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Way back at BarCamp NYC Chris Messina mentioned a paper called, An Economy for Giving Everything Away . It is not the most gripping read (and perhaps that is why it has taken me a while to actually mention it… I have picked it up and put it down a few times in the last 2 weeks) but it raises interesting ideas that apply to the concept of open source, and non-competition in open source markets.
I flew into Seattle on Saturday night. The sun came out on Sunday. Tuesday wasn't half bad, yesterday was spectacular. This morning the sky was blue… but by noon the clouds thickened, the sky turned grey, and it started to drizzel. I could only hold them back for so long. (sunset pictures coming soon!)
The Penguins are heading to the Pacific Northwest! Come to Penguin Days in Seattle on March 25th right after the National Technology Conference (NTC) in downtown Seattle (right next to the NTC!) Organized by Aspiration and PICnet Register at http://www.penguinday.org What in the world is a Penguin Day? Penguin Day Seattle will bring together non-profit technology staff and open source software (OSS) developers for a day of learning and conversation. We’ll demystify open source for nonprofits, frankly address the challenges of developing open source tools for non profits, and celebrate strengths and successes of open source in the nonprofit sector. Leading open source innovators, including One Northwest (Seattle) and FreeGeek (Portland) will share their stories and knowledge.
I just looked into adding Vonage Softphone to my Vonage Account. It turns out that you cannot use Vonage Softphone with your existing Vonage Phone Number! So I would need to add a Vonage Softphone line with a new number in order to use Vonage SoftPhone while I am away. Does that make any sense? shouldn’t you be able to have a SoftPhone that is the same number as your main Vonage line? so you can use it anywhere without having to lug your Vonage Router around?
What: Meeting of Drupal Developers, Vendors and Hobbiests Where: EyeBeam Research and Development 540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues) New York, NY 10011 Tel. 212.937.6581 Fax: 212.937.6582 When: Thursday, February 16th, 2006 3PM to 5:15PM (Starting Promptly at 3:!5) Why: It is always good to get together and talk in person. Following on the heals of the SF / Bay ARea Drupal Developer meeting, BarCampNYC
I think my blog is in the "pile of bodies"
Whatever business you’re in, your product’s success or failure is going to become more and more dependant on “sneezers” like me. We are not going away. We are getting more viral by the day, while other ways of spreading ideas- TV, newspapers etc- are becoming less effective by the day. (from GapingVoid.com ) This was a topic that came up during BarCampNYC: Marketing Through Social Networks. I mentioned the concept of “sneezers” and someone I was talking to asked for clarification. I talked about Seth Godin’s market distribution graph with sneezers at the very beginning followed by early adopters, etc.
Rich pointed me to this presentation by Larry Lessig . I finally got around to watching it the other day and Highly recommend it to anyone interested in the public domain, google, the web’s influence on intellectual property and digital rights management. Boing Boing: Video: Lessig slideshow on Google Print – Larry Lessig has uploaded a 30-minute narrated slideshow of his talk on Google Print/Goole Booksearch and fair use. Larry’s slides are always admirably simple, stark and well-chosen, and he’s a very, very good speaker; his explanation of the Google Print [ del.icio.us ]
MashPit – It’s about time that we stopped futzing around and built tools that worked for ordinary folks, yeh, the ones who don’t have time to live and breathe tech like the rest of us seem to. Most of the world is not like us (surprise!) and at some point, yes, we [ del.icio.us ] I talked a bit to Chris Messina this weekend at BarCamp, and he talked about the idea of mashPit, I wanted to call a little extra attention to it, particularly for the CivicActions team. It sounds like it might be fun! Here is what Chris says over on his blog:
I did my first podcasting in a while this weekend at BarCampNYC . I used a Samson C01U studio condensor USB mic , and Audacity on my IBM power Book. The quality varies. The condesor mic is very sensitive, and there is this weird shimmering background noise. I think the quality seems to be affected by what else is running on the laptop. I have to get better at adjusting the settings while recording, and also figure out the best angle to talk into the mic. It seems that pointing the mic straight up in between the two people talking works best, and talking less than 2 feet from the mic.