29 Jul 2001 (updated 29 Jul 2001 at 01:50 UTC)
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Online Journals and Diaries
Well, this week I found out that public diaries and
journals aren't always a good thing. People tend to
missread or interpret what is written and hold it against
you. Regardless of how hard you try to make
something succesfull or try to create the best you
mention a single word in your diary and it all comes out
like you do nothing at all.
Add telecommuting to the puzzle and life becomes
even more unpredictable. I can see diaries like these
become an issue when you discuss trade secrets or
explain how easy it would be to by pass security, but
even simply stating what you do on a particular
weekend or things
you care about can be taken the wrong way.
I said it once and I will say it again, politics only
provides a way for the most expressive people to gain a
voice that could ultimately undermine everything you
have done.
O'Reilly Open Source Conference in San Diego
I spend a few hours last week at this conference and I
must say it was great to be able to run into soo many
people you haven't seen for a while at the same time. it
is like having a reunion, except this time it was in my
home town. I also saw a few people from my old
stomping grounds such as tommy, bmd,
scottb and
geekd.
I met a few new people have been getting active on the
Apache front. And this occasion also allowed to show
some friends one of the better mexican restaurants in
old town. It was good to finally meet people such as
ask with whom I have talked many
times online, but never ran into in person.
I mainly was there to be able to give some people rides
and go to a few meetings, since certain
people such as dirkx,
rbb and dougm
where in
town for the
conference.
Peer 2 Peer
This movement is really taking all the hype it can get
and moving forward. This totally reminds me of what
started the MP3 movement. Many companies such as
LimeWire, Kazaa, Edonkey and San Diego's FirstPeer are taking a
stab at the market. It all sounds very interesting
technology wise, but I find it hard to see how you would
make any money at it, which is good for a pay check,
but ultimately why most people start companies
anyways.
MacOS X
I am getting really close to getting my MacOS X
machine to be what I ultimately look for in a client OS.
Of course having my normal Macintosh programs work
such as ProTools and other audio software would be
ideal, but I guess it will still take a while. I really need to
spend some time looking at the Audio API. Thanks to
XonX, Fink I now have
enlightenment 16.5 running on MacOS X next to my
Omniweb browser windows. A few hours hacking on
the weekend and boom! Look at what you get. It is
funny though as many people have told me that soo
many open source people are starting to run a
proprietary OS on their desktop/laptop. Pretty odd, but I
guess you run what solves all your needs and MacOS X
is definately the closest OS from what I can tell.