Mark Cuban on Podcasting

July 8, 2005 1 Comment

Mark Cuban has some interesting things to say about Podcasting for business sake. He's a smart guy. What does he know about streaming over the Internet you ask? Well, he did sell broadcast.com to Yahoo! for about 5.7 Billion, so I'd say he knows a little. I'm glad we didn't start the LQ Podcasts with the sole goal of bringing in cash. I'd hate to be looking for a viable revenue model for that (and especially if it was that, in a vacuum). We started it to further the LQ goals – helping people with Open Source and Linux.
–jeremy
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LQ to be a Sponsor for OSCON

July 8, 2005 Leave a comment

A little late – but it's finally official. LQ is once again a Media Sponsor for the upcoming OSCON. Looks to be another great conference and one that I am proud to be associated with. I hope to actually make the trip this year, but that's not finalized quite yet. If you'll be going drop me a line if you're interested in chatting.
–jeremy
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Google and Linux III

July 7, 2005 Leave a comment

Looks like this conversation between Doc, Chris and I couldn't have been much more timely, at least if this is true. It appears that the Google toolbar may soon support both Linux and Mac. I've not seen official confirmation yet, but this is extremely encouraging. Thanks Google. A tall company indeed. Another thing that I really liked was that they gave credit to the Open Source Googlebar for “filling this gap in our products for so long”. That's class! It has also been pointed out to me that the Yahoo! toolbar supports Linux and Mac. Kudos!
EDIT: It's official! Google Toolbar BETA for Firefox has been released. Just installed it here. As promised there is even a link to Googlebar on the download page. Thanks!
–jeremy
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Next LQ Radio Show

July 6, 2005 Leave a comment

It looks like the next episode of LQ Radio is a go. Should be myself along with John, Dave and Christian. The delay between the last show and this one was a little longer than I would have liked, but we're back on track now and I am really looking forward to the show. We are going to finalize what we'll be talking about tomorrow, so if there is anything you'd like to see discussed let us know. Thanks for listening (and don't forget about the LQ Podcasts).
–jeremy
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Social Bookmarking the Open Source Web II

July 5, 2005 Leave a comment

We've fixed all known outstanding bugs at the new site. We've also made huge performance enhancements. While still beta, the site should be both stable and performant. I think the tagline of “Social Bookmarking, tagging and annotating all things Linux and Open Source” really sums up the purpose of the site well (although I'm still open to ideas for improvement). Keep the feedback and bug reports coming. If you think we're missing any functionality, let us know that too. One thing we plan on adding ASAP is a place to see the top links. What else is needed?
http://bookmarks.linuxquestions.org
–jeremy

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Social Bookmarking the Open Source Web

July 2, 2005 Leave a comment

We've been getting a lot of good feedback on the new site. Based on the feedback, we've already made some changes. Once again (as has been the case with the LQ Wiki and LQ ISO) David has been helping out a ton and I'd like to thank him. It wasn't all that long ago that I did 100% of the coding for LQ. Luckily that's no longer nearly the case. One functional change we've made to the underlying system is that all tags are now case insensitive. We've passed the patches upstearm to Ricardo, to get his take. I can't see a use to having a Linux tag and a linux tag, but maybe I'm missing something. That's one of the great things about Open Source. We used a piece of software and noticed something we didn't like. Not only could we see why it was functioning that way and change the functionality to suit our needs, but we could bounce the idea off the original author and offer it back to him if he's so inclined (or hear why that change may be something we shouldn't be doing in his opinion). Everyone wins.
–jeremy

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Google and Linux II

July 2, 2005 Leave a comment

A follow up to this post. I'm happy to report that Chris not only responded buy had an open and honest dialog. He pointed out Google's place for Open Source software, which I think most people already know about, but it's good to highlight. Another thing he pointed out was that many of Google's client apps, such as Picasa, came from acquired companies, and that we can't expect them to become cross-platform overnight. I think that's fair. With Google now employing more than a couple Firefox coders, I hope that we can at least get the Google toolbar for FF on all the platforms it runs on. That we be a great start and a sign that Google plans to add support to other apps at some point in the future. Like Doc said, A tall order, but it's a tall company. I couldn't agree more. I'd like to thank both Chris and Doc for taking the time to discuss this.
–jeremy

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Sneak Peak in the Latest LQ Podcast

June 30, 2005 Leave a comment

I just posted the latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. In it I give the URL to the site I was talking about here. You should listen to the Podcasts ;) Don't worry though, I'll also give the URL here. Inspired by sites such as del.icio.us and de.lirio.us, this new site will allow you to not only share, tag and annotate the Linux and Open Source sites you frequent, but see what everyone else is sharing, tagging and annotating. Sort of a random stream of consciousness or instant snapshot of what is important to the community, right now. Thanks goes to Ricardo SIGNES who wrote Rubric, which powers the site. Please keep in mind that the site is beta. Feel free to test away and give as as much feedback as you can. Your feedback will improve the site. Without further ado: bookmarks.linuxquestions.org.
–jeremy

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Google and Linux

June 29, 2005 1 Comment

Doc is right. Even though Google probably has the largest Linux backend in the world, they're a Windows company. Despite the benefits Linux gives them, not a single one of their apps (Desktop search, the Toolbar, Picasa and now Google Earth) run on a non-Windows platform. The ironic part, of course, is that Microsoft is one of their biggest competitors. Now, of course, Windows has the vast majority of desktop machines – but it's Google's Linux infrastructure that allows them to offer these apps in the first place. I'd really like to see them commit to running apps on Linux (and Mac, ideally). As Doc says, “Yes, I know that it only makes sense to make client software first for the platform with nine out of the ten slices in the market's pie. But it's that tenth slice that keeps the company making the other nine from enjoying a monopoly. At fighting Microsoft's client monopoly, Google isn't helping much. Quite the contrary, in fact.“. I wonder what Chris would say about this.
–jeremy
Update: I've met Chris a couple of times before (and ate dinner with him at the LWE .org Google party last year – thanks Google!), so I figured I'd ask him what he thought, instead of wondering. If he responds, I'll post an update.

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Web 2.0: Social Search

June 29, 2005 Leave a comment

Jeremy's My Web 2.0: Social Search post couldn't have come at a more appropriate time for LQ. We are almost ready to release something that allows you to “bookmark, annotate, tag, and share”. He puts why that is important better than I could have, though. While the Yahoo! release is a general purpose tool, the LQ one will of course be squarely targeted at Linux and Open Source. You'll be able to not only share, tag and annotate what you have, but see what everyone else is sharing, tagging and annotating. Sort of a random stream of consciousness or instant snapshot of what is important to the community right now. I'll post more as soon as we have something working available, but I thought I'd give everyone a sneak peak at what you can expect next from us.
–jeremy

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