I’ve been browsing through Karl Fogels Producing Open Source Software book tonight after finding a reference to it on the Subversion mailing list. This looks like a great read. The book is available in PDF, HTML, or from Amazon.com. I just ordered my copy.
Category Archives: Remaindered
Bad Metaphor Podcast
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I found the Bad Metaphor podcast last night and thought it was really cool. The podcast is by John and Chris Campbell, a father and son who pick a topic and start to talk about it. Very cute.
Will people pay for radio shows on the net?
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Will people pay for radio shows on the net? – While I can see paying a subscription for satellite – and maybe a podcast aggregator, I don’t think I’d pay show for show for a podcast. Give me advertising any day …
tomcarroll.org » Blogability
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Sure, Tom the Architect starts blogging semi-regularly for a month and all of a sudden one of his posts gets linked to by Infoworld. Go figure.
Cool Frank Zappa Quote
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While reading the book The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa, I came across the following quote that is probably the coolest one I’ve ever heard. “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible”. I’ll be posting a review of the book sometime soon, but I definitely wanted to write this quote down to remember it. There’s a whole slew of other quotes here.
Yahoo open sources UI Library and Design Patterns
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Yahoo has released their User Interface Libraries and Design Pattern Libraries to the development community. The User Interface Libraries are released under a BSD license, while the Design Pattern Libraries are released under Creative Commons Attribution License.
Radio Open Source Episode about Craigslist
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Last night on the way home I listened to the Open Source Radio podcast about Craigslist. While I’m not sure I like the host very much (just because of how he talks over people), the whole episode was very interesting listening to the ideas and philosphies around Craigs business. This is definitely something worth listening to!
Oracle’s Open-Source Shopping Spree
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Oracle’s Open-Source Shopping Spree – Is Oracle looking to buy JBoss, Zend, and Sleepycat Software?
CSS: In Search of the Holy Grail
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Interesting article on CSS called In Search of the Holy Grail from A List Apart. What is the Holy Grail of CSS? “Three columns. One fixed-width sidebar for your navigation, another for, say, your Google Ads or your Flickr photos—and, as in a fancy truffle, a liquid center for the real substance”.
MySpace: The Movie
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Kelsi sent me this link to the video MySpace: The Movie over at YouTube. It’s pretty funny.
Bieber Labs 