Development by Davis: “The first step in addressing dysfunction in the patent system: Admitting we have a problem” plus 1 more

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The first step in addressing dysfunction in the patent system: Admitting we have a problem Posted: 30 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT Does the Apple-Samsung case have a silver lining? For the open source community, the large damages verdict is disturbing, but at least it is drawing public attention to some of the deep problems of our patent system. This week the New York Times ran a front page story on the jury's verdict that said, "The case underscores how dysfunctional the patent system has become." Read more... read more

Beer brings people together: Obama, homebrewers, and online communities Posted: 30 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT In my favorite open source quote, Richard Stallman explains that "Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand that concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'."  However in the past week, I've begun to question the validity of this explanation. In fact, I would argue that free software is exactly like free beer.  Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Make anything into a key with Makey Makey invention kit” plus 2 more

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• Make anything into a key with Makey Makey invention kit
• The end of performance management (as we know it)
• AMD Appoints Jack Harding to Board of Directors

Make anything into a key with Makey Makey invention kit Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT Piano stairs? Water bucket Dance Dance Revolution? Play-Doh Super Mario Brothers! Makey Makey is an invention kit that connects to your computer and uses a special board to turn everyday items into keys. It tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything (that even slightly conducts electricty) is a keyboard. As you can see in this video, the world is your oyster-key-input. Read more... read more

The end of performance management (as we know it) Posted: 30 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT Statoil is a Norwegian energy company with 21,000 employees in 36 countries. On Fortune, the company ranked in 2011 #1 in Social Responsibility and #7 in Innovation, and has over the last 10 years consistently performed above peer average on return on capital and value creation. Read more... read more

AMD Appoints Jack Harding to Board of Directors Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that Jack Harding has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Harding currently serves as president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of

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Development by Davis: “Mozilla measures interest in their open source projects using site metrics” plus 4 more

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• Mozilla measures interest in their open source projects using site metrics
• Who would you take...fishing?
• AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Outlines Vision for “Surround Computing,” Bringing an Era of Personalized, Adaptive and Responsive Environments to Consumers
• AMD Hires John Gustafson as Chief Graphics Product Architect
• Linux Foundation welcomes newest silver member, Twitter

Mozilla measures interest in their open source projects using site metrics Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT David Boswell has a couple of interesting posts (here and here) about how he is using metrics to measure how effective Mozilla is at attracting and engaging people who express an interest in helping contribute to the Mozilla mission. Read more... read more

Who would you take...fishing? Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT If you had a boat and a cooler full of bait for a week of fishing off your favorite body of water, who would you take? Linus Torvalds (Linux) Mitchell Baker (Mozilla) Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) Bob Young (Serial entrepreneur) Richard Stallman (GNU/FSF) Bill Gates (Microsoft) McKayla (She's still not impressed) This poll is based on a life situation you will likely never find yourself in, but isn't it fun to ponder who you would take and why (comments)? Read more... read more

AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Outlines Vision for “Surround Computing,” Bringing an Era of Personalized, Adaptive and Responsive Environments to Consumers Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT In a keynote address opening the prestigious annual Hot Chips symposium, AMD (NYSE: AMD) CTO Mark Papermaster delivered a vision for the coming "Surround Computing Era," and unveiled new processor architecture details which will enable technologies and desig...

AMD Hires John Gustafson as Chief Graphics Product Architect Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that the visionary behind Gustafson's Law, John Gustafson, has joined the company as senior fellow and chief product architect, Graphics Business Unit. In this role, Gustafson will set the technical vision for the AM...

Linux Foundation welcomes newest silver member, Twitter Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT Our interview with Chris Aniszczyk this month explored why open source software is the key to how Twitter successfully sends over 400 millions tweets a day. To manage that kind of massive, real-time data, they've identified Linux as the best possible system for the job. So, it comes as no surprise that Twitter became a silver member of The Linux Foundation this week—reportedly only costing them around $15,000 USD. Read more... read more

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