Thoughts on Running an Open Source Project I love it when people share their code, just make something and publish it, but to my mind it isn’t an open source project until it has people around it. There’s nothing wrong with building something as a hobby, but it’s quite different to have people around it.
I missed the announcement last month, but these are good enough news to share even later: Google Chrome Remote Desktop now works with your Android device. This is obviously for Windows and Macs machines, but these are usually the ones needing remote access anyway. Linux people have always known how to access their machines remotely.
Cyprus Mail reports: OVER 2,000 traffic violations were recorded last weekend by two fixed speed cameras installed on Grivas Dhigenis avenue in Nicosia. Just give it a minute to sink in. Two thousand violations. In only two days. Recorded by only two fixed cameras (fixed means people know where and when they are). These numbers … Continue reading Welcome to Cyprus traffic violations
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years The conclusion is that either people are in a big rush to learn about computers, or that computers are somehow fabulously easier to learn than anything else. There are no books on how to learn Beethoven, or Quantum Physics, or even Dog Grooming in a few days.
Twitter Is Not Dying Twitter is not a social network. Not primarily, anyway. It’s better described as a social media platform, with the emphasis on “media platform.” And media platforms should not be judged by the same metrics as social networks. Social networks connect people with one another. Those connections tend to be reciprocal. Facebook … Continue reading Twitter Is Not Dying