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Missed Twitter Questions from Jonathan Schwartz Interview at Web 2.0 Expo
In the Jonathan Schwartz interview at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco yesterday, I screwed up. After learning we weren’t set up for audience Q&A with microphones, I thought, “well then, I’ll...
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At OSCON in 2006, I followed sessions that discussed how open source companies would fare when big corporations come in. Back then there were only a handful of examples of big companies purchasing...
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Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography — This resource provides a comprehensive view of the history of cartography, with examples of maps created throughout the ages and background...
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Brian Aker on post-Oracle MySQL
Brian Aker parted ways with the mainstream MySQL release, and with Sun Microsystems, when Sun was acquired by Oracle. These days, Aker is working on Drizzle, one of several MySQL offshoot projects. In...
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Ajax Code Editor — MPL/GPL/LGPL-licensed Javascript code editor that can be embedded into web sites. This used to be Mozilla Skywriter which used to be Mozilla Bespin. (via Mozilla Labs blog) Sun A...
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Developer Week in Review: Linux turns the big 3.0
I have been informed by the contractors, currently starting in on bathroom renovation No. 3 at our house, that my official designation is “Houston.” This is because, pretty much every day, they call me...
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Developer Week in Review: Android proves fruitful for Microsoft
The ball has finally dropped at Apple, and we know that October 4 is the big day that iOS 5 and some undisclosed subset of iPhone devices will be unveiled. Oddly, developers still haven’t received the...
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Developer Week in Review: Talking to your phone
I’ve spent the last week or so getting up to speed on the ins and outs of Vex Robotics tournaments since I foolishly volunteered to be competition coordinator for an event this Saturday. I’ve also been...
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Developer Week in Review: Are APIs intellectual property?
Returning after a brief hiatus due to my annual spring head cold, welcome back to your weekly dose of all things programming. Last week, I was attending the Genomes, Environments and Traits conference...
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MySQL User Conference Registration Up 32%
I was interested to note that as of this morning, attendee registration numbers for the MySQL User Conference (which O’Reilly co-produces with MySQL) are up 32% over the same period last year. This...
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