Category: Media Coverage

City’s Web Site Redesign Might Go Open-Source

May 18, 2009 1

Today Lori Hawkins published a story on OpenAustin in the Tech Monday section of the Austin American Statesman. Here’s an excerpt: “Now Hurley, whose day job is chief architect of open-source strategy at BMC Software, has taken up the cause, with the goal of crowdsourcing the development of the site using Austin talent. He has created

whurley ist langjähriger technologischer Visionär

February 20, 2009 0

My Interview with ManageIT in Germany has just hit the Interwebs. If you can read German, here’s a basic summary: William Hurley (whurley) ist langjähriger technologischer Visionär und ein Befürworter von Open Source, der sich bei und im Namen von BMC Software aktiv in verschiedenen Open Source Communities engagiert. Er plädiert für ein

whurley, The Digital Renaissance Man

February 13, 2009 1

Mike Chapman has written a post about me seemingly out of nowhere, and far more flattering than I deserve. Here’s an excerpt: Later, as I got to know whurley better, I learned that he is literally a virtual crystal ball into the future of technology. I imagine that he can see around the next technological curves [...]

Wired Magazine Talks Up preDevCamp

February 4, 2009 0

Wired Magazine just published their coverage of preDevCamp. Here’s a bit of the sotry: William Hurley — more commonly known by his hacker nickname “whurley” — is one of the developers in charge of organizing PreDevCamp. He also had a hand in starting iPhoneDevCamp, a nonprofit meet-up that helped mobilize third-party application developme

Science Channel Keeps Cloud Computing Real

January 21, 2009 1

Today Michelle Greer published a recent interview we did for the Science Channel’s “NerdAbout” series. Here’s a bit of the intro to the interview: Unfortunately, no one really understands cloud computing actually is. The term gets thrown around by so many marketers it has become a meaningless cliche. Since people feel it

whurley Named 2008’s “Best Evil Genius”

October 16, 2008 1

Mando and I were on our way to the mall when we got a call asking why I wasn’t at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Apparently, I’d been named 2008’s “Best Evil Genius” by the Austin Chronicle. Here’s what they had to say: Credit Whurley – also known as William Hurley, a visionary systems [...]