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Author Archives: Joe Brockmeier
Dell Studio 1747 Laptop: One Fatal Flaw Away from Linux Perfection
Dell’s 17-inch Studio 1747 laptop is a beefy desktop replacement that ships with Windows 7. But how does it fare with Linux instead? A few days hands-on with the laptop shows that the machine is almost perfect, save for one fatal flaw. Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Linux, Open Source
Tagged Broadcom, Core i7, Dell 1747, Dell Studio
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Competing with Web Services: Can Open Source Survive?
In 2006 at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), Tim O’Reilly caused a stir by saying that open source licenses would be made obsolete by Web 2.0 and Software as a Service. At the time, O’Reilly’s prediction seemed far-fetched, and … Continue reading
Replacing SharePoint with Open Source CMSes
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 offers a lot to businesses. SharePoint includes a content management system, search, wikis, the ability to build intranets and external Web sites, all in one bundled solution. However, it also comes with a steep price tag and … Continue reading
Writing ledes, writing for feeds…
Too many ledes in tech publications and blogs suck. I’ve been doing more editing and more content curation lately. The upshot of that is noticing a lot of really boring, fluffy, slow-to-the-point ledes that utterly fail at drawing the reader … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging 101, Front Page, PR and marketing, Rant
Tagged Journalism, lead, lede, Writing
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Poligraft adds political context
Poligraft is an interesting little tool whipped up by the Sunlight Foundation to add context to political stories — like connecting politicians in a story to donors. Would love to see something like this expanded to add context to tech … Continue reading
Spread the word: Ohio LinuxFest registration is open!
Things are spinning up for Ohio LinuxFest — we’re less than a month out, so now is the time for everyone planning on attending the big ‘fest to sign up and start making your plans to attend. Even if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Front Page, Linux, Open Source, openSUSE
Tagged linuxfest, ohio linuxfest, olf
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Cash and Community: Incentives and Open Source Development
The open source landscape has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, and the picture of open source developers has changed as well. Where free and open source (FOSS) projects were once considered the domain of volunteer enthusiasts donating time … Continue reading