06 May 2010, 9:30 a.m.

GNOME Marketing Hackfest 2010, Day Two

On Wednesday morning, starting around 9:30, we broke into small groups to work intensively on video, GNOME Ambassadors, and the website. For example, Bharat, Vincent, and I started a business card template for GNOME Ambassadors, …

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05 May 2010, 7:49 a.m.

GNOME Marketing Hackfest (Zaragoza, Spain), Day One

Yesterday we officially started the GNOME Marketing hackfest, centering on planning the release of GNOME 3.0 on 29 September 2010. Paul Cutler started us off by talking about goals for the week. He wants us …

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04 May 2010, 1:18 a.m.

Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully GNOME

I am in Zaragoza, Spain for the GNOME marketing hackfest. One thing that came up over dinner: People who have heard about GNOME 3 may have heard about GNOME Shell (a new UI that makes …

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27 Apr 2010, 19:34 p.m.

The Fortress of LOLitude

I took the train from New York City to Providence on Friday morning. My first seatmate: a salesman who was discussing with a fellow sales executive why he should get a unified sales quota, rather …

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27 Apr 2010, 10:55 a.m.

Importing iCal .ics Files to N900 Calendar (Maemo 5)

I have a laptop running Mac OS 10.4.11 and iCal 2.0.5 (ancient and proprietary, I know, that's why I just got the ZaReason Hoverboard running Ubuntu). I decided to move my calendaring over to my …

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26 Apr 2010, 19:25 p.m.

Thoughtcrime Experiments, One Year Later

Today is the one-year anniversary of Thoughtcrime Experiments, the free scifi/fantasy anthology Leonard and I edited last year. Thoughtcrime Experiments got a bit of recognition in the form of award nominations. We made the British …

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23 Apr 2010, 7:16 a.m.

Out the Door

Off to QuahogCon in Providence, Rhode Island. Say hi if you're there! I have some free time this afternoon and welcome sightseeing advice.

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18 Apr 2010, 23:16 p.m.

A Few Tech-ish-Related Observations

New Work City is a Manhattan coworking space/group that charges $25 for a desk for a day. Floatleft: an international two-woman Drupal consulting firm that provides web development services to NGOs and nonprofits. Neat! A …

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17 Apr 2010, 9:00 a.m.

Ever Since You've Been Around

Leonard, Not-My-Ex Dan, Jacob and I saw the always-fun Kevin Geeks Out curated talk-video-slideshow-quiz fest last night. Towards the end, we saw an enticing trailer for next month's alien encounter-themed show, the soundtrack to which …

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14 Apr 2010, 17:28 p.m.

My Lawn And The Children Upon It

The amazing penetration of the Do-Not-Call list and cell phones means that kids growing up in the US these days will never know how annoying telemarketers used to be. They also won't know how pervasive …

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