General Entries
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Aug082010
RIP Google Wave
Since Google Wave was announced, I was really excited about the product. I could already see vast use cases for this technology, and started thinking of the different ways I could include this in my day to day business activities.
Last week we were all shocked by the announcement that Google Wave will be closed. This came as a real surprise to me, as I only just managed to convince people to use Wave as a discussion tool for planning project sprints etc.
One would …
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Jul282010
Consequence of Choice?
I was watching the TED talk by Sheena Iyengar last night and it prompted a couple of thoughts about Open Source, Linux and choices.
Before I continue, have a look at the video below:
Are we overwhelmed by choice?
In the Linux and Open Source world we are saturated by choices all around us. The …
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Apr272010
Switching Themes in Gnome Shell
As many of you may know, Gnome3 is due for release later this year, and with it's release, we will see Gnome-Shell become the new window manager for many Linux distributions based on Gnome. I have played around with Gnome-Shell and I have to say that I really like how it's making everyday tasks something that feels natural and simple. I really look forward to the end result.
I did however have one initial complaint about Gnome-Shell, and that was that it's not easy to change themes, yet. What I do like, is that the gnome developers decided …
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Apr132010
Google Draw Added to Docs
A new application have recently made it into the Google Docs suite. The app is a drawing application that enables users to make various type of drawings.
Although the current set of features and tools are very basic, they are more than enough to perform most basic kinds of drawings.
Combine to that the fact that it's collaborative, and it opens up a lot of new possibilities.
Here are a couple of screenshots.
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Mar172010
Epic Games for an Epic Future
This is an idea which I've been pondering about since I first saw Second Life. It's about transferring the energy and focus that gamers pour into fantasy worlds, into the real world. How can we solve real world problems, using the intense focus and energy from gamers whom solve multiple problems every day in the online gaming world. It is quite evident that Jane McGonigal have done a …
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Jul182008
Resetting your django password
Today, I came back to a site that I have not been working on for over a month, and to my shock, I could not remember my password for the site. This was driving me nuts for a while, until I decided to just change it with some python code. The cool thing is that you can do this directly from your shell.
So if you ever forget your django password, here is how you can change it:
First we run our django/python shell:
python manage.py shell
Now that we have our interactive shell, we …
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Jul122008
Why Open Source
The simple answer?
Without Open Source, I would not be doing any freelance development!
I have always been very ambitious, and was always looking for ways of starting a web based company. Unfortunately I was severely restricted due to the lack of good funds and knowledge, and proprietary software have always been too expensive. Even though these products are really good at what they do and have tons of features, I was always held back because I could not afford to buy the “full version”.
Enter Open Source!
I only discovered the true potential of …
