Software As She’s Developed

I first heard about SpikeSource on this Gillmor Gang interview with CEO Kym Polese. The business model made a lot of sense: provide a standard open-source stack and charge a support contract. Given the trepidation with which some companies approach open source, it can be very reassuring to hand over several digits to a […]

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One drawback with podcasting is the bandwidth costs, which can be HUGE. Another example of the internet publishing reversal: the more popular you are, the more you pay … advertising often isn’t feasible and subscription or micropayments still don’t exist. Well, the problem seems to have been solved, at least for now. OurMedia launched the other […]

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It’s the extensions that really make firefox, but unfortunately they’re gone when you change to a different PC. While in the process of rebuilding firefox on a different PC, here are my favourite extensions I’ll be installing. They should all be available from http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/. Must-haves: These two tools dramatically increase browsing performance Tabbrowser Extensions - Powerful tab-based […]

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