There will be no Linux Vista by ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn — Imagine if, in the proprietary era, Microsoft launched a major Windows upgrade while its main rival stood still. That would be advantage Microsoft. Under the present system it may well be advantage Linux. One of the advantages of open source is that projects release [...]
Read More »I sometimes get asked by aspiring manages and leaders how to deal with firing someone. It is scary to them to think of causing that much pain and that much disruption in someone’s life, as it should be. Fortunately in the technical world, it doesn’t need to happen very often. In my 25 year (ouch) [...]
Read More »I finally found a humanist organization I want to participate in. Too many humanist organizations I have seen are radicals; they spend all their time complaining about the current politics and religions and not enough time promoting humanism. Humanist organizations need to concentrate on making humanism more visible and more viable to the general population. [...]
Read More »Dana Blankenhorn posted on ZD Net (http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=780) about open source's impact on programming in America and about Ludd vs. open source. This seems pretty clear to me; I’m a huge believer in open systems, capitalism and a balanced and fair playing field. If open source puts programmers in foreign countries on an even [competitive], then [...]
Read More »I read Brad Feld's blog periodically and he has a series going about how to run and participate in a board of directors. His most recent post was on how often board meetings should happen. Of course that varies based on the where the company is at in it's evolution. But, at an early stage [...]
Read More »As of this week Pluto is just a dwarf and our solar system, according to the astronomical union, only has eight planets. I know many people are upset about the decision, but really it was the right decision. Anything else would have just been confusing and would have continued the controversy. Personally I think the [...]
Read More »I was listening to a presentation the other day about open source and the advantages and was surprised to not hear the thing I consider one of the most important. The presenter seemed to me much more financially oriented as he centered around the cost savings in using open source. He also listed a number [...]
Read More »I've been at startups for my entire career and at the executive level for most of it. One of the nice things in the startup world is that the dress code has always been fairly slack. But this seems to be changing. Recently I had the misfortune of having to find a new job. One [...]
Read More »As VP of Engineering, I frequently need to translate between engineers and management and one of the areas that come up frequently is our use of SCRUM (agile development). We happen to be lucky enough to have a CEO with a technical past and one that understands development methodologies. Of course this is good and [...]
Read More »Brad's idea here is really interesting: My Virtual Library My first thought was what a great thing to do; then I wondered if the recipients would think you were trying to send them a message. I think that could be handled with a short note and it is a really wonderful way to let people [...]
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