Chris DiBona
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Blog Posts
OSCON .... and .....Pretty Pictures or Content?
--Why not both?What am I talking about? Well, I'll tell you. I've been speaking at OSCON for one company or another for about 9 years now, and have a...
Tenori-On Top of things...
--A fellow at work, David Sparks, recently lent me his Tenori-on, an unusual instrument from Yamaha/Toshio Iwai. I've posted some of my early, not so...
1-888-4vault-tec
--There are .... 101 million callers ahead of you......so....cool.....
Wall-E Was Wonderful
--Hi Egofoodians. Forgive my excitment, but I had the good luck to see Wall-E on tuesday and it was pretty amazing. I'm not a Pixar fan boy, either, ...
Wall-E Was Wonderful
--Hi Egofoodians. Forgive my excitment, but I had the good luck to see Wall-E on tuesday and it was pretty amazing. I'm not a Pixar fan boy, either, ...
Commodification
--You know, I think I like Commodification over commoditization for almost every single use I've heard commoditization used. Just saying. Google Tren...
Commodification
--You know, I think I like Commodification over commoditization for almost every single use I've heard commoditization used. Just saying. Google Tren...
At the end of the day, this can only be a good thing...
--One thing I noticed right around September 2001, was the growth of the phrase "At the end of the day" as a conversation halter. It annoyed me. It s...
At the end of the day, this can only be a good thing...
--One thing I noticed right around September 2001, was the growth of the phrase "At the end of the day" as a conversation halter. It annoyed me. It s...
I don't get it : FriendFeed
--I've been messing with FriendFeed, but I don't get it yet. Just saying. Does that mean I'm old? Unhip? Maybe. The synthetic feed thing can be done ...
I don't get it : FriendFeed
--I've been messing with FriendFeed, but I don't get it yet. Just saying. Does that mean I'm old? Unhip? Maybe. The synthetic feed thing can be done ...
Banlieue 13 (District B13): Da Octopuss
--For the Le Parkour fans out there (friedman, I'm talking to you) who have seen the movie "Banlieue 13" by Fifth Elementer Luc Besson, I threw toget...
Banlieue 13 (District B13): Da Octopuss
--For the Le Parkour fans out there (friedman, I'm talking to you) who have seen the movie "Banlieue 13" by Fifth Elementer Luc Besson, I threw toget...
Worth a Listen: The Plimsouls, Everywhere at Once
--I've been uploading some stuff to imeem. check it out. The Plimsouls is one of my favorite bands. Qualifies as oldies, mind you, nowadays, but the ...
Worth a Listen: The Plimsouls, Everywhere at Once
--I've been uploading some stuff to imeem. check it out. The Plimsouls is one of my favorite bands. Qualifies as oldies, mind you, nowadays, but the ...
Now that's funny..... WWT on Mac.
--This is probably the funniest system requirements line I've seen to date:From the Worldwide Telescope Site:For Mac: ...
Now that's funny..... WWT on Mac.
--This is probably the funniest system requirements line I've seen to date:From the Worldwide Telescope Site:For Mac: ...
Judge orders halt to spraying for moth, Zombie apocalypse will have to wait
--In this article: Judge orders halt to spraying for moth we learn that Judge Burdick has put spraying of moth phermones on hold pending further envi...
Judge orders halt to spraying for moth, Zombie apocalypse will have to wait
--In this article: Judge orders halt to spraying for moth we learn that Judge Burdick has put spraying of moth phermones on hold pending further envi...
Check it out, Predictive text drop down..
--So I'm pretty happy with how the Predictive text module is coming. Ranking is still crap, but it's usable, UI wise. Here's a shot for you to see. T...
Check it out, Predictive text drop down..
--So I'm pretty happy with how the Predictive text module is coming. Ranking is still crap, but it's usable, UI wise. Here's a shot for you to see. T...
What about that word processing program?
--This is the first post written using IsolWrite. It is going pretty smoothly, the predictive text system is still pretty useless, if fun. It is stil...
What about that word processing program?
--This is the first post written using IsolWrite. It is going pretty smoothly, the predictive text system is still pretty useless, if fun. It is stil...
I've been twittering a fair amount...
--And I just made my twitter profile public, if you're interested.
I've been twittering a fair amount...
--And I just made my twitter profile public, if you're interested.
No, Shame on Daya Baran
--First, go read this screed against Tim O'Reilly:WebGuild: Shame On You Tim O'ReillyI'd like to point out that we emailed Daya about this continuous...
No, Shame on Daya Baran
--First, go read this screed against Tim O'Reilly:WebGuild: Shame On You Tim O'ReillyI'd like to point out that we emailed Daya about this continuous...
New Keyboards, C# and more...
--In an attempt to help my typing be a bit more orderly and less finger-across-the-keyboardy, I've adopted one of those split keyboard things at work...
New Keyboards, C# and more...
--In an attempt to help my typing be a bit more orderly and less finger-across-the-keyboardy, I've adopted one of those split keyboard things at work...
It is the poor carpenter who blames his tools...
--This week, OLPC had a dust up, a kerfuffle even. Walter Bender, OLPC's former president of sofware, left the organization. Why? Well, some think it...
It is the poor carpenter who blames his tools...
--This week, OLPC had a dust up, a kerfuffle even. Walter Bender, OLPC's former president of sofware, left the organization. Why? Well, some think it...
Full Screen Applications in C# (adventures in C#/Windows Forms)
--So I've been messing with C#, as you might remember from a previous post, and I thought I'd post a code snippet for folks who hit this problem. It'...
