“How can someone make a living from writing open source or free software?” I get questions like that a lot when talking about open source. Coding Horror has a recent post that’s a great example of how one can profit from free software. It highlights the flash-based game Desktop Tower Defense and how the author [...]
Category Archives: Open Source
Presentation at WNYLRC
May 16, 2007 – 11:41 pm
Last week, I was in Buffalo for a presentation at the Western New York Library Resources Council. I spoke about open source software for libraries. It was nice to visit another regional library system and see all of the great things they’re doing. Everyone seemed to be pretty enthusiastic about the idea of open source. [...]
No Rest for the Wicked
May 5, 2007 – 9:57 pm
I haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve got a good reason! At MPOW we’ve been heavy into strategic planning stuff. We’re holding forums at member libraries to gather input and (hopefully) find out exactly what we should be doing for our expanded region. Any day that’s not spent at a forum is typically filled [...]
Free Up Some Time and Your Todo List
April 17, 2007 – 11:01 pm
Library Web Chic recently talked about using cron on *nix boxes to automate web server log file rotations. At MPOW I use cron quite a bit on our Linux boxes. Once you get the hang of it, cron makes it so easy to automate tasks. On our web server, I use cron to do the [...]
Upcoming Presentations
March 28, 2007 – 2:56 pm
Here is a current list of presentations I’m doing over the next few months: Technology Trends 2007 April 25th, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. SWON Libraries Office From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan: Open Source Software Grows Up May 10th, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Western New York Library Resources Council From Ugly Duckling to [...]
