History of open source at IBM from 1998 @tmmoore_1 @ApacheCon NA 2016, and current IBM Open Cloud Architecture. Todd Moore, VP of Open Technology at IBM will share a retrospective of IBMs deep roots ASF and then follow with some…
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Monty Widenius, Brian Aker “Open source cultures, the Sun/MySQL acquisition” (MP3 audio), Open Source Conference from O’Reilly Media, IT Conversations, 2008/07/23
The open source movement can be mixed up with commercial interests. Six months after Sun purchased MySQL, Tim O’Reilly interviews Monty Widenius and Brian Aker, the founder and Director of Technology, respectively, of MySQL. In this conversation from the 2008…
Mark Shuttleworth, “Free Software and Wealth Creation” (MP3 audio), O’Reilly Media Open Source Conference, 2008/07/22
As Ubuntu matures, it becomes a more and more credible option for operating systems. There is an interaction between changes that happen in technology, changes in economics, and changes in society. The software industry is at the heart of these…
Tony Bailetti, “Open Source Maturity Curve and Ecosystems Interactions: Lessons Learned” (MP3 audio), Eclipse Summit Europe, 2009/10/27
The adoption of open source by companies doesn’t occur overnight. In this podcast, Ian Skerrett from the Eclipse Foundation talks to Tony about the stages of the open source maturity curve and why organizations benefit from tapping into ecosystems. Tony…
Eric Raymond, “Hacking, Open Source, and the Cathedral and the Bazaar” (MP3 audio), Econtalk, 2009/01/19
Eric Raymond was at the founding the open source movement, and is the most cited author with his writing placing a historical context. This interview reflects on the complementary foundations in economics. Eric Raymond, author of The Cathedral and the…
Ted Leung, “Open Source in the Corporate World” (MP3 audio), Herding Code, 2008/10/03
It’s interesting to hear first-hand accounts of histories of successes and failures in Silicon Valley. Ted Leung … works on dynamic languages and tools at Sun Microsystems and is a member of the Apache Software Foundation. We discussed a variety…
Drew Endy vs. Jim Thomas, “Synthetic Biology Debate” (MP3 audio), Longnow Foundation, 2008/11/17
Can biology be componentized in the way that information technologies have been? “I want to develop tools that make biology easy to engineer,” Drew Endy began. The first purpose is better understanding fundamental biological mechanisms through “learning by building.” The…
- Artificial intelligence, natural stupidityReading The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis, reminded me of a PhD course at UBC with Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, before they were recognized as Nobel prize candidates.
- The impacts of platformsPlatforms have had only a short history, so much of the research is still definitional, with proposed frameworks.
- Platforms, an emerging appreciationWhen the term "platform" is used, today, what does that mean?
- From Flickr to PiwigoMigrating of Flickr to a self-hosted Piwigo site took only a few button pushes, to gain practically the same functions that I have been using for 5 years.
- Optimism for open sourcingThe acquisition by IBM of Red Hat brings together two companies that have been leading in open sourcing while private sourcing for almost 20 years.
- A philosophy of “becoming with” as “becoming alongside”Reflecting on my philosophical shift in 2017 from being (i.e. Heidegger), the position towards becoming-with can be further refined to becoming-alongside.
- 2018/11 Moments November 2011Mentally busy month with a conference coming to town, and maintaining the regular pattern of local meetings, travel around town only by bicycle.
- 2018/10 Moments October 2018October had more bicycling cross-town as fall temperatures declined, plus a 6-day trip to Portland Oregon for pattern language conferences.
- 2018/09 Moments September 2018September in Toronto is a month of festivals and restarting the regular pace of life.
- 2018/08 Moments August 2018Summer with family in Toronto; visiting research friends on a driving loop through the U.S. Midwest
- 2018/07 Moments July 2018Enjoying summer in Toronto, getting to know the city better.
- 2018/06 Moments June 2018Summer in Toronto, close to home. Transport almost exclusively by bicycle.
- National Investor Research Study | Nov. 2018 | OSCThink that you’ll be working past age 65? OSC @smarter_money 2018 survey says >25% were forced to retire, 59% retired voluntarily. … results of a new investor survey by the Ontario Securities Commission suggest that working longer isn’t viable for many people. > The survey of 2,000 people posed a series of questions to pre-retirees and people who [… […]
- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy | 2018 | Dr. Allan AbbassThe traditional separation of mind and body is dissolved by @ISTDP, departing from traditional western medicine. Dr. Abbass, the head of Dalhousie University’s Centre for Emotions and Health, treats patients with these unexplained medical symptoms, a phenomenon also known as somatoform disorder, with an innovative form of talk therapy that’s producing impres […]
- Where are the Women in Wikipedia? | Bear & Collier | 2016Women may more comfortable as anonymous on the World Wide Web, rather than contributing towards collaborative work such as Wikipedia. A comprehensive survey conducted in 2008 found that only 13 % of Wikipedia contributors are women. [….] Significant gender differences were found in confidence in expertise, discomfort with editing, and response to critical f […]
- Communityship beyond Leadership | Henry MintzbergOrganizations need #communityship, as naturally-engaging #leadership in collective interests, says #HenryMintzberg @Mintzberg141. I’ll bet that beyond leadership is a profound sense of communityship. (Never heard that word? I made it up1, to put leadership in its place, namely to support communityship.) Effective organizations are communities of human bein […]
- More than money: What workers want in 2018 | Linda Nazareth | Nov. 22, 2018As @relentlesseco writes that employees want meaningful work, perhaps the Quality of Working Life research back into the 1970s might be rediscovered. If you find “employee engagement” hard to take, “meaningful work” may also have your eyes glazing over, but that is another phrase worth noting. According to a survey of 2,000 U.S. workers by human-resources [… […]
- Gerontocracy in leadershipWashington suffers from #Gerontocracy; Ottawa is 1-1/2 #Generations younger. To gauge the measure of the gerontocracy, Ottawa offers a remarkable comparison. The average age of Washington’s leaders – Mr. Trump, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. McConnell – is 75. In Canada, the three major party leaders – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and ND […]
