Development by Davis: abril 2013

martes, 30 de abril de 2013

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT

A shift is happening in the way innovation is occurring.

Businesses are moving from closed systems to open, collaborative innovation. Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst, focused on the three major components influencing this shift in his keynote, Open or die?, at the Open Business Conference held in San Francisco this week (April 29-30, 2013).

Open source text analysis tool exposes repurposed news

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Churnalism US is a new web tool and browser extension that allows anyone to compare the news you read against existing content to uncover possible instances of plagiarism. It is a joint project with the Media Standards Trust.

WordPress 3.6 Beta 2

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 03:48 PM PDT

WordPress 3.6 Beta 2 is now available!

This is software still in development and we really don't recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 3.6, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you'll want "bleeding edge nightlies"). Or you can download the beta here (zip).

The longer-than-usual delay between beta 1 and beta 2 was due to poor user testing results with the Post Formats UI. Beta 2 contains a modified approach for format choosing and switching, which has done well in user testing. We've also made the Post Formats UI hide-able via Screen Options, and set a reasonable default based on what your theme supports.

There were a lot of bug fixes and polishing tweaks done for beta 2 as well, so definitely check it out if you had an issues with beta 1.

Plugin developers, theme developers, and WordPress hosts should be testing beta 2 extensively. The more you test the beta, the more stable our release candidates and our final release will be.

As always, if you think you've found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. Or, if you're comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on the WordPress Trac. There, you can also find a list of known bugs and everything we've fixed so far.

We're looking forward to your feedback. If you find a bug, please report it, and if you're a developer, try to help us fix it. We've already had more than 150 contributors to version 3.6 — it's not too late to join in!

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Re: Slash character modified in a target field of a shortcut

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:08 PM PDT

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lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

Development by Davis: “A change in the open source software market” plus 1 more

A change in the open source software market

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Last week North Bridge Venture Partners and Black Duck Software released the 7th Annual Future of Open Source survey. Previous years' surveys have generated interest industry-wide, with implications that cross industries and ecosystems.

Open source tool for test engineers

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

The Obsidian project, an open source unit test generator built for the JUnit framework, has been in development for two years at the College of Charleston's Cyber Infrastructure Research and Development Lab for the Earth Sciences (CIRDLES). Using open source components such as JUnit and Netbeans, Obsidian concentrates on building standardized test implementations that are comprehensive and easy to maintain.

viernes, 26 de abril de 2013

Development by Davis: “OpenStack Summit highlights amazing open source outcomes” plus 2 more

OpenStack Summit highlights amazing open source outcomes
AMD to Present at J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
Tablet Optimization Tips in the Google Play Developer Console

OpenStack Summit highlights amazing open source outcomes

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

Last week, I attended my first OpenStack Summit as part of a team from Red Hat helping to launch a new community distribution of the popular open source infrastructure as a service (IaaS) project.

AMD to Present at J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Server Business Unit Andrew Feldman will present at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference at 9:20 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Boston.

A real-time audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed on the Investor Relatio...

Tablet Optimization Tips in the Google Play Developer Console

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Posted by Ellie Powers, Google Play team

Last week we updated our guidelines for making great tablet apps and added the ability to upload tablet screenshots that are shown preferentially in Google Play to users on those devices. Today we're introducing a new Optimization Tips page in the Google Play Developer Console that lets you quickly see how your app is doing against basic guidelines for tablet app distribution and quality.

When you upload an app, the Developer Console now runs a series of checks to verify basic criteria from the Tablet App Quality Checklist and shows you any issues it finds in the Optimization Tips page.

If you're developing for tablets, make sure to visit your Optimization Tips page to ensure that your app is delivering a great tablet experience. If there are any issues listed, we recommend addressing them in your app as soon as possible and uploading a new binary for distribution, if needed.

For ideas on how to design and build a great tablet app, including details on how to address issues listed in your Optimization Tips page, check out the Tablet App Quality Checklist. Remember that a great tablet experience goes well beyond these basic checks. Keep working to bring your tablet users the most polished UI and richest content possible.

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jueves, 25 de abril de 2013

Development by Davis: “Open Chemistry project upholds mission of unorganization, The Blue Obelisk” plus 4 more

Open Chemistry project upholds mission of unorganization, The Blue Obelisk
Open source beginnings, from classroom to career
Summer Mentorship Programs: GSoC and Gnome
AMD Unleashes the World’s Fastest Graphics Card
AMD Announces 2013 Developer Summit: “APU13” set for San Jose, California

Open Chemistry project upholds mission of unorganization, The Blue Obelisk

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Chemistry is not the most open field of scientific endeavor; in fact, as I began working more in the area (coming from a background in physics), I was surprised with the norms in the field. As a PhD student way back in 2003, I simply wanted to draw a 3D molecular structure on my operating system of choice (Linux), and be able to save an image for a paper/poster discussing my research.

