Monthly Archives: December 2009
Put some meat on it: Writing release announcements
I've been spending a fair amount of time away from the computer while on vacation, which has been nice, but I took some time yesterday to catch up on my RSS feeds. Even thought it's pretty quiet out there right now, I found several posts and announcements about beta releases, project releases, and so on.
Two [...]
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Release Early, Release Often, Adopt Slowly
Things move pretty fast in the open source development world. A new kernel release comes out around every three months. Projects like GNOME, KDE, and PostgreSQL pop out releases every six months, as well as some major Linux distros. Open source development moves at a rapid and relentless pace. It's refreshing, then, to see an [...]
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Mozilla Jetpack Gets an Update
Mozilla Labs released Jetpack 0.7 just before Christmas with a special gift for add-on developers. The latest release comes with a brand-new API so add-on authors can give users some tips and info the first time that they run a new Jetpack. It also includes a number of enhancements, updates, and bugfixes. This release also [...]
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Organize Holiday Photos with digiKam 1.0
Just in time for the holiday break, and all those holiday photos, the digiKam team has put the finishing touches on the 1.0 release and Kipi-plugins 1.0 as well. digiKam is an image management application for Linux and Windows that allows you to import, organize, edit, enhance, and share your pictures.
The 1.0 release is a [...]
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A pink Hummer?
On the way home from the gym today, I was two cars behind a bubblegum pink Hummer. Let that sink in. A bubblegum pink Hummer.
Due to the angle, I couldn't get a look at the driver, so I'm forced to ponder what type of person decides they want to drive a masculinity substitute like the [...]
Get Things Done with WordPress
Want to get a jump on team productivity in 2010? Check out the GTD theme for WordPress from Templatic. Unlike most WordPress themes, the Templatic theme is designed for private collaboration rather than blogging for all the world to see.
The GTD theme adds a couple of features to WordPress to make collaboration easier. Instead of [...]
May 2010 be your best year ever!