Airport Marriott this Thursday (that’s Dec 11, 2003). It’s pretty cheap considering the speakers they have lined up. And I’m very happy to see that they have both technical and business tracks. I’m... [Read More]