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This is the second podcast from the car. Aaron asked Fen to ellaborate on iNames, how they work, and how we might be able to use them in our work. In the spirit of my podcasting style, these podcasts have no intro and no outtro, just the conversation. Listen to “Fen Labalme Talks About iNames in the Car”
Friday afternoon, Aaron, Rich and Fen picked me up in Seattle, we grabbed AJ up in Ballard and got on the Road to Vancouver for our second retreat. The location this time is Lions Bay. We chose British Columbia because of next week’s OSCMS Summit / Drupal Con . About half way through the trip we realized maybe we should record out conversations for a podcast. In this first segment Fen answers questions about iNames and we talk about the implications for trust systems in social networks.
In a classic George Bush move, the President specifically singled out wind and bio-mass as alternative energy sources that we as a nation should explore to help ween us of our dependence on oil… our 100 year adiction. I guess the president knows a little something about kicking a habit. It was one of those moments in the SOTU that made me gasp, but I knew it was too good to be true. This from the NYT: The Energy Department will begin laying off researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the next week or two because of cuts to its budget.
That is a seattle sunset in January. I left new york it was 60 degrees (and from what i hear it is stayed unseasonably warm). When i got to seattle their rain streak (30 day of rain or something) seemed to break. We have had some sun almost every day,…
I am in Seattle. Things are great. The food is good, the coffee is amazing (more on that in a different post) and the weather is not nearly as bad as people say. After yesterday's state of the union there is so much I could be writing about right now. But what moved me to…
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