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I’m Famous!!

This is so funny! I release my Flickr photos under Creative Commons Attribution. Many of my photos have been picked up by various reputable publications including the Wall Street Journal. My new favorite is Building, a publication based out of the UK. The article: “World’s tallest tower to have ‘gravity free’ terrace” used a photo of me from my Flickr stream.

Note the text:

As if this outfit I’m wearing: a children’s NASA costume were this “protective suit”. LOL. By the way, This is an April 1 article.

A Little Buddhism

Four Noble Truths

1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path

Three Characteristics of Existence

1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)

Hindrances

1. Sensuous lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Skeptical doubt

Factors of Enlightenment

1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity

Mashable Open Web Awards

Well, we technically we won this last year, but somehow we did not take home the prize. Feel free to vote again this year:

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Thanks!

Sheppy-bot

I have not posted in a long while and in an effort to stalk sheppy some more:

Man, Irene did an awesome job on this. Yes, that’s Eric “Sheppy” Shepherd.

Video from OSCON

MindTouch recently attended the OSCON open source software conference in Portland. Steve and I presented a session on open collaboration that was very well attended. MindTouch also celebrated the two year birthday of MindTouch Deki (since product release).

Here’s some video of Ted and I having fun at the Sun/MySQL/Zend party. Ted is great.

Unfortunately, I can’t find any video of me attacking the Sumo wrestlers in the full bunny suit, kicking their asses, and then stealig a tricycle from some guy. I’m still hoping video or photos will surface.

Here’s an interview of me from Linux.com. As usual it takes me the first few minutes to lighten up and be myself (about half way into the interview ).

Also of note, resulting from OSCON, a lot of press for MindTouch. And my new tattoo (no, not my first) courtesy of SourceForge.net:

A few people have commented on the commitment to MindTouch this represents…euh…no shit. To those of you who do not know this. I started the company with Steve back in 2005 and gestated the idea with him in late 2004. He and I helped create the design of the logo (Chris, wherever you are–great work). No the logo doesn’t have cross bones; this was my addition. Arrrg. MindTouch has absorbed an enormous amount of my time and energy in the last three years. It will undoubtedly continue to do so for a few more years. Hell yah I’ll ink that on my leg. Now I don’t have to wear stickers.

Speaking at UCSD / CALIT2 on Collaboration

Long time no post. I’ve been very heads down with a new MindTouch.com site relaunch, building a sales team and cementing some great new partners and customers. Recently I spoke about collaboration and Free Knowledge at UCSD. Here’s the short snippet of my talk. This portion is about MindTouch Deki.

Here I discuss the broader topic of collaboration for research and scientists at the same conference. I cover some common collaborative technologies and relate them to Science, Research and Publishing.