Mark Hinkles Blog: Linux, Open Source, Free Culture, and more

Paul Jones Lectures on the History of Ibiblio, Laws, and Ideas

Do you know what Moore’s, Metcalfe’s,and Reed’s Law are and how they are related? Have your read Wealth of Networks, Democratizing Innovation, Free Culture, The Long Tail, and Small is the New Big? Find out why in this excellent vid

Posted: May. 11, 2008 07:30 AM

Clueless vs. Cluetrain

Thanks to Geek and Poke for a great cartoon. Technorati Tags: Cluetrain, Enteprise 2.0, Insincerity SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Clueless vs. Cluetrain", url: "http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/05/10/clueless-vs-cluetrain/" });

Posted: May. 10, 2008 07:00 AM

Blog Carolinas

Today I am attending Blog Carolinas a social media conference being held in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park (that’s halfway between Raleigh and Durham). I am particularly interesting on hearing Andy Beal’s session on Online

Posted: May. 9, 2008 08:00 AM

The Curse of Open Source License Proliferation

I remember when the big open source debate was whether a piece of software was really open source, meaning it was released under an OSI-approved license. The tides are shifting, debates now center around which open source license to use. Adding to th

Posted: May. 8, 2008 10:28 PM

Open Source is about People

Matt Asay spun up a cool video just like Soylent Green, open source software is people. Challengers of Open Source: Music video Uploaded by mjasay Technorati Tags: Matt Asay, Open Source, People SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Open Source is abo

Posted: May. 8, 2008 12:20 PM

Microsoft Ex-Pats Developing Open Source Software Outside of Redmond

It seems that open source maven, Matt Asay along with well-known Microsoft blogger Mary Jo Foley have come to the conclusion that Microsoft doesn’t need open source. Asay contends that Microsoft’s open source activity has more to do with

Posted: May. 7, 2008 08:05 AM

MythTV and Nokia 810

It looks like the MythTV front-end can be run on a Nokia 810 tablet. While it’s still and alpha-level port it’s still very cool. You can also use a Nokia tablet as a remote using Mythtomer. At $400 bucks that’s a little salty for

Posted: May. 7, 2008 12:44 AM

VideoEmbedder Plugin For Wordpress

Have you ever tried to embed a video in Wordpress and have the embed code get mangled or not render at all. That’s been a problem for me lately. That’s until I found VideoEmbedder Plugin for Wordpress. Video Embedder allows you to specify

Posted: May. 6, 2008 07:40 PM

Control Your Tivo from your iPhone

Control your TiVo from your iPhone. Apparently this is made possible by an “integration point” for Crestron systems. Makes me want to visit a friend and run NMAP against his TiVo via Engadget Technorati Tags: iPhone, Remote Control, T

Posted: May. 6, 2008 07:00 AM

Five Marketing Links for Cinco De Mayo

1. Traffikd: Marketers Guide to del.icio.us How to use del.icio.us to market your website. 2. MarketingHackz: The Secret to Writing Killer Press Releases Because I have read so many over the years I am obsessed with the poor use of press releases. Ja

Posted: May. 5, 2008 07:06 PM

YOUR FEEDBACK

	So You Think You Know SQL? By Andrew Powell Tony wrote: I spent 6 years at Oracle and did a fair amount of performance tuning. In general, it is not the DBA's job to tune SQL for the applications. Most DBA's have only a vague understanding of those issues. Their job is generally to keep the database running reliably. ...
	SYS-CON.TV to Switch from Adobe Flash Video to Microsoft Silverlight By Internet Video News Desk Andrea wrote: Wow, You're switching to Silverlight without even knowing what will happen with this technology? Not smart. I will not be watching your website, for sure.
	Akamai's Tim Napoleon To Keynote iTVCon - Internet Video Conference in San Francisco By Internet Video News Desk geciktirici wrote: Thanks a lot
	Internet Video and Youth Entertainment Network GoFish Gets Top VC as Advisor By Internet Video News Desk insideStory wrote: Wasn't GoFish gonna buy Bolt.com and salvage it from a lawsuit and subsequent $10M settlement with Universal Music? What happened to that deal?
	iTVCon - Starts Next Monday! Check Out the Full Speaker Lineup By Internet Video News Desk DefineYourTerms wrote: Obviosuly "Internet video" can refer to streaming video from realtime broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. Does it also refer to watching movies and other TV prog...