If you’ve been around the block as long as I have, you remember the days before an audio codec was settled upon. EBooks are moving into adolescence, and the question is, which format will win, or does one format have to win? On the other side was Barnes and Noble, with the Nook , and it’s own format which is based on ePub. MORE >>

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. Switch to PostgreSQL. There is no need to convert databases to switch to MariaDB. MORE >>

A while ago now, I wrote about reimagining the "American Dream." I've been reading a fair amount about economics lately, and I've found two interesting threads. The more dominant thread is the one you know well. The solution to this story seems simple. Second, spur economic growth by investing in infrastructure and creating jobs. Current Affairs. MORE >>

I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing. thought it would be a good endeavor to start with. One that could include free webinars MORE >>

Today, I was reading up on what the Plone community has done with integrating their CMS with Salesforce.com. am thinking that this might be a good model for how we can do it with Drupal, but that's a subject for another post MORE >>