From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Google Wave Complaints being answered

November 30, 2009

People have some legitimate concerns about Google Wave, myself included. Google posted a wave asking what people like about Wave, and what they don’t like.
It appears they’re taking the gripes pretty seriously.

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What is Google Wave? An easy explanation

November 29, 2009

If you fall into one of these categories, read on:

You don’t know how to explain what Google Wave is,
You just got a Wave invite, and don’t know where to start,
Someone just asked you what Google Wave is, or
You were just asked if you wanted an invite, but don’t know what it is

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5 Hot jQuery Plugin Roundups guaranteed to keep you busy

November 29, 2009

I didn’t want to leave my great readers out of the loop on this, so I’m going to post the day’s collection from my Twitter project here for your enjoyment.
In honor of #pluginSunday, which is my attempt at a Twitter movement, below are some great resources for some of the hottest jQuery plugins making their [...]

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Job boards suck, and here’s why

November 28, 2009

There’s a lot to be desired as a freelancer looking for short to medium term work. Many sites are crowded with junk, look and function horribly, provide little to no customer service, or have such a loose vetting process (looking at you, Craigslist) that you’d be hard pressed to find a worse waste of your [...]

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Starting a Twitter movement

November 27, 2009

Today I had the urge to try a little experiment. I wanted to start adoption of certain hashtags on Twitter, much like how #followfriday started.
I picked out 7 topics for which I would like to share resources. I then assigned these to days of the week. Some of them are too long, some don’t sound [...]

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Be thankful, be kind, be you.

November 26, 2009

I wanted to take this moment to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving and holiday season. Be thankful for what you have, peaceful about what you don’t, and driven to get what you want.

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Google Chrome VMWare Step by Step

November 20, 2009

Tonight, I decided I’d give Google’s Chrome OS a try, and what better way to try a new OS than as a virtual machine via VMWare Fusion on a Mac? To get started, download the VMWare image from GDGT. There are alternatives available if you’re not a VMWare user as well.

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Opencast Looking for Legal Pros

November 13, 2009

The Opencast project is looking for those who have experience in licensing issues related to various codecs. It was posted yesterday to the Opencast Community email list.
Who uses ffmpeg to encode their media? Have you considered licensing fees for codecs and media distribution? Did you happen to run this by your insitution’s lawyer?
When institutions install [...]

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