Apparently YouTube has one of Microsoft’s new commercials featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Was this really a $300 million advertising investment? I’ve watched it and frankly I don’t see how this is going to increase their relevance, reputation, brand awareness, or perceived value to anyone. Unless you really think …
The last day of UTOSC was Family Day, so by midday the conference was under invasion by munchkins! The XOs we brought were a big hit, and thanks to UTOSC having a “Try It” hands-on lab, I know that many children got their first glance at the XO and Sugar. …
My UTOSC Day 3 post is yet to come (later tonight or tomorrow). But I wanted to note in the meantime that this is a holiday weekend in the USA, so some folks might be a little harder to reach than usual. I’ll be flying back to Virginia tomorrow, but …
Friday was another fantastic day at the conference. Started the day with a true homestyle breakfast at Cracker Barrel with my friend Jared Smith and his friend Trevor. Then it was off to the conference to show off more Fedora and OLPC. I taught a session in the morning on …
Despite his incredibly busy schedule organizing stuff, Clint “herlo” Savage picked me up at the airport on Wednesday night, and summarily whisked us off to the Fiddler’s Elbow. We proceeded to tuck into a fantastic barbecue dinner with the rest of the UTOSC staff and presenters, complete with sweet corn …
NOTE: Posting this a little late since I didn’t get to my hotel until crash time. As I write this, I’m about 40,000 feet over Ian Weller’s house in Kansas, on my way to Utah for UTOSC 2008. My keynote is more or less ready — knowing me, less, but …
Ruthless email triage frees the mind and the schedule, not to mention exorcises violent demons of the spirit. Replacing the hard drive in an iPod with flash media is the best way to test nerves of steel, next to the “Operation” game. Or actual surgery for that matter, only not …
The obvious. Obviously many of you know now how I spent my last week, since it wasn’t blogging. ? It’s been said many times already, and can’t be overstated, that our Fedora Infrastructure team has proved their mettle by basically razing and rebuilding the skeleton of our project over the …
Now it’s finally official: a Fedora Scholarship. A while back, we started talking about ways to identify and cultivate young contributors to Fedora. We are starting to see more and more young people taking the opportunity to be full participants in the open source world. As part of our mission …
Last week my daughter, who’s seven, went for a regular eye check up. As a result, yesterday we went to order her first pair of prescription eyeglasses. Two, actually — we assume she’ll lose one, since she doesn’t have to wear them for reading. The optometrist told my wife, “Oh, …