This proved to be nearly impossible, and in 2005 a group of like-minded researchers got together at a meeting of the American Chemical Society and formed an unorganization: The Blue Obelisk (named after their meeting place in San Diego).

Open source beginnings, from classroom to career

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

During my second year at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University, the first of its kind in India as well as in South-East Asia, I attended a workshop on Python and Orca by Krishnakant Mane. My classmates and I were novices to free and open source software (FOSS) and astonished when we saw a visually impaired person using a computer with the same ease as we did.

I was aware of Linux and had learned the basics of Unix as a freshman, but I had never used Ubuntu, which I thought might be command driven. It had a great interface and there was a lot of new technology for us to learn. That day not only was our class introduced to a new world of open source, but so was the university as a whole.

Summer Mentorship Programs: GSoC and Gnome

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 08:18 PM PDT

As an open source, free software project, WordPress depends on the contributions of hundreds of people from around the globe — contributions in areas like core code, documentation, answering questions in the support forums, translation, and all the other things it takes to make WordPress the best publishing platform it can be, with the most supportive community. This year, we're happy to be participating as a mentoring organization with two respected summer internship programs: Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and the Gnome Outreach Program for Women.

Google Summer of Code

GSoC is a summer internship program funded by Google specifically for college/university student developers to work on open source coding projects. We have participated in the Google Summer of Code program in the past, and have enjoyed the opportunity to work with students in this way. Some of our best core developers were GSoC students once upon a time!

Our mentors, almost 30 talented developers with experience developing WordPress, will provide students with guidance and feedback over the course of the summer, culminating in the release of finished projects at the end of the program if all goes well.

Students who successfully complete the program earn $5,000 for their summer efforts. Interested, or know a college student (newly accepted to college counts, too) who should be? All the information you need about our participation in the program, projects, mentors, and the application process is available on the GSoC 2013 page in the Codex.

Gnome Outreach Program for Women

It's not news that women form a low percentage of contributors in most open source projects, and WordPress is no different. We have great women in the contributor community, including some in fairly visible roles, but we still have a lot of work to do to get a representative gender balance on par with our user base.

The Gnome Outreach Program for Women aims to provide opportunities for women to participate in open source projects, and offers a similar stipend, but there are three key differences between GSoC and Gnome aside from the gender requirement for Gnome.

The Gnome program allows intern projects in many areas of contribution, not just code. In other words, interns can propose projects like documentation, community management, design, translation, or pretty much any area in which we have people contributing (including code).
The Gnome Outreach Program for Women doesn't require interns to be college students, though students are definitely welcome to participate. This means that women in all stages of life and career can take the opportunity to try working with open source communities for the summer.
We have to help raise the money to pay the interns. Google funds GSoC on its own, and we only have to provide our mentors' time. Gnome doesn't have the same funding, so we need to pitch in to raise the money to cover our interns. If your company is interested in helping with this, please check out the program's sponsorship information and follow the contact instructions to get involved. You can earmark donations to support WordPress interns, or to support the program in general. (Pick us, pick us! )

The summer installment of the Gnome Outreach Program for Women follows the same schedule and general application format as GSoC, though there are more potential projects since it covers more areas of contribution. Women college students interested in doing a coding project are encouraged to apply for both programs to increase the odds of acceptance. All the information you need about our participation in the program, projects, mentors, and the application process is available on the Gnome Outreach Program for Women page in the Codex.

The application period just started, and it lasts another week (May 1 for Gnome, May 3 for GSoC), so if you think you qualify and are interested in getting involved, check out the information pages, get in touch, and apply… Good luck!

Google Summer of Code 2013 Information
Gnome Summer Outreach Program for Women 2013 Information

AMD Unleashes the World’s Fastest Graphics Card

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today launched the AMD Radeon™ HD 7990, the world's fastest graphics card¹, designed for gamers who want to take their PC gaming experience to the highest level. Based on award-winning

AMD Announces 2013 Developer Summit: “APU13” set for San Jose, California

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that its AMD Developer Summit 2013, called "APU13," will be held Nov. 11-14, 2013 in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center. The company's third annual developer summit is ex...

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