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Monthly Archives: July 2006

guadec thoughts, #1- health of GNOME and helping users kick ass

05-Jul-06

I have a number of GUADEC thoughts I’d like to throw out there; they will probably come in dribs and drabs. So this is GUADEC thoughts #1 :)

GNOME is, overall, very healthy. We’re a little diffuse right now- not the sense of direction and drive we had around 2.0. But otherwise, we’ve got a lot [...]

the 4th and the fireworks

05-Jul-06

Whatever you think of the politics of the US today, the US Declaration of Independence (publicly issued 230 years ago yesterday) is a stunning document, audaciously and seriously asserting political freedoms which we now take for granted, but which at the time had not been seriously asserted by a sovereign nation. All of us using [...]

allez les bleus!

03-Jul-06

watch 90-minute frenchmen with 30-second frenchman: check!
be incredibly flattered by offer of irreplaceable jersey: check too. (Was trying to work that into the ‘priceless’ part of a pricey, pricier, priceless ad, but no such luck. You’ll have to settle for knowing it was one of the best parts of a very good GUADEC.)