Category: Open Source

Exit whurley Stage Left

May 21, 2009 38

If you are coming here from the preDevCamp website, then you already know what this post is about. Perhaps you’ve already read one of the posts written by my preDevCamp co-founders Dan Rumney and Giovanni Gallucci. Things haven’t exactly worked out between preDevCamp and Palm, Inc. I’ll spare you the nitty-gritty. In the end, [..

Linux Against Poverty Is A Go!

May 20, 2009 10

Today’s it’s official. I’ve joined forces with Lynn Bender and Dan Rumney on a third large-scale collaboration project for the year: Linux Against Poverty. We’re growing a global community to distribute computers to underprivileged students, families, and school systems around the world. Our concept is simple: pull together

Sara Dornsife On Community In A Frigid Economy

March 2, 2009 1

Sara Dornsife has been pivotal in several open source transformations and communities. In 2004 she helped Sun open up Solaris and then shepherded the fledgling OpenSolaris community. Her card read “marketing,” but she was a fixer tasked with keeping Sun’s open source communities whole, viable, and happy. Now independent, Sara use

Will Open Source Instruments Strike A Chord?

February 25, 2009 5

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been following the maturation of ZoyBar, a singular platform for developing innovative musical instruments and effects. The platform allows independent developers to use ZoyBar hardware to integrate modular parts. Components can be swapped during a performance or mounted with an array of spe

Mark Warr On The Future Of Open Source Instruments

February 25, 2009 2

Mark Warr has been honing the cutting edge of musical instruments for nearly two decades as one of the premier touch-style instrument manufacturers in the world. His innovative designs are used by hundreds of musicians worldwide from Jim Wright (Kittyhawk) to Trey Gunn (Multimedia Storyteller and King Crimson Alumnus). Having been a musician and fr

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