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PolymorphRefactoring the Vancouver PHP Association
Some important things have been changing at the Vancouver PHP Association.
Over the last four or five years, we've seen the interests of the core participants growing broader and broader. Where PHP used to be the key tool in our toolbox, platfor
Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 08:23 PM
Dear PHP
A humorous letter from the Vancouver PHP User Group alluding to our coming change of focus. Read more at http://zak.greant.com/refactoring-the-vancouver-php-association
Dear PHP,
There is something we've been meaning to tell you for a long time,
Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 08:00 PM
Free Culture vs. Fear Culture vs. Fee Culture
Last week, my good colleague Gerv gently took me to task about requiring that videos submitted to the Mozilla Net Effects video program be licensed under the Creative Common NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (instead of an actual Free Culture licensed
Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 05:12 PM
Mozilla Foundation Report for Week 7 of 2009
I was only minimally effective in my Mozilla activities for this week, as much of my attention was consumed by personal matters. I continued work on the Mozilla Net Effects Video program, stayed on top of my correspondence and drafted upcoming blog p
Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 02:44 PM
Introducing Open Webnesday
Every few months over the last four years that we've been in Vancouver, I've kept having random discussions with friends about coordinating some kind of regular free software/open source/electronic frontier/open Net professional development
Posted: Feb. 12, 2009 01:01 AM
Lovely Photo Prints on Metal
My friend Rachael is clearing out some of her current batch of photo prints on metal. Here are a few samples to whet your appetite. They are a total steal at $35 each.
You can see more prints at her Etsty shop: http://rashe.etsy.com
You can se
Posted: Feb. 11, 2009 05:54 PM
Mozilla Foundation Report for Week 6 of 2009
I fit 23 hours of Mozilla work into a somewhat painful week of where breaking the OSI site for a few minutes during FOSDEM was the least of my worries. Most of my Mozilla work focused on the Net Effects video program. I wrote and posted a public desc
Posted: Feb. 10, 2009 01:53 PM
Testing the Mozilla Net Effects Program
Last week, I wrote about an experimental video program that I am coordinating for Mozilla.
I've now posted a more complete overview of the program, along with a draft guide for the program testers and an early FAQ on the program.
Helping us in o
Posted: Feb. 6, 2009 08:57 PM
Mozilla Foundation Report for 2009 Week 5
The end of January was another busy week with a lot of long (but good) days.
I spent most of my time developing an experimental program to build a popular movement around the Mozilla values, recording test videos to support the program, testing progr
Posted: Jan. 31, 2009 12:42 AM
Using Twitter Without Going Insane
Sometime in 2008, I overdosed on Twitter.
I'd started using the service during its first early swell of popularity in the electronic frontier world and made the mistake of indiscriminately following way too many people. Every few minutes, a prod
Posted: Jan. 30, 2009 11:02 PM
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