Does the virtual world equal the real world?
This is the question that the FBI is asking of Second Life as they investigate Second Lifes casinos. The three biggest casinos, according to the CNN article, make $1,500/month…
This is the question that the FBI is asking of Second Life as they investigate Second Lifes casinos. The three biggest casinos, according to the CNN article, make $1,500/month…
A recent survey by Clearswift and Yougov shows that 59% of all employees aged 18-29 believe that they should be able to use Web 2.0 social networking sites for…
Congratulations to OSC principal Scott Stults and his wife on the birth of their first baby, a healthy and as of yet unnamed son. Naturally, Scott cannot allow something…
Thanks to Pruppert, word about our iTunes deduplicate script is spreading. He posted on the Mac World Forum and had an excellent write-up on how the script differed from…
Just as people spend far too much time in meetings, they also spend far too much time sifting through reports trying to determine what the most important information to…
When an IT team needs help with a big project or a new task, they will often look to outsiders for help in delivering their objectives. Oftentimes, they will…
In the past two years, Chris Andersons Long Tail has become relatively common in the business lexicon. Does the long tail apply to coders? Common business knowledge says that…
Oftentimes, lead developers wind up playing the role of project manager. For a small project, its OK because the level of administrative overhead is small. For large projects, its…
When I was in the Army, a useful skill that I had was knowing who could do what and being a favor broker. Managing a much larger network is…
Eric Pugh will be a guest panelist at the September 2006 VPTC meeting. He will be covering trends in technology that we can expect to see in 2007. More…
It appears to me that, after having talked to countless people at OSCON, there is still a significant disconnect between IT and the rest of the business. I say…
The biggest thing that surprised me was the preponderance of Perl developers at the convention. For a “dying language,” Perl seems to be pretty alive and well. I also…