McChris + opensource 42
MODx CMS
september 2009 by McChris
This looks like an interesting alternative to CMS like Joomla
CMS
opensource
webpublishing
september 2009 by McChris
Mashable: Ma.gnolia Goes Open Source
august 2008 by McChris
I think I may move to the Ma.gnolia platform for my social bookmarks and quick posts to terrorintheheartland.com. My username over there is McChris if you want to find me.
opensource
Web2.0
socialsoftware
folksonomy
august 2008 by McChris
Rough Type: Open source as corporate joint venture
april 2008 by McChris
A recent study shows that most Linux contributors are not hobbyists, but employees of software-development organizations.
linux
economics
opensource
april 2008 by McChris
CHDK Wiki
april 2008 by McChris
CHDK is hacked firmware for Canon digital cameras that expand the cameras' range of features.
photography
hack
opensource
april 2008 by McChris
flare: visualization on the web
march 2008 by McChris
"Flare is a collection of ActionScript 3 classes for building a wide variety of interactive visualizations. For example, flare can be used to build basic charts, complex animations, network diagrams, treemaps, and more."
visualization
Flash
opensource
march 2008 by McChris
Cash Me Out - Forbes.com
february 2008 by McChris
Daniel Lyons argues that Sun's acquisition of MySQL represents "The end of open source as counterculture."
MySQL
opensource
business
february 2008 by McChris
ArtSoftware
december 2007 by McChris
"ArtSoftware.org is a wiki for sharing information about free and open source art software!"
opensource
wiki
art
december 2007 by McChris
kottke.org: Yochai Benkler
november 2007 by McChris
Joel Turnipseed interviews the scholar about his book and participation online.
interview
opensource
intellectualproperty
freeculture
economics
november 2007 by McChris
Ian Bogost: Chumby and the Rhetoric of Openness
november 2007 by McChris
Just because Chumby says it's open-source doesn't mean it is.
opensource
chumby
intellectualproperty
GPL
november 2007 by McChris
Dia: a drawing program
september 2007 by McChris
A co-worker says this open-source package is a decent replacement for Visio.
chart
model
opensource
useful
utilities
september 2007 by McChris
OLPCWiki: OS images for emulation
april 2007 by McChris
I don't think I'll ever have the time to check out the software for the One-Laptop-per-Child machine, but it's cool emulators are publicly available.
digitaldivide
opensource
april 2007 by McChris
Austin Chronicle: You mean open source hasn't saved the world yet?
march 2007 by McChris
Jon Lebkowsky lays out open-source issues for a popular audience.
austin
freeculture
sxsw
opensource
march 2007 by McChris
Time: Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free
february 2007 by McChris
Justin Fox examines the relationship between peer producers and the sites that profit from them.
Web2.0
opensource
production
labor
february 2007 by McChris
Free software group challenges educational software patent
january 2007 by McChris
The US Patent and Trademark Office will review the patent granted for the Blackboard course management system.
patents
opensource
education
january 2007 by McChris
Pure Data
january 2007 by McChris
Pure Data "was created to explore ideas of how to further refine the Max paradigm with the core ideas of allowing data to be treated in a more open-ended way and opening it up to applications outside of audio and MIDI, such as graphics and video."
media
music
opensource
geek
january 2007 by McChris
Songbird Media Player
november 2006 by McChris
Cross-platform ,Mozilla-based media player that seemingly supports every media file out there. This looks promising, but it's only up to version 0.2.
music
media
OSX
opensource
november 2006 by McChris
So Long to the AMD PIC
november 2006 by McChris
Chip Rosenthal shares his experience with AMD's "Personal Internet Communicator" net appliance serving Katrina refugees. He blames the Windows CE-based OS and the lack of hackability of the device.
opensource
end-of-life
disaster
november 2006 by McChris
OpenSourceCMS
october 2006 by McChris
Allows you to test out various open source CM systems with no installation.
useful
opensource
CMS
webdesign
october 2006 by McChris
Ars Technica: Eudora to partner with Mozilla and go open source
october 2006 by McChris
I'm often surprised to see most of the College of Communication staff and faculty still using Eudora. It looks like the newest version will be the last for OS X.
OSX
opensource
email
end-of-life
october 2006 by McChris
IT Manager's Journal: 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL
august 2006 by McChris
This might be useful down the road.
