We've recently made a decision at OpenLogic to focus more on adding novel, valuable, instructive content to OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX). Not that this hasn't been important in the past, but it's not been a top priority; building out our certified library has. Here's a list of some of the topics that have been suggested by [...]
Read More »Replicator quoting research which shows that people who customize their car (from bumper stickers to whatever) are more likely to engage in road rage. The logic is that the customization is indicative of someone that thinks of their car as personal space and more easily tilts when confronted with bad driving. I didn't read the [...]
Read More »Matthew Aslett recently completed a tour of Europe, profiling open source policies and usage in European countries. Tongue-in-Cheek, he presents a summary of his findings in football tournament format: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/30/open-source-champions-of-europe/
Read More »Over on the 451 CAOS Theory blog, Matthew Aslett references the CIO.com’s Executives Online blogathon where respondents indicated that Google was their first choice destination when looking for open source software. Matt says he was expecting more mention of sites like OLEX. Take the same survey this time next year, and I'll bet that open [...]
Read More »In his recent blog post, “When Innovation Pays Off”, Jeremy Thomas recounts a recent success enjoyed by his team at active.com. As you might guess from the post title, this success was fueled by innovation, specifically by the innovative action of a single team member. Innovation is clearly not for everyone. Many companies pride themselves [...]
Read More »Jeremy Thomas posted a very cool presentation about SCRUM in his Agile Development blog post. We use SCRUM to develop products here at OpenLogic and I don't think that I'll ever use another development methodology. I've worked in waterfall, spiral, and rapid iteration environments, but nothing compares to the ease and efficacy of SCRUM. As [...]
Read More »Glyn Moody wrote an interesting article for the Guardian earlier this month titled “Why falling Flash prices threaten Microsoft.” It got me thinking about commoditization; specifically pondering the question: Is Linux driving the O/S towards commoditization as many would have us believe? The key point of Mr. Moody’s article is that several converging market forces [...]
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