Donald Burr's home on the Web http://donaldburr.com Software engineer, amateur podcaster, wannabe tech blogger, all-around geek Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SCALE 8x: The Video http://donaldburr.com/2010/03/06/scale-8x-the-video/ http://donaldburr.com/2010/03/06/scale-8x-the-video/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:56:18 +0000 dburr http://donaldburr.com/?p=81 Well, SCALE 8x was only two weeks ago, and yet it feels like it’s but a distant memory now. What an amazing conference! The LAX Airport Westin was literally stuffed to the rafters with Linux and Open Source businesses, developers, users, and all-around geeks. The diversity and enthusiasm of the Linux and [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2010/03/06/scale-8x-the-video/feed/ 0 SCALE 8x Keynote Stream of Doom http://donaldburr.com/2010/02/19/scale-8x-keynote-stream-of-doom/ http://donaldburr.com/2010/02/19/scale-8x-keynote-stream-of-doom/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:37:39 +0000 dburr http://donaldburr.com/?p=79 Can’t believe it’s that time again.. time for SCALE 8x! I’ve been on site since Thursday afternoon, working audio stuff; however tonight I’m taking a break from that and working on video, specifically the Keynote stream. Yup, once again we’ll be streaming the Keynotes. Keep your eye on this post to watch [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2010/02/19/scale-8x-keynote-stream-of-doom/feed/ 0 SCALE Keynotes are up on Google Video http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/scale-keynotes-are-up-on-google-video/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/scale-keynotes-are-up-on-google-video/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:17:05 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=85 Something weird is going on with the SCALE videos I posted earlier on Ustream, so I’ve gone ahead and uploaded them to Google Video. (I also trimmed them somewhat, cutting out the “this is us setting up” bits at the beginning of the video, so they should start right into the actual keynote speech.) [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/scale-keynotes-are-up-on-google-video/feed/ 0 “I’m not dead yet!” http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/im-not-dead-yet/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/im-not-dead-yet/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:12:43 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=83 Something a friend of mine said to me sums it up best: “For an unemployed person, you’ve been awfully busy as of late.” Hence the lack of updates here. My apologies. Since returning from SCALE, my time has been occupied with all manner of things, some of them even money-generating. (So [...] No related posts.]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/03/17/im-not-dead-yet/feed/ 0 SCALE 7x Keynote 2: “Reaching the masses: 10 ways to improve the reach of your FOSS Project” by Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/scale-7x-keynote-2-reaching-the-masses-10-ways-to-improve-the-reach-of-your-foss-project-by-joe-zonker-brockmeier/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/scale-7x-keynote-2-reaching-the-masses-10-ways-to-improve-the-reach-of-your-foss-project-by-joe-zonker-brockmeier/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:44:38 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=76

Watch on Ustream site (if the above embedded player doesn’t work for you)

Abstract: This talk will cover how to develop a community marketing plan for an open source project. This includes surveying the audience(s) for the project, developing a plan to bring in new users and contributors, and how to measure success. This is aimed at [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/scale-7x-keynote-2-reaching-the-masses-10-ways-to-improve-the-reach-of-your-foss-project-by-joe-zonker-brockmeier/feed/ 0 Qik streaming from SCALE 7x http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/qik-streaming-from-scale-7x/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/qik-streaming-from-scale-7x/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:10:22 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=74 Tomorrow is the second (and final) day of the SCALE 7x conference, and, come hell or high water, I’m actually gonna try and get out of the control booth long enough to actually attend some events! If I can actually do this, I’ll try and stream as much as I can using Qik. [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/22/qik-streaming-from-scale-7x/feed/ 0 SCALE 7x Keynote 1: “When Software Is a Service, Is Only the Network Luddite Free?” presented by Bradley M. Kuhn http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/21/scale-7x-keynote-1-when-software-is-a-service-is-only-the-network-luddite-free-presented-by-bradley-m-kuhn/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/21/scale-7x-keynote-1-when-software-is-a-service-is-only-the-network-luddite-free-presented-by-bradley-m-kuhn/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:38:31 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=72

View the video directly on Ustream.tv (if the above embed code doesn’t work)

So-called Application Service Providers, who provide “Software as a Service (SaaS)”, are now the rule rather than the exception in the software industry. The freedom implications of ubiquitous, high-bandwidth networking and AJAX-based application delivery are not yet fully understood nor adequately addressed by [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/21/scale-7x-keynote-1-when-software-is-a-service-is-only-the-network-luddite-free-presented-by-bradley-m-kuhn/feed/ 0 SCALE (Southern California Linux Expo) is THIS Weekend! http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/18/scale-southern-california-linux-expo-is-this-weekend/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/18/scale-southern-california-linux-expo-is-this-weekend/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:11:13 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=70 Are you a Linux geek? Are you even mildly curious about Linux and/or Open Source software in general? Do you live in the Southern California area? And are you free this weekend? (February 20-22) If so, then you might want to check out the Southern California Linux Expo (aka SCALE) [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/18/scale-southern-california-linux-expo-is-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Greetings Twitter followers! http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/16/greetings-twitter-followers/ http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/16/greetings-twitter-followers/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:56:24 +0000 dburr http://blog.donaldburr.com/?p=64 If you are reading this, you probably followed a link from one of my tweets on Twitter. Welcome!

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Geotagging – the technique of adding GPS location data to your digital photos – has been around for quite a few years now, but due to various factors hasn’t hit the mainstream.

For one thing, until very recently, GPS units have been relatively expensive and not readily available. However, within the past few years GPS’s [...] No related posts.]]> http://donaldburr.com/2009/02/07/review-amod-agl3080-gps-data-logger/feed/ 0