28 Mar 2011, 19:35 p.m.

Ada Initiative Survey

I just took the five-minute survey on women in open tech & culture (a really inclusive definition). The Ada Initiative is surveying people of any gender in "a wide range of activities and communities based …

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28 Mar 2011, 19:03 p.m.

GNOME User Day This Thursday, 31 March

As Allan put it: There are lots of enthusiastic GNOME users who have questions about the upcoming release, and there are plenty of people who are interested to hear about what GNOME 3 will be …

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25 Mar 2011, 10:32 a.m.

Another Recommendation

"Trouble" by David M. deLeon -- raw and piercing.

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25 Mar 2011, 9:41 a.m.

Some Short Online Scifi Recommendations

"Saving Face" by Shelly Li and Ken Liu is light and sweet. "Smaller Fleas that Bite 'Em" by rho is a short, funny sequel to Neal Stephenson's Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller. "Sisters of Bilhah" by kel …

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22 Mar 2011, 20:45 p.m.

A Slightly Disjointed (Due To A Five-Day Cold) Musing On Open Source, Fear, Motivation, And Witnessing

I was introducing C. to a set of QuestionCopyright friends and acquaintances, and they were joking about indoctrinating her, and she was curious to hear what free culture is all about. So she wondered why …

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21 Mar 2011, 20:47 p.m.

Phone Call For You, The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

So the next time I have a colleague who was born in 1990, I will wish to nickname them "Flood". This of course means that I should be nicknaming every colleague with an album title …

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15 Mar 2011, 13:24 p.m.

New Edition Of/Nueva Edición de GNOME Journal

In this special edition of GNOME Journal, GNOME HISPANO's Juanjo Marin arranged for us to get five great stories in both English and Spanish. You can read these now at http://gnomejournal.org: José María Casanova and …

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13 Mar 2011, 11:31 a.m.

Well, Actually

A few weeks ago, I was catching up with a friend, and he remarked that one reason he likes open source software is that it doesn't have marketing. At this point I said, I realize …

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08 Mar 2011, 13:59 p.m.

Writing, Delegating, Researching: Marketing GNOME 3

Allan and I discussed some near-term priorities today in #marketing, so I'll document them here (and on the marketing list). Allan this week is concentrating on release notes. He feels he has a good handle …

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08 Mar 2011, 8:12 a.m.

"Square Pegs"

Until the end of March, US residents can watch 1980s high school sitcom Square Pegs on Hulu. There was only one season, so you could, on either a steady, strenuous, or grueling pace, finish the …

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