Computer Floss » News http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Happy Birthday GNU! /2013/09/happy-birthday-gnu/ /2013/09/happy-birthday-gnu/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:40:03 +0000 /?p=1627 It was 30 years ago today that Richard Stallman announced something kind of crazy: he was going to initiate a project to implement a version of the Unix operating system that was completely free (as in freedom). He called the system GNU (GNU’s Not Unix) and his original announcement is preserved here as a piece […]

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]]> /2013/09/happy-birthday-gnu/feed/ 0 Endocode is here! /2013/05/endocode-is-here/ /2013/05/endocode-is-here/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:51:26 +0000 /?p=1398 It’s an unmercifully busy time for me right now. I’m up to my ears in consulting and training work, and in addition to that I’m busy founding a new company… … oh yes, I might not have told you about that yet… Endocode is here! Endocode is an awesome new company (but then, I would […]

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]]> /2013/05/endocode-is-here/feed/ 0 Agile Workers is hiring /2013/04/agile-workers-is-hiring/ /2013/04/agile-workers-is-hiring/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:08:05 +0000 /?p=1394 Agile Workers Software, a partnership of experienced developers with open source backgrounds, is growing. So much so that we’re hiring in order to meet the demands of one of our latest projects. If you like the idea of working for a young, growing start-up in the heart of Berlin, hacking on Android and Linux technology, […]

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]]> /2013/04/agile-workers-is-hiring/feed/ 0 Exciting new blog from Mirko Boehm /2012/08/exciting-new-blog-from-mirko-boehm/ /2012/08/exciting-new-blog-from-mirko-boehm/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:26:40 +0000 /?p=1209 I’ve just added a link to Mirko Boehm’s new blog, Creative Destruction & Me (see the sidebar). I haven’t yet discussed the new blog with Mirko in depth, but the About page promises that it will explore the ideas of open source transplanted into other realms (Open Everything) and contributors are invited. As well as […]

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]]> /2012/08/exciting-new-blog-from-mirko-boehm/feed/ 0 New trainings available: HTML5 /2012/06/new-trainings-available-html5/ /2012/06/new-trainings-available-html5/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:26:36 +0000 /?p=1174 I’ve recently added another subject to my collection of flagship trainings, this time it’s HTML5. The focus of the course is the bunch of new features offered by HTML5, as well as the changes to existing ones. HTML5 also mandates somewhat of a change in the “approach” to producing web documents and applications, and the […]

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]]> /2012/06/new-trainings-available-html5/feed/ 0 Partnering with Agile Workers /2012/03/partnering-with-agile-workers/ /2012/03/partnering-with-agile-workers/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:44:29 +0000 /?p=1129 More exciting news. Mirko Böhm, co-founder of Agile Workers Software, has invited me to become a partner in the company. I’ve gladly accepted. Agile Workers is a cool, new Berlin-based start-up that offers a diverse array of software services. (By the way, Berlin really is becoming the place in Europe for tech start-ups. Read all about […]

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]]> /2012/03/partnering-with-agile-workers/feed/ 0 More trainings available via Mixin /2012/02/more-trainings-available-via-mixin/ /2012/02/more-trainings-available-via-mixin/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:11:45 +0000 /?p=1121 I was recently added to the staff of trainers at Mixin, a German-based training company run by Dr. Björn Kesper. My entry into the company means they now offer Java and Eclipse trainings in addition to a whole host of others, including C#, .NET, SQL Server, HTML, CSS and whole lot more. Follow the link […]

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]]> /2012/02/more-trainings-available-via-mixin/feed/ 0 Computer Floss – Slight URL change. Update your feed! /2012/01/computer-floss-slight-url-change-update-your-feed/ /2012/01/computer-floss-slight-url-change-update-your-feed/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:47:19 +0000 /?p=1112 I’ve added a new static front page to the computerfloss.com site. (I have some plans to expand here, you see.) The “/blog” part of the URL is no longer needed, so the old RSS address won’t work. Either click the RSS icon or change your feed address to: /feed/rss/  

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