It has been an exciting day for Oracle. First, they sued Google. Then, the killed OpenSolaris. They say that there's no such thing as bad press, but perhaps even Oracle's mighty databases can't handle this much excitement. It is Friday Read More …
Remember back a few months ago? The Internet was abuzz with talk about the evils of Facebook, many of which were true and several that still are. Major celebrities made public pronouncements that they were leaving Facebook. People published information Read More …
In the last couple of years, I find myself returning time and again to discussions about cloud computing, what it means, where it's going, and what the implications are for both business and end users. Meanwhile, many of you reading Read More …
DON’T PANIC! Today, being the 25th of May, is also Towel Day, a mostly harmless holiday in which fans of the late great author, Douglas Adams, carry a towel to recognize the man who brought us the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Read More …
Surprise, surprise! Canonical and Skype appear to be setting us up for the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Recent updates to the Ubuntu partner repository now shows Skype as a supported package. It's all there in that magic word, partner. Skype is now Read More …
I'm going to start this Ubuntu-User blog entry with an apology combined with a bit of an explanation. I'm going to talk about Facebook. Yes, me too — I'm sorry.You all know what Facebook is, of course.With nearly 3 out of Read More …
Last week, I received a call from Erin Anderssen, a writer and reporter from the Globe and Mail, Canada's great national newspaper. She was directed to me by a colleague of mine who suggested that I might just be the Read More …
The whole left brain, right brain thing came up again today. I was asked whether I was predominantly right or left brained; my friend suggested I was a right-brain kind of guy. Sadly, and I blame lack of sleep for this, I could Read More …
Okay, I might be exaggerating about the whole betrayal and murder thing. But this story is about FOSS in Calgary. And it is about COSSFEST 2010. We did, however, kill a few beer. Does that count? And we did have Read More …
Hello, everyone. My name is Marcel and I’m a technology addict. I stand before you today, naked (figuratively speaking, of course), laying my deepest, darkest, secrets out for all to see. You see, I love technology. All kinds of technology. Read More …