Scott Stults is the inaugural OSC “Code Ninja”
Last Friday OpenSource Connections held one of our regular “hackathons”, where OSC developers get together for a day and work on a development project of our choosing, and then…
When talking time zones: Bogota != Eastern Time (US & Canada)!
Ive been using the timezone localization technique of asking the browser when the page loads what the browsers timezone offset from UTC is, and posting that back to the…
Annotations: What they are and why I want them
What they are Annotation is the process of selecting portions of an original document and adding additional information. These additions are not necessarily saved with the original and are…
Things I Learned About Last Week
Last week was the crucial week on my current Lucene -> Solr conversion project for making our goals. A lot of work the previous couple of weeks came together. I…
Working with Groovy and Grails: The Funnies!
1. Documentation Have you ever wished that you could take Google with you on the road when you dont have access to the INTRANET? or at least the documentation…
The White House’s Open Government Directive: Still a Long Way From Reality
On December 8, 2009, the Executive Office of the President of the United States issued a memorandum providing guidance and directives for implementing the Open Government policy. While the…
A Random Walk Down Web Street: Can We Predict Trends for 2010?
The exponential growth of technology makes me think of Burton Malkiels book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, whose main thesis was that the average investor cannot beat the…
OSC Appearances in December, 2009
Here are the places where you can find OpenSource Connections in the next month: December 3: Company of Friends holiday party, Siips Wine Bar December 7: Charlottesville Social Media…
Software Estimation: The Cone of Uncertainty vs The Wormhole of Reality
Earlier this year in my MSMIT classes at UVa, we talked about software estimation techniques, which was a very interesting topic. One thing we talked about was the “Cone…
Department of Defense CIO Publishes Open Source Guidance
In a memorandum dated October 16, 2009, the CIO of the Department of Defense published guidance on the use of open source software within the DoD. The CIOs assessment…
Installing Older Version of a Language Using MacPorts
I personally like to keep up to date with technologies and use the latest and greatest of whats available. Not everyone is the same though, and it is not…
EdUI 2009 Conference Workshops Recap
What is the EdUI Conference? The EdUI Conference is a new conference held by the University of Virginia for the niche of web professionals in higher education. Do not…