The horrors of open source!
It's possible to simplify the "normal" things for normal users while still providing source code and repositories that allow us strange creatures to continue experimenting,...
SCaLE 16x Wrapup
I had a great time at SCaLE 16x the past four days. SCaLE was one of the first big conferences I went to when I...
SCaLE 16x Lightning Talk: “You’re a Failure! Now what?”
SCaLE is special and this worked well for the crowd there. There's a reason I wanted SCaLE to be the first conference where I gave...
Promo for my SCaLE 16x talk
A promo video for my SCaLE 16x talk. This one features Mr. Spock and Flash the Linux Cat. As noted in my comments, pretty much...
Christchurch, Canterbury Tech Summit, etc.
That makes three people I respect who have recommended the Denver area recently. Not really what I came to Christchurch to find out about myself,...
New Zealand Again? Yes.
Technology and Project Management are universal languages and themes, but they express themselves differently in different environments, different economies and different cultures. Those different expressions...
It’s not just a problem “over there.”
The American Red Cross is running computers with an obsolete and unsupported operating system, and using them to collect HIPAA protected personal health and other...