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Open Source, Linux News & Software - OSDir.com
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Timing release schedules to maximize publicity (Feb 28 2005 23:43 GMT) - Two or three times each year, Macintosh enthusiasts go nuts over Apple's new product launches, and the company rides a wave of publicity from the resulting media attention. Open source projects would do well to study how Apple orchestrates this, because publicity is the key to attracting new users -- and new users are the lifeblood of the development model. |
Daily News Updates
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Book Reviews: We Want Freedom and The Long Detour (Feb 28 2005 23:43 GMT) - Two new book reviews have been added to the book reviews section of the site. The two reviews are of Mumia Abu-Jamal's insightful new book on the Black Panther Party, We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party and James Weinstein's lackluster history of the American Left, The Long Detour. Additional book reviews are available in the book review section. |
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"Prayers in the media spotlight" (Feb 28 2005 23:42 GMT) - Via GetReligion: "One of the most damning film portrayals of media hordes came years ago in Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, which repeatedly made the sound of whirring cameras sound like so many locusts. "Those scenes came to mind when I saw this detail in the Los Angeles Times' coverage of the scene at Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita, which Dennis Rader, the accused BTK serial killer, has attended for more than 30 years..." |
religion blog ++ relapsed catholic ++
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"Prayers in the media spotlight" (Feb 28 2005 23:42 GMT) - Via GetReligion: "One of the most damning film portrayals of media hordes came years ago in Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, which repeatedly made the sound of whirring cameras sound like so many locusts. "Those scenes came to mind when I saw this detail in the Los Angeles Times' coverage of the scene at Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita, which Dennis Rader, the accused BTK serial killer, has attended for more than 30 years..." |
Hugos House of Weblog Horror
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Böötchen vs. Bötchen (Feb 28 2005 23:42 GMT) - Bei Google findet man für Böötchen 2250 Einträge, für Bötchen 6030. Wir müssen dringend was für den doppelten Umlaut tun. Scheiss auf die Meinung der Duden Redaktion. |:-]| |
Sadagopan's weblog on Emerging Technologies,Thoughts, Ideas,Trends and Cyberworld
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SAP Gobbles Retek (Feb 28 2005 23:42 GMT) - SAP offers to acquire the well known retail solution provider Retek. Retek's provides inventory management software that lets retailers interact across the Internet with suppliers, wholesalers, transportation companies and other links in the supply chain."The global retail industry is large and represents a significant growth opportunity for SAP," Chief Executive Henning Kagermann said in |
The .NET Guy
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Shuffle Accessories (Feb 28 2005 23:42 GMT) - Peter points to a great set of iPod Shuffle accessories. I can see myself owning a case and the car charger... luckily I already have line inputs on my car stereo. It would be nice to have everything hard-wired into the glove box so that the Shuffle is completely out of sight, all the time. |
Mastering the Web
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Feed Validation (Feb 28 2005 23:41 GMT) - Before I get too carried away on the syndication side of things, guess I'd better check I'm actually offering a valid RSS feed... Easy enough with this little tool. Time for a second opinion. Looks like TypePad is taking care of all the heavy lifting behind the scenes, and automatically... |
Gut Rumbles
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a testimonial (Feb 28 2005 23:41 GMT) - I found this via here and I feel soiled for doing it. Tim will do that to you sometimes. "He... |
Gut Rumbles
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a testimonial (Feb 28 2005 23:41 GMT) - I found this via here and I feel soiled for doing it. Tim will do that to you sometimes. "He... |
plasticbag.org
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Panels I wish I could attend at SXSW... (Feb 28 2005 23:40 GMT) - Here is a brief list of some of the panels I would be particularly interested in if I could go to SXSW, which I can't since I'm going to - and speaking at - ETech instead: No Absolutes: Social Software and Shades of Trust Blogging Showdown How to Create a Compelling Community Website And here's one panel that I not only wish I could see, but wish I could be on: Spam, Trolls, Stalkers: The Pandora's Box of Community, much as I wish that I had enough brain power and space to do my day job, maintain Barbelith and keep up my community management site, Everything in Moderation... |
Little Green Footballs
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Alleged Assassin is "Rosa Parks" of Muslim Community (Feb 28 2005 23:40 GMT) - Ahmed Omar Abul Ali, the Virginia Muslim charged with conspiring to assassinate President Bush, met several times with Zubayr al-Rimi -- Al Qaeda's number two man in Saudi Arabia, killed in a shootout with Saudi forces in September 2003: Abu Ali linked to Saudi Arabia al Qaeda leader. (Hat tip: ... |
Fresh Bilge
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O Canada (Feb 28 2005 23:40 GMT) - I don't write about Canada very often. I'm living in... |
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