There is an old Dutch saying that roughly translates to "Weddings lead to weddings". And though attending a DrupalCon is not the same as getting married, it does share some characteristics. It's about sharing, passion, learning and helping without xpecting anything back. DrupalCon's are great places...

Facebook takes your information and hoards it.  Facebook lets you connect with your friends, but not really great ways to manage them.  Facebook lets you join groups and then makes it hard to ever find them.  Facebook is rather annoying that way. Today David Recordon said in O’Reilly Radar that...

Subscribe to this blog's feed Travel Book Reviews DRM Defined Digital Rights Management is the association of rules governing use and use consequences with digital information of all kinds and the enforcement ......

Do not miss this intriguing discussion that really speaks to the sea change were in. Star here, with this post from Bob McKee, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP): (emphasis in bold mine) http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/cesdesk/archive/2...

Paul Graham on 'Why TV Lost' : "This was the most powerful force of all.  This was what made everyone want computers. Nerds got computers because they liked them. Then gamers got them to play games on. But it was connecting to other people that got everyone else: that's what m...

A couple recent items caught my eye with regard to the issue of employee adoption of social software. In Reversing the Enterprise 2.0 Pricing Model, Julien le Nestour argues that pricing per user for social software should increase as more employees use it, because the network effects of higher part...

Filed under: Audio, Internet, Windows, Web services, Freeware, Windows x64 Back in October of 2008, our own Christina Warren snagged some beta invites for Mufin's web-based service for our readers. Now their crew has now released a public beta version of their desktop player for Windows. Once you in...

It's a crisp clear Swiss winter day. Geneva looks beautiful in the pale sun. That sun, which feels like a slowly failing 20 watt bulb, is the second clearest sign I'm a long way from the New South Wales I left behind on Monday afternoon. The clearest sign is that it's -2°C here, which i...

Jeremy Floyd and Shawn Van Dyke know a little something about social networking....

Chris Spagnuolo is a social media maven, blogger, cyclist, food and wine lover, and an agile software development evangelist from Ft. Collins, CO. 2009 promises to be a stellar year for professional cycling around the world. The return of Lance Armstrong has more fans than ever turning out at early...