Enterprise support instead of a business remix
29 Jan 2012 3:38am GMT In the last “Ask Mark” section that occurred on 2001/11/23 our supreme dictator for life showed up for questions (log can be found here) Mr. Shuttleworth mentions “we’re going to do a business desktop remix, because lots of people want a remix without the social bits…” And I wonder just who wants this business remix? Are [...]
Ubuntu and take your device to work
23 Jan 2012 1:55am GMT This week I attended through work a presentation about Endpoint Management with a focus around the whole “bring your device to work” megatrend the experts are talking about. In case you haven’t heard this discussion is all about allowing an end user to purchase or use their own device instead of a corporate device. Examples [...]
Still confused about Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu TV
12 Dec 2011 5:42pm GMT Can someone explain to the reason Canonical is pushing into the phone and television market so much? At the latest UDS this was perhaps the biggest announcement… Ubuntu was going to make a phone and a tv and I still don’t understand the point. On the TV side one of the worlds largest computer companies [...]
Becoming a user in the community instead of a contributer
4 Nov 2011 1:40pm GMT In a blog post from UDS, Charles Profitt writes about how the Ubuntu community is evolving and changing as it grows more popular and becomes perhaps “mainstream.” He talks about how “new members of our community come from a different culture; they are used to faceless corporations ignoring them unless they act rude and obnoxious.” And I [...]
Google Flight Search = Full of #fail
15 Sep 2011 2:00pm GMT I saw recently that Google Flight Search (which I assume came as a part of the of ITA acquisition) has launched so I was eager to give it a try. I fly quite regularly (this year though I have driven more) and was excited to see what cool things Google would bring to flight search. [...]