Category Archives: Open Source

Are we being too hard on Adobe?

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Shane

I was looking back on my previous posts about Adobe needing to open source stuff and I wondered….. Was I being too hard on Adobe just because Google are so generous? The perception is that every company can do what … Continue reading →

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Why 2010 has been a great year so far for open source

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Shane

2010 so far has been awesome. 1. Ubuntu 10.04 was released and its the best Ubuntu yet. 2. Google released WebM (Vorbis+VP8). 3. Steam began porting their engine to Linux. 4. WebGL and other HTML5 technologies are gaining ground. What … Continue reading →

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RE: Thoughts on flash

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Shane

I fully agree with Steve Jobs about the problems with flash. All of his points are correct but one of his points is very hypocritical. He complains about Flash being a proprietary technology when most of the apple platform is … Continue reading →

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The great standardization vs innovation battle

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Shane

Do standards hold us back? Its a good question to ask ourselves as people who work with technology, should we be always looking to innovate? First of all are all standards bad and the answer is a big no. Doing … Continue reading →

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Making free smarter

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Shane

Zeitgeist is awesome and can already do some cool stuff. Here are some examples of stuff that it can do but if it gets support from the development community. Rhythmbox could make up a playlist of songs that you play … Continue reading →

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Open sourcing proprietary software projects

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Shane

In Ireland we have a special relationship with software we see the goodness but politicians dont have a clue how to make sure they get delivery on the sanctioned software systems. There have been a few systems an e-voting system … Continue reading →

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The importance of awesome

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Shane

Im going to plug a bunch of projects and stuff I like in this post so I hope you guys like it. Shot of jaq is bloody awesome. Well us ubuntu people are a little bit biased here because its … Continue reading →

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Gnome 3 world wide release parties

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Shane

At the last Gnome marketing meeting an interesting idea came up. That was to have a ubuntu loco style release party for Gnome 3 this fall. The proposal is here, im sure sponsors are welcome. I have to stress its … Continue reading →

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Debunking Gnome 3 myths

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Shane

Some people are slightly confused about what Gnome 3 actually is. The biggest myth is Gnome Shell == Gnome 3 Actually its very far from the truth, in fact there is a lot of work that has nothing to do … Continue reading →

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Lowering the programming barrier

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Shane

I love quickly and quidgets just for the simple reason they lower the barrier for potential programmers to join in and start easily. But it makes me think that gtk is getting old and its showing its oldness by not … Continue reading →

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