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Photoshop World - O'Reilly Interview Schedule (Sep 04 2008 14:16 GMT)
Photoshop World launches today in Las Vegas. The event starts with a the keynote -- I'm guessing lots of Lightroom 2 and peeks at CS4 -- then the expo floor opens. O'Reilly Media has a stellar lineup of speakers sharing their expertise. We'll record their chats, but if you're here in Las Vegas, you might want to stop by and...
VMware Fusion 2 Release Candidate 1: Looking Better! (Sep 03 2008 22:46 GMT)
VMware Fusion 2 Release Candidate 1 addresses the major problems I ran into when I tried the Beta 2 release a month ago. There are a few glitches I ran into. But, it looks like Fusion 2.0 is on track for a production release soon.
Fingerprints of Casper Fabricius: David's RailsConf Europe 2008 keynote: Legacy, concerns & DRY expectations (Sep 03 2008 18:47 GMT)
Casper Fabricius' blog summary of David Heinemeier Hansson's keynote address: Be proud of your legacy code. Extract concerns. Make exceptions from DRY. David Heinemeier Hansson's keynote at RailsConf Europe 2008 was titled "Living with legacy software", and centered around the notion of how to deal with your own old code.
Some Further Reading on OSS Usability (Sep 02 2008 22:47 GMT)
Matthew Paul Thomas has written a thoughtful and thought-provoking essay on the state of usability in Free and Open Source Software. In "Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it", he gives a concise and well-presented overview over the issues that often plague software projects maintained by volunteers and also lists some suggestions on how to tackle these very problems.
R.I.P. (Rumble in Perpetuity), Don (Sep 02 2008 22:47 GMT)
"In a world..." voiceover legend Don LaFontaine died yesterday. After watching a few brilliant YouTube videos of him in action, I thought I'd download them for posterity. Fortunately, I'd just found an excellent tool for that.
SF Electronic Music Festival this week (Sep 02 2008 22:47 GMT)
Tom Duff from the SF Electronic Music Festival committee reminds us of this week's agenda. - The festival is from Wed-Sat 8pm and Sunday 7pm. - Box Office and Installation open one hour before concert time. The 2008 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival Project Artaud Theater 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Tickets $12-$17, 5-day pass $55 More information...
VMware Fusion 2.0 RC1 Includes Free 1yr McAfee VirusScan (Sep 01 2008 22:48 GMT)
VMware Fusion 2.0 RC1 includes free McAfee VirusScan Plus 1-yr subscription for Microsoft Windows Guest OSes on your Mac. But, IMHO, it is a pretty "heavy" product and you might still want to look around.
Happy Birthday Katie Rose (Sep 01 2008 22:48 GMT)
Katie Rose's theoretical due date was a few days ago even though she was actually born in mid May. Happy Birthday Katie Rose! Katie Rose in a Pink Dress, photo by Harold Davis. The pink dress was a gift for Katie Rose from her great aunt Adelaide. Phyllis wanted a photo of Katie Rose wearing the dress to send to...
My Two Most Valuable Business Lessons (Aug 30 2008 22:49 GMT)
Many years ago, I attended a seminar given by a professional photographer who said something like this: “Every decision I make is a business decision.” I took his comment quite seriously, making many decisions over the past 20 years based on the final and potential financial outcome of the project - be it a book, assignment, speaking engagement, workshop, seminar and so on.
Planning to Migrate to MySQL 6.0 on Windows? Read About its New Backup and Start Testing Now (Aug 30 2008 07:36 GMT)
MySQL 6 is still in its alpha release stage. However, I've found that it takes me a long time before I am comfortable in migrating production databases to a major new database server release. And, moving from 5.x to 6.0 someday definitely...
The Last Thing on the List (Aug 29 2008 22:49 GMT)
We all love our technology, and certainly it enables us to do amazing things with music, with pictures, with ideas. But sometimes I think it becomes a bit of a burden. We feel a responsibility to all that technology, all those possibilities. It's important to remember who is working for whom. A good role model in this area is Brian Eno, renowned producer, recording artist, and creative strategist.
News Release: Technology of Awareness and Perception Explored at O'Reilly Emerging: Technology Conference 2008 (Aug 29 2008 00:17 GMT)
Sebastopol, CA--How does new technology help us perceive things that were barely noticeable before or draw attention to important issues, objects, ideas, and projects, no matter their size or location? These and many other questions around the future of technology were explored at ETech, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. This annual gathering of people passionate about computing innovations brought together over 900 developers, technologists, geeks, researchers, academics, artists, activists, and makers in San Diego, California, March 3-6, 2008. "ETech is a mental battery charge that will last all year, " observed Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine. The seventh edition of ETech focused on the brand new technology that is tweaking how we are seen as individuals, how we choose to channel and divert our energy and attention, and what influences our perspective on the world around us.
