Posts about Open Source Software as of July 25, 2009

  Acquia  reported closing an  $8 million Series B round  for total funding of $15 million. Acquia is a commercial open source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system. Acquia is linked with the  Drupal.org  open source community in much the same way that  Red Hat  is connected with the Linux community. The latest round included North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. The company has about 40 employees and over 200 clients.

VLC is best known media player in earth and I’ve no ambiguities on this, whats the look on your face when that much-hopeful video format would not play, and what if internet is not available round the corner, you desperately needed to watch the movie you yearned for long and without yet another round of codec/plug-in download you are in middle of nowhere ? The VLC player, which finally released version 1.0 this month after a decade of development, is truly a labor of love — in true Unix tradition development, versions till now were numbered under 1.0.

Question: How to make your Twitter Updates searchable? Answer: Upload your Twitter Updates into a WordPress blog. The following Tweets are 1/10 of my first 1080 Tweets: Twitter Job Search Engine: http://tinyurl.com/d7qt2p8:27 PM Mar 21st Search Engine Marketing Jobs: http://tinyurl.com/cjgdll8:25 PM Mar 21st Amazon Kindle Marketing Manager Job: http://www.seattle24×7.com/…8:25 PM Mar 21st Quote: ‘Procrastination is the thief of Time’3:51 PM Mar 20th Google Sports Score Gadget: Real

It’s true.  As their rate of internet growth and usage in the now independent country shows, it’s a whopping 192% growth and 90% penetration between 2000 to 2008. Greenland is more tech savvy than us, racing to embrace the future and make us look bad. Or at least that ’s what an ignorant buffoon who believes that statistics tell the whole story would think. Canada is actually one of the most online countries on the planet, right up there with Japan and the USA.

Blogging has made it possible for any individual to publish his/her ideas on the internet easily and freely. For businesses, this marks a truly innovative change in the way that products and services can be promoted to a large audience and at a considerably reduced cost compared with traditional advertising methods. With blogs, average business people can write about what they know and are passionate about, as well as what they can offer to others.

This last week i’ve been enjoying watching A Very Potter Musical on youtube. It’s a most hilarious Harry Potter parody with fantastic acting and delightfully catchy songs! The star of the show has to be Lauren Lopez who plays Draco Malfoy and spends most of the time rolling around seductively on the floor/bench/harry/hermione! Lauren’s sense of comic timing is incredible, and the voice and facial expressions are just adorable! Voldemort and Quirrel are beautifully played with some very touching moments together.

May 2009 I saw my first novel published, Virtual Vice — a New Technology Crime Novel Based on True Events . I’m an intellectual property attorney with no formal background in product development or marketing, so I knew that increasing the book’s profile would be a challenge. In this essay I’ll share with you some techniques that worked for me. Marketing is more art than science, so the suggestions reflect my personal opinion and experience.

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It seems that one of the side effects of my Flash reduced diet is a desire to get away from all restricted formats. In looking back I can see that this journey actually began when I got my OLPC XO during last years Give 1 Get 1 program. As I progress on this journey I am stripping away more and more of my reliance on restricted/patent encumbered formats. I am also working hard to rid my systems of any Proprietary binary blobs or software with restrictive or anti-social licenses.

The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler. Highlights of the Week 39 More Ways to Get Your CMS Twitter Fix . In an age where millions of otherwise rational humans find it perfectly reasonable to share the constituent parts of their waking moments with the world, one might find the topic of content management a safe haven. Lord knows, we do. Vignette Stockholders Said Yes to Open Text Acquisition . Open Text said it’s a done deal.