Full Screen Applications in C# (adventures in C#/Windows Forms)
--So I've been messing with C#, as you might remember from a previous post, and I thought I'd post a code snippet for folks who hit this problem. It'...
A Short Post
--I am timing this post to be as exactly long as the song "Flash" by Queen. You'll remember previous timed posts (14 minutes) and my upside down post...
A Short Post
--I am timing this post to be as exactly long as the song "Flash" by Queen. You'll remember previous timed posts (14 minutes) and my upside down post...
Bloxes at Google Chicago
--So we got a hold of a pallet of Jef Raskin's Bloxes (as created by Asa, his son) and we built around 200 of them. It was a fun thing for us to do w...
Bloxes at Google Chicago
--So we got a hold of a pallet of Jef Raskin's Bloxes (as created by Asa, his son) and we built around 200 of them. It was a fun thing for us to do w...
Updates: SOC Orgs selected, Funabol CEO ignorantly slags on Google and I visit the National Ignition Facility
--What a day! We announced the organizations that we selected to take part in the Summer of Code today. This is the culmination of days of review, lo...
Updates: SOC Orgs selected, Funabol CEO ignorantly slags on Google and I visit the National Ignition Facility
--What a day! We announced the organizations that we selected to take part in the Summer of Code today. This is the culmination of days of review, lo...
Updates: SOC Orgs selected, Funabol CEO ignorantly slags on Google and I visit the National Ignition Facility
--What a day! We announced the organizations that we selected to take part in the Summer of Code today. This is the culmination of days of review, lo...
Standards on thier head...
--??ou dn ?p?s ????? ?o??uo? ?no? d?l? u?? no?¿uo???p??? o? ???l?p?? ?lq?uos???un ??os ?o ?no u? ??lnpu? ?? op suo??????s?? ????o ?u?? ?o??p???o? s??...
Standards on thier head...
--??ou dn ?p?s ????? ?o??uo? ?no? d?l? u?? no?¿uo???p??? o? ???l?p?? ?lq?uos???un ??os ?o ?no u? ??lnpu? ?? op suo??????s?? ????o ?u?? ?o??p???o? s??...
Only One Day Left for Organizations to Apply to SoC
--We've got some -amazing- groups who have applied, but I wanted to give the ol' internet one last ping. If you are a -currently- shipping organizati...
Only One Day Left for Organizations to Apply to SoC
--We've got some -amazing- groups who have applied, but I wanted to give the ol' internet one last ping. If you are a -currently- shipping organizati...
Find me at Drupalcon next week, and a short note on the MySQL Acquisition
--I just totally nailed my talk at Drupalcon next week to blather on and on about the open sourciness thing to the Drupalians. Drupalites? Drupies? Y...
Find me at Drupalcon next week, and a short note on the MySQL Acquisition
--I just totally nailed my talk at Drupalcon next week to blather on and on about the open sourciness thing to the Drupalians. Drupalites? Drupies? Y...
Kindle vs Iliad: Future! The Future I tell you.
--So I'm sitting in Washington, DC's Union Station waiting on a train to take me north to Boston when I glance over at the dude sitting a few seats a...
Kindle vs Iliad: Future! The Future I tell you.
--So I'm sitting in Washington, DC's Union Station waiting on a train to take me north to Boston when I glance over at the dude sitting a few seats a...
New Zealand, Webstock and Backgammon, oh my..
--Yep, I'm on a plane again. This time on a flight from Sydney Kingsford to Aukland (and later to Wellington for webstock). Air New Zealand is plying...
Shelving Books and Muscle Memory
--When I was a younger man, I worked for a store called Waldensoftware in the Tyson's Corner mall in Northern Virginia. This was a solid job for a 16...
A terrific post about XKCD's Randall Munroes visit.
--Can be found on Ellen Spertus' blog. Check it out!
Google as done by XKCDs Randall Munroe
--Recently, Randall Munroe, the artist behind the best online comic ever, came and visited the Googleplex and gave a very funny talk all about the co...
Synthetic Feed Creation in Google Reader...or...You've Got Your Blogs Stuck In My E-reader!
--Hello Egofoodians. Have you ever wondered if it was possible to subscribe to a particular tag in Google Reader?For instance, suppose you, oh I don'...
And, yet, another test...
--Cause, you know, tests are what I'm good at today.
The is a test of the feedburning system, this is only a test.
--booooooooop.
The Most Funnest Google API Yet
--Seriously, check it out, I present to you the Google chart API: You see, 4 out of 5 programmers agree that making charts is super easy. Well done ...
Crankygeeks, now with more hair...
--Almost forgot: John Dvorak had me up for Crankygeeks last week. Will he never learn? ;-) The comments are very nice about the extra hair I brought ...
I Don't Think Anyone will be Quitting Gamespot over that
--By now you've run across le' affaire de Gerstmann, the story of an intrepid game reviewer slagging the mediocre FPS Kane and Lynch by game company ...
Speaking of Android, and other backed up ranting in my head about Harvard Business School, my Pal Karim and Cambridge...
--For that text adventure lover in your house, I present : Z Machines for Android. Marius and Ben's little project for Android. It's funny, consideri...
Posts on a Plane..
--Howdy speed racers;Yes, a new post means I was on a plane again. At this point in time (8:16 PDT) and space (flying over the Rockies on the way hom...
Sometimes, the news makes very little sense, unless...
--....you read two stories in very quick succession. For instance:I was reading a London Times Online article about how "Muslim checkout staff get an...
