The first New England GiveCamp was this weekend at Microsoft’s Northeast Research and Development building in Cambridge, MA, and it was, by far, one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had in the 15 years I have been professionally coding. About 100 technical and non-technical volunteers spent the weekend of June 11-13 writing code for [...]
Archive of posts tagged Music
My Glee-ful Piracy And The New Media Mistakes Of The Old Media
I’m a late-blooming gleek. But I’ve caught “Glee” fever something awful — thanks, in little to no part, to the Fox network. For those not initiated, “Glee” is a musical comedy series that, in the words of the New York Daily News, “dresses like ‘High School Musical’ and has the heart of ‘Porky’s.’” I’d add [...]
The Future Of Web Programming: From Artisan To Assembly Line
Sent to me via e-mail from Billy, a frequent commenter on this blog (that is, for as infrequently as the blog gets comments, Billy is often one of those commenting): I was wondering if I could get a small interview, just one question, for a term paper. I have 15 bibliography cards to do and [...]
I’m Adopting The GNU General Public License
I’ve decided that it’s time to pay more attention to the open-source projects I have created and will create. I’m also considering joining some other software projects. As a result, I need to revisit my licensing. Previously, my software was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0 license. That license is really intended [...]
Stupid Web Site Tricks
Recently asked on Yahoo! Answers: Is background music on websites to unprofessional? [snip; was a URL] that is my website I am working on for my uncle I was thinking about putting some background music on it (just a piano playin in background) is this a good idea or should I not do it? and [...]