GPL
opensource
intellectualproperty
law
august 2006 by McChris
A pacifist version of the GPL?
august 2006 by McChris
The developers of a distributed computing software system want to amend the GNU General Public License to ensure that participants aren't volunteering their machines for military research. The Free Software Foundation is blocking their efforts.
activism
anti-war
GPL
opensource
distributedcomputing
FSF
august 2006 by McChris
FT.com: A closed mind about an open world
august 2006 by McChris
James Boyle discusses how open modes of production can seem counter-intutive to many people, yet produce a quality product.
opensource
production
CreativeCommons
economics
psychology
wikipedia
august 2006 by McChris
The Atlantic Monthly: The Hive
august 2006 by McChris
Another venerable magazine runs a feature on Wikipedia. This one is good at describing the multiple forces that came together to form the project, rather than a single threaded narrative about Jimbo Wales.
wikipedia
production
opensource
history
august 2006 by McChris
Torvalds critical of new GPL draft
july 2006 by McChris
I don't fully understand Linus' objections to the anti-DRM provision, but the bit about TiVo is quite interesting.
GPL
opensource
intellectualproperty
DRM
law
july 2006 by McChris
Socialtext Open
july 2006 by McChris
Socialtext (not to be confused with the infamous theory journal of the same name) has released an open-source version of their enterprise wiki product. I wondered when this would happen.
wiki
opensource
business
Web2.0
july 2006 by McChris
Annals of Information: Know it All
july 2006 by McChris
The New Yorker has a long feature about Wikipedia and its user communities. It even mentions the Boston Molasses Disaster.
wikipedia
history
opensource
production
july 2006 by McChris
LWN: The GPL Is a License, not a Contract
june 2006 by McChris
Via Jordan, a discussion of the differences between licenses and contracts. I wish there was a story like this that explained FCC Licenses.
law
GPL
intellectualproperty
opensource
june 2006 by McChris
GROKLAW: The GPL is a License, Not a Contract,
june 2006 by McChris
Via Jordan, explains the legal difference between licenses and contracts in terms of the GPL. This distinction is not made frequently enough in popular reporting about intellectual property.
law
GPL
intellectualproperty
opensource
june 2006 by McChris
iScroll2: Two-Finger-Scrolling for iBooks
april 2006 by McChris
Don pointed me to this little utility that allows you to scroll with old-school Mac track pads.
useful
opensource
hack
OSX
april 2006 by McChris
Web2.0 List, Web 2.0 Site
april 2006 by McChris
Via, O'Reilly Radar, an index of Web 2.0 companies and projects
ajax
blog
media
business
opensource
Web2.0
april 2006 by McChris
The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Linux for the People
april 2006 by McChris
''If knowledge doesn't have owners, intellectual property is a trick of neoliberalism,'' Hugo Chavez says.
opensource
globalization
intellectualproperty
socialjustice
production
april 2006 by McChris
'Sandal and ponytail set' cramping Linux adoption?
march 2006 by McChris
I don't doubt that the business world is so shallow to make technology decisions based on administrator sartorial style, but don't you want your geeks to be thinking about computers and not their appearance? What does this say about our culture?
opensource
geek
clothing
stupid
march 2006 by McChris
On Web 2.0, the Application Uses You
march 2006 by McChris
"If open source is trees, Web 2.0 is hemp."
Web2.0
webdesign
design
business
opensource
march 2006 by McChris
Wallace v. FSF - Wallace Loses, Must Pay Costs
march 2006 by McChris
GPL upheld in court
opensource
law
freeculture
march 2006 by McChris
Open-source business | Open, but not as usual
march 2006 by McChris
ECONOMIST story on how for-profit businesses are adopting open-source modes of production.
opensource
production
business
wikipedia
march 2006 by McChris
Splasho - Firefox Screenshot
march 2006 by McChris
sweet sassy molassy, this guy has 100 Firefox extensions installed in his browser, and he says it's stable. I say it's a stable of extensions!
firefox
opensource
humor
browser
march 2006 by McChris
Wikispaces - A Place To Grow Communities
march 2006 by McChris
Free Wiki service provider
wiki
Web2.0
opensource
hosting
march 2006 by McChris
The Lyceum Project
march 2006 by McChris
WordPress derivative that can scale up to thousands of blogs
blog
opensource
march 2006 by McChris
Slashdot | On the Matter of Slashdot Story Selection
january 2006 by McChris
Rob Malda reveals how he picks stories for the front page of /.
slashdot
citizensmedia
opensource
january 2006 by McChris
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