I’m ambivalent about the value of blogs. Not the value of communication, certainly not the value of writing. I write everyday, and I write everything. Supervisors and colleagues notice (and query and tease). My partner says I make more notes than anyone else he’s ever known. I’ve written since I was 12 years old; it’s [...]
Read More »Agile development processes grow in popularity both within companies and also within successful open source projects. Agile places a priority on customer feedback and better accommodates the manner in which engineers naturally work. But what about quality assurance in an agile world? A few edicts of agile development have a large impact on the way [...]
Read More »You've probably seen the big news in the Open Source world already. Oracle is hijacking Red Hat's Linux distribution and will ship a version named Unbreakable Linux, undercutting Red Hat's support pricing. Thanks for doing all the work Red Hat, we'll take it from here. To me, it appears that Oracle cares nothing about the [...]
Read More »Perl is a must have tool on every system. I use it almost every day to manipulate data from command lines and to write small utility scripts. I made the jump to Ruby a number of years ago and concede to the readability and cleanliness of it's object oriented language over Perl. Anything that [...]
Read More »…go together like peas and carrots. I have read a few articles lately from people discussing and describing productive work environements (see Productive Workspaces and The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code, step #8), and our setup here at OpenLogic does not meet any of the criteria (however, the articles do not specifically address [...]
Read More »What is it about technical support that support personnel think that if they simply provide an answer, even if it's wrong, they have done their job? I find it really odd and a sad comment on the state of our society that this passes for customer service. First off, a caveat. Our company blog site [...]
Read More »We recently announced indemnification coverage for intellectual property infringement on each of the more than 160 open source products included in the OpenLogic Certified Library. While most media coverage of our announcement has been overwhelmingly positive, a few have questioned the relevance of indemnification. What these individuals don’t understand is that enterprises specifically ask us [...]
Read More »They've proven again that hard work, not talent is the secret to success. Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success – October 30, 2006 Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work Even when you are talking about [...]
Read More »The creators of "Micro Helicopters" are pushing the technology envelope by integrating lightweight, powerful batteries and motors, carbon fiber materials, and miniature electronics into tiny controlled flying machines. Weighing in at 6.9 grams after almost 6 years of effort and refinement, Alexander Van de Rostyne has pushed the size and weight of the Pixelito down [...]
Read More »It's the 'HP way' or the highway | CNET News.com Carly Fiorina talks about the collective attitude at Hewlett-Packard during her time as CEO, and how diversity can enhance the workplace. In HP's case, she says, change was not openly accepted, which proved to be a challenge while she led the computer giant. That's interesting [...]
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