News Release: O'Reilly's Tenth Annual OSCON Explores Open Source's Dynamic Future (Aug 29 2008 00:17 GMT)
Sebastopol, CA- O'Reilly's Tenth Annual OSCON Explores Open Source's Dynamic Future- Open Source Community Prepares for Challenges and Opportunities Ahead More than 3,000 developers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries attended the 10th annual OSCON in Portland, on July 21-25, and they left knowing that the open source community is stronger than ever. Program chairs Allison Randal, Edd Dumbill, and the OSCON program committee chose from more than 700 proposals and produced five full days of stirring talks and practical demonstrations at the cutting edge of technological and commercial innovation. Rich in content and inspiration, the convention featured the key players and issues influencing open source today, and it explored the greatest potential for open source tomorrow. Read full press release.
News Release: RailsConf Europe Tours Rails' Present Landscape and Drives into Future: Global Rails Community Returns to Berlin (Aug 28 2008 23:47 GMT)
Sebastopol, CA- Co-presenters O'Reilly Media and Ruby Central have unveiled the program for RailsConf Europe, the official trusted event for the Rails Community in Europe on 2-4 September, 2008, in Berlin, Germany. Organizers have extended early registration until 30 July, offering community members the chance to save up to 150. "RailsConf Europe is in its third year, and like Rails itself, it's an established presence but one with energy and real freshness. This year we've added some more presentations to the schedule, and we've got a great lineup of keynote talks and sessions centering around the Rails core team and both the present and future of Rails," says program chair David Black. "The presentation schedule is packed with focused, technically informative talks from experts in everything from security to internationalization to deployment, metaprogramming, database and UI engineering--the whole range of Rails activity and interest.
News Release: After the Goldrush: O'Reilly Money:Tech Explores Financial Tools for New Times: Call for Participation Now Open (Aug 28 2008 23:47 GMT)
Sebastopol, CA, July 30, 2008--The second O'Reilly Money:Tech Conference will mine the new veins where technology and finance meet February 4-6, 2009, at the Marriot Marquis in New York City. Program Co-chairs Paul Kedrosky and Robert Passarella invite proposals for conference sessions and a newly added full day of tutorials at this year's expanded Money:Tech Conference. An intimate, collaborative event that melds thought leadership with practical how-tos, Money:
Embed an iPod on Your Site (Aug 16 2008 00:16 GMT)
Mark Isham has composed some terrific music over the years. (His soundtrack for The Beast, featuring David Torn on textural guitar, is one of my favorites.) This year, Isham launched a new website featuring sonic treasures from his vault. He calls it Forward Musik Radio. FMR presents the tracks in a nifty Web player that looks like an iPod....
The FOSS UI Problem (Aug 15 2008 18:17 GMT)
I have to admit I laughed when I read Randall Kennedy’s blog “Why FOSS is still so unusable”. Kennedy was himself commenting on another blog about the 15 reasons why FOSS projects often crap out. (The “
Project Orlando (Aug 14 2008 18:16 GMT)
Roger Klorese has a blog from a week or so ago about the upcoming XenServer Orlando beta. (Who’s going to beta this? I’d like to know what you find out.
UNIX Sysadmins Arent That Expensive (Aug 13 2008 17:46 GMT)
I have often heard the argument that UNIX sysadmins are more expensive than their Windows counterparts are, but that UNIX sysadmins could manage more boxes at a time. All, some, or none of this may be true. I have not seen any...
Silverlight Flickr Client Written in IronRuby (Aug 13 2008 12:17 GMT)
Just read about the Silverlight Flickr client (see above) that Microsoft's Jimmy Schementi build for a talk to .NET developers there. The interesting thing is that he used IronRuby (his language of choice) instead of the C# or VB that we...
Watch the Summer Olympics on your Mac or iPhone (Aug 13 2008 12:16 GMT)
Watch NBCOlympics.com video from the 2008 Summer Olympics on your Mac or iPhone. You will need Microsoft Silverlight on your Mac. But, your iPhone (or iPod touch) is ready to roll as-is without any changes.
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Critical Update (Aug 13 2008 09:16 GMT)
Microsoft patched an Excel 2008 remote execution problem. So, you might want to go get the Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 update.
Edging over from Nuendo to Reaper--So Far NO BUGS. (Aug 13 2008 00:16 GMT)
At the suggestion of my friends at Open Labs, I've been using Reaper rather than Nuendo lately, and I have yet to encounter the slightest disappointment. This is big news coming from me. My production schedule demands that I change sequencing/recording software very reluctantly. When I have to produce music, sometimes it's got to be, like, 20-30 tunes in a...
Korg Kaossilator 4-Bar Loop Hack (Aug 12 2008 17:16 GMT)
My favorite electronic instrument this year is the Korg Kaossilator, a pocket-size synth with built-in loop recorder. I bought one after spending some quality time with it during a magazine review. But what really loosened my credit card was a secret hack I discovered during fact-check.
Your New Server: The First 30 Days (Aug 12 2008 06:46 GMT)
I was camping with a couple of tech buddies that also share a love of horses and riding. One of the more interesting campfire discussions that came up was the parallels between deploying a server, and starting a young horse